Award Day

Yesterday was award day.

At school we had our annual academic competition with Websterville Baptist.

The fourth, fifth, and sixth grades all participate in the competition, and everyone takes the same tests; if you're testing in Math and History, you take the same test as a fourth grader that the sixth graders take.  Each grade only competes against those in their same grade; the goal is to get the most right in your subject areas of everyone in your age group.

Anyway, I competed against the other sixth graders, and my subjects were Science and English.  In Science I took Second Place, and in English I took First Place.

The certificate under my two academic awards was given to me for participating in Tae Kwon Do Winter Camp.

Spring Break Fun

Today's Spring Break fun involves getting together with my buddies! First we meet at the home of one of my friends, then they come back to our house.

Patrick - Wildlife Photographer

This is my shot. I was able to get really close before he hopped backwards into the hollowed out stump and nearly disappeared. Every week I feed about seven of these guys at the Outreach for Earth Stewardship in Shelburne.  It was cool to see one in the wild AND in my very own yard.

Patrick - Wildlife Photographer

Yesterday, as the sun was setting, I spotted this animal resting in the hollowed out stump of one of our maple trees. We tried to capture pictures from the safe distance of our front door, but the zoom lens wasn't strong enough to get a good shot.  So, I got my boots on and walked closer to see if I could get a better shot.

The owl was  just resting quietly and was perfectly camouflaged in that tree.  I can't believe I even spotted it!  My mom took this picture of me moving in for the shot.

Tis The Season

This afternoon we went to see the Christmas Spectacular at Essex Alliance Church.  We expected to see Calvin there because his mom is in the show.  But we also saw other friends including Ross and his parents.

The show was great, and did a good job of getting us in the mood for Christmas.

Vermont State House

Vermont History field trip