Trophies and Treasures

Church of the Holy Sepulcher

Pearl took last week off since she needed to readjust to Eastern Standard time. We did go to co-op, of course, where the girls in my class built a spoon doll with all the layers of colonial women's clothing.  This week I told her we have to get back into it, though I think we will skip history, culture, and geography after all she learned on the trip.

Jet-lagged, but happy

The girls seemed mostly shocked by the fact that boys wore dresses until they were breeched at seven, and that under all those layers, they didn't have any underwear.

Yesterday, after waving the palms at Palm Sunday service, we had a chance to celebrate a friend's first birthday, then the little girls attended their first Awana Grand Prix. Their daddy chose to ignore the speed race element and worked with the girls entirely on design. They each painted their pine wood derby cars, though they got a little help with the touch up.

In the end, Sapphire was pleased that she earned a trophy that reads "2nd" since of course two is more than one, and Ruby only got a "1st." 

I have been aggressively cleaning my attic, and this has uncovered some nice memories. Here is my contribution to my sixth grade class's Book of Aspirations from 1990, twenty-four years ago.

"My dream is to become a historian. I am interested in history and with to build on that. I could use this and later become a college professor. I would especially like to learn about the European countries, and someday I would love to go to Europe myself. I think that this could help me because I could find more reliable information. I hope that I can do both of these things in my life, and enjoy them too."

Four others from my class wanted to be an archaeologist. Only one wanted to be a marine biologist, so this must have been during the window of time between Indiana Jones and Free Willy.  I didn't realize these plans had been with me for so long. Here is another dream fulfilled: a big girl holding her baby cousin for the first time.