Caden's 3rd Grade Medieval Times Living History Day

We love living history day!  It is definitely one of the best days of the school year.  In third grade they study Medieval Times.  Caden dressed up as a knight.

Caden's class with their chaperones before heading to the festivities.  Back row: Robbin Dzina, Laura, Ellie Bailey, Samantha Davis, Macey McDonald, Gigi Gravlee, Reese Moore, and Jessica McDonald.  Front row: Liam Fesler, Drew Dzina, Press Dunlap, Caden, Shep McFarlane, and Sutton Bruce.

The class' knight and squire reading the instructions for their day. 

 

Lady McFarlane giving further instructions on the deck before heading to the CLC. 

 

They each took their sword and hung them for display during the day. 

 

The kids listening to the opening ceremonies. 

 

First activity was sword fighting.  The kids listening and watching the instructions. 

 

Caden and others learning to defend. 

 

Caden "fought" Ellie Bailey. 

 

Then over to the Jester.  They worked on balancing a feather on their finger. 

Then they learned about falconry.  The kids listening and watching the falcon. 

 

They also had an owl. 

 

Over to the May Pole.

 

Then they learned about how herbs were used during the middle ages. 

 

Then over to learn archery. 

 

The last station was to knock down "castle" walls with a catapult. 

 

Laura, Caden, and Brian. 

 

The class with their Knight and Squire.   

 

After the closing ceremonies, we got a picture of the entire grade.



Caden is NINE!

Caden turned nine this week.  He is getting so grown up.  He is kind and very diligent.  He does a great job in school.  He loves to read, play xbox, and play sports.  I measured his this week, and he is 55 1/4" tall.

Caden and Mommy at school on his birthday.

 

Mrs McLaughlin made Caden get up on the chair while they sang Happy Birthday. 

 

Liam, Press, Caden, Shep, and Sutton enjoying their cupcakes. 

 

Caden about to open his present from Annabelle. 

 

Annabelle had a big birthday hug for her brother. 

 

Caden chose to have a baseball cake this year.  A few pics from my decorating process. 

 

Caden with his cake before the party began.  

 

Annabelle chose to go to gymnastics instead of attend the party, so here's a pic of Caden with Mommy and Daddy. 

 

A pic with Nana and Papa. 

 

The party was at a sports training facility.  The boys on the field ready for a game. 

 

Singing Happy Birthday. 



Caden's Shield Presentation

The second big project in third grade is to design your family Coat of Arms and present it to the class.  Caden worked hard to come up with his ideas.  He looked through a book about coats of arms, and he liked a silhouette of a tree they had in the book and the fleur de lis.  He also researched online and found an old Jolly coat of arms that had a yellow and black argyle pattern on it, which he chose to include.  

A pic of Caden during his presentation.

 

A video of his presentation.  The white background symbolizes truth, which is important to our family.  The red cross stands for a Christian family and Christ dying on the cross for our sins.  The blue with a gold fleur de lis is for his French heritage (& because he liked the fleur de lis), the yellow/black argyle is from the historical Jolly coat of arms, the Cowboys star is because we live in Dallas and he loves sports.  The tree with the flags symbolizes his family roots from Scotland and France, and then our family today in the United States. 

 

A picture of his class with their shields. 

 

A pic before church on Easter Sunday. 

 

Annabelle is enjoying soccer this season.  She loves kicking goal kicks.  Here's a progression of one of her kicks. 

 

Caden is still loving baseball.  He loves to pitch, and he is doing great at that.  The second half of the season his batting has improved.  He hit a double and triple in his last game.  Here's a video of his triple from Brian's view as the third base coach.



Grandparents Day 2019

The school's annual grandparents day was this weekend.  The kids love being able to host their grandparents at school and give them a peek into their school days.

Annabelle ready to perform. 

 

Annabelle's first song.

 

Annabelle's second song.

 

Annabelle's third song.

 

Caden's turn to perform. A picture before they recited a poem, "The Ballad of Magellan".

 

A video of the Magellan poem.

 

Third grade singing their song. 

 

A video of their song.

 

Tia, Mimi, Nana, Papa, Caden, and Annabelle. 

 

Annabelle showing everyone some of her work. 

 

Ruby and Clara painted pictures for Annabelle.  She was excited to receive them in the mail. 

 

My winter tennis team made it to USTA City Championships.  I had 5 matches in 4 days.  It was exhausting!  Here's a pic after Friday night's match. 

 

We made it to the finals on Sunday, and we came away with a 5-0 win!  On to regionals in Houston in September. 

Spring Fling

The kids surprise field day was this week. 

Mommy and Annabelle after the surprise.

 

Mrs Kay's class before they headed over to the park. 

 

Mommy and Caden after the surprise. 

 

The boys in Caden's class: Shep, Drew, Liam, Press, and Caden. 

 

Mrs. McLaughlin's class. 

 

Annabelle, Adelaide, and Lily Stewart. 

 

Annabelle's class learning a Hawaiian dance. 

Caden playing corn hole. 

 

Caden and Drew going through the obstacle course.

 

Henry, Caden, and Levi. 

 

Annabelle doing the tug of war. 

 

Lily, Adelaide, Hadley, and Annabelle. 

 

Caden pushing a coconut with his head. 

 

Caden spinning 10 times. 

 

Caden crab walking. 

 

Annabelle waiting for her class picture. 

 

Caden doing the limbo. 

 

Annabelle pushing the coconut with her head. 

 

Annabelle spinning around 10 times. 

 

Caden's class tug-of-war.  

Caden's class picture. 

 

Annabelle doing the limbo.