Sie

I'm so proud of my Sierra. She is working so hard in school. Last week she thought she had a test on all 50 state capitals on Friday (of course she tells us this on Thursday night). So Gram helped her study by making a game and by writing all the capitals Sierra didn't know so well on a long roll of paper towels. We stayed up late and woke up early to cram for the test (there are a lot of capitals I had totally forgotten. Quick what is the capital of Maine?). Kaia also thought she had a big geography test (in Spanish, no less) so she was diligently studying also. Adam told both of them they better do really well on their tests or else they would study every day durning Fall break. Kaia went to bed in tears. When Sierra's teacher announced the test was postponed until after vacation, Sierra moaned "noooooo! My dad will make me study the whole time!" The teacher laughed and said "doesn't your dad know what a break is?! If he makes you study, call me and I'll tell him to take it easy on you." Sierra said the whole class was laughing. In her English class, Sierra had to do a book report. Her and Adam read "The Lion's Paw" (Sierra read 90% of it on her own, I was so impressed). Adam helped her decorate a shoe box with pictures of sail boats and seashells. It turned out so well. I happened to be volunteering at the school when she did her report in front of the class and I got to listen in. She did great and she just thrives on getting rewarded for all her hard work.