Reid and Stefani Adopt

 Here's a few gems from spring break this year. 1.  Isaac has a crazy high jump.  Still can't believe he can do this.   2.  Esther is now featuring the ultimate in natural jewelry: real live lizards biting onto her ears and hanging on for dear life.  I almost want my own pair...just not actually alive. 3.  My sister came down for spring break this year and took her two oldest, Erin and Lainey, and all 3 of my kids to Harry Potter World at Universal Studios.  Reid and I stayed behind with her 2 youngest kids, Dawn and Owen.   Inside Gringott's Wizarding Bank. Outside of Gringott's Wizarding Bank. The Mystery Machine. (Thank you, Captain Obvious!) The kids also got to eat lunch in the Leaky Cauldron, and they each bought a Harry Potter themed toy. Isaac bought the Exploding Snaps card game and a golden snitch, Esther is now the proud owner of a stuffed dragon that is a replica of the one on the top of the Gringott's bank, and Jaydon has made fa...

 Isaac and Esther, since they participated in the Science Fair this year and are both receiving letter grades, were able to earn awards for these ventures this year.   Isaac won 1st place in the science fair in his category this year!  I teased him that he couldn't beat that next year, so what was he going to do?  He replied, "I don't know--get 3rd place maybe."  If he does that next year, he will have a 1st, 2nd, and a 3rd place trophy.   Esther's first year of letter grades got her on the A/B honor roll for the first trimester of school.  Considering all the difficulties we've had getting her to complete any work for the previous 2 years before that, I would say that is a great achievement.  We're hoping she gets her grades up again this trimester and gets another award at the end of the school year.  Isaac, at the end of last year, barely made it on the A/B honor roll after struggling all year.  This year, he started off on the A hono...