Wild Weekend

A horse is a horse, of course, of course! Takyra finally finished her first big report for school. First of all, to answer your question. Yes, she is still in school. She gets out on June 20. The joy of year round school. She starts 3rd grade on July 25. A one month summer. Yes, things aren't like they used to be. For once, my story doesn't sound like I walked uphill both ways to and from school...in the snow. I had 3 month summers. Okay, so back to the important subject here. She had to do a report on mammals and she chose a horse. She made sure we worked on the project every night when I got home from work. I was getting annoyed at learning how much information there is considering how many different types of horses there ar eand how they vary. So, we narrowed it all down. To make it even better, a couple from our church owns 4 horses and they allowed Takyra to go out and learn all she could about horses and how they take care of them. She fell in love with the one horse above, Blaze. It was a dream come true for her to just hang out with the horses. Last night we finished the report and glued everything in place. She was happy and I was proud of her for doing such a good job and for being persistent about getting it finished.

This morning she made sure the entire report was together so she wouldn't forget anything. She got dressed in her cottton, snap-up, western shirt, her blue jeans, and my boots. ( Yes, her feet are big enough, she's wearing my shoes now) She had her plastic horse which she labeled the anatomy on. She was so confident walking into school this morning. The report was a success. She was proud to announce that her report had more information than any of the others in her class. However, due to her excess information, one of the boys decided to act like he was falling asleep during her report and "snored" through the whole thing. When I asked Takyra what his report was on, she said he forgot to do his report. Even so, his actions caused her to cry and the whole thing was put on hold until she could regain her confidence to finish. It may not seem like much, but in a world full of ADD and ADHD overdiagnosis, it is good to see that a child who is usually hyperactive and unwilling to concentrate on one thing for any period of time, can put 150% into a project. She is proof that sometimes we have to find their passions in order to catch their attention. No drug can have that effect.

The weekend was so busy. Her report, a Rockies game, and try outs for the gymnastics pre-team. She put her heart and soul into gymnastics and even accomplished some forms she had not been able to do before. Now we wait to hear if she made the pre-team. The Rockies game was fun. Takyra is in love with the left fielder and cheers him on when he's up to bat or makes a play. Anytime they played some good music she was up and danicng in the stands. She even did the water sprinkler. We've been going non-stop and now my head is still spinning. I can't wait to sit back and rest awhile.