Ugh, we leave for Mammoth on Sunday and I still need to pack! So what do I do? Sit at the computer and blog for a bit! Hehe...Okay tonight I'll start I promise.
Oh here is a big shoutout to Becky:
Happy Birthday!!!!
Not much else is new...Tyler received an E on his oral presentation which is the highest grade he can get. This week he had to pick a newspaper article and summarize it into a 2-3 minute speech. I wanted to find something lighthearted and fun so we chose the story of Dorothy the skunk. This is a skunk in Torrance that climbed into a truck headed for Canada where she was discovered when they reached their destination. Toronto authorities wouldn't allow her release into Canada because they said she couldn't survive there and there were no airlines or trucking companies that would transport her back to California. In the end, 2 people from a radio station near LA offered to drive her back with prearranged stops along the way to care for the skunk.
I was kind of stressed out on Tyler's presentation because he needs to be able to tell his story in a concise and interesting manner. I made a little outline for him too and at home he would tell the story in stops and starts so I gave up after a while. It turns out that this was his best speech yet. Go figure. His teacher wrote that it was a great speech, good voice and interesting personal note. The personal note was because we had 3 skunks living under our house a few months ago.
Now he has to start preparing for his famous person speech which is Christopher Columbus. At least we have a month to prepare for that.
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