Eleanor did cotillion this year for the first time. She learned a lot and had a good time with a few friend.
It remains to be seen if she'll do it again in the future, but it was still a fun experience she says. Here are two videos to give you a little peek - the first is when they pair up with their dance partners (please take special note of the couple before Eleanor - that girl cracked me up!) and the second is one of the dances.
We biked to Jamestown Settlement on a nice day in March! They were having a military through the ages festival spanning from Athens in 6-4th century B.C. until now. The kids had a blast.
Trying out some Jacobite weaponry.
Hopefully we have many more biking excursions soon!
Eleanor last year was the alternate for her school's Battle of the Books team and this year she made the team! The competition was this week at the regional library. Her team has not made it into the final round in years. There were 12 elementary schools competing.
At the end of the first round, there were two teams that had made it to the final and a 4-way tie for third place. Eleanor's team won the 4-way tie to come in as the third team in finals.
In the finals, their team ended up tying for 2nd place, the final score being 11-10-10. It was so close!! We are so proud of her!
All the kids played basketball this winter. It was Ben and Rosie's first seasons and Eleanor and Jane's second.
Eleanor was on the Monarchs. Chris ended up coaching her team kind of unexpectedly, but they ended the season undefeated!
Jane was on the Lynx. She also had an amazing season and ended undefeated (though her last game was a tie).
Ben was on the Mavericks and had a great time with his buddies.
Rosie was on the Dream and also had a great time! Chris ended up co-coaching her team, too, as her coach ended up being one of his buddies.
One of Jane's buckets (she scored 8 of the team's 25 points in this game):
Eleanor on the free throw line:
Ben holding court with Jane's team:
Jane throwing in and getting set for her first tip off:
Ben's team:
Ben's first point scored:
Coach Anne came to watch the girls play one night!
Rosie scored a few times this season! Sadly I didn't get them on video, but she was very excited about the time she got to do the tip off! Much room for improvement, but she loved it!
Eleanor had been making some good progress but none of her shots were falling until she scored 5 points in one game!
Overall it was a great season all around. The kids really enjoyed it, though the schedule was a big headache for us. Hopefully if they all play again we can get a slightly better schedule!