Spring Piano Recital

Tonight I enjoyed the musical abilities of some talented young'ins. We had guitar, voice, and piano students at my house for the Spring Recital. They were all amazing. It was bittersweet for Cayden and me because our piano teacher (Miss Robin) will be letting us go as piano students. And, no, it is not because I'm THAT hard to work with. Robin is a vocalist and guitar player by trade. She enjoys doing beginning piano and believes that Cayden is ready to jump into bigger and more advanced piano'ing. So, we are on for a search for a new piano teacher. Thank you to Robin! You are amazing.

Honors Reader

Cayden accomplished something GREAT today. He earned an Honors Reader Award at school. Here is how this works- At the beginning of the year kids are given reading goals. There are levels i.e. beginning, advanced, classic, and the very last level that is possible is Honors. Usually, to move from one level to the next requires reading three books worth a certain amount of points and within a reading level. For the Honors Reader he had to read 27 books. Yes, 27. There was categories of books and the books had to reach a total of 100 points. In the end Cayden's books were worth 160 points. Here is the complete list of books that he has read since February (and some of them are really amazing reads):

Who Were the Beatles?
Who Was Leonardo da Vinci?
Who Was Amelia Earhart?
Island of the Blue Dolphin
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh
Little House on the Prairie
On the Banks of Plum Creek
By the Shores of Silver Lake
Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It
Bad News for Outlaws: Bass Reeves
One Crazy Summer
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez
Who Was Albert Einstein?
Mummies in the Morning
Simon Bloom: Gravity Keeper
Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story
Sit in: How Four Friends Sat Down to Stand Up
Baseball Saved Us
How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse
How to Twist a Dragon's Tale
A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Hank the Cow Dog
Hank the Cow Dog - Slim's Goodbye
The Boy at War

We are so proud of him!

P.S. Cayden's teacher has only ever had one other student complete this reading level while in the 2nd Grade. Wahoo Cayden.