Savannah Sacagawea

In the midst of Science Fair,

AND my redo-ing bedrooms (later, later)

Savannah had WAX MUSEUM..

This is a 5th grade project, where they research an American Hero,

and at the end, all the classes have a Wax Museum, where the public

{okay, students & parents}

get to tour each classes' museums!!

Savannah chose Sacagawea..

{not to toot my own horn, but I made the costume,

and "made up" the papoose and moccasins..}

Directing Lewis & Clark

Little Jean Baptiste..

Climbing a "mountain".. *

Is that cute, or what??*

Glad to have this one "checked off"!!

* {thanks, Sandi, for the additional photos!!!}

POST EDIT

I really don't mean to offend anyone,

because this Wax Museum is really a huge project..

{I'm hoping no one who I'm mentioning reads my blog..}

The American Hero.

Hmm..

Okay, I guess if your kid thinks Michael Jackson

is an American Heroes than so be it..

But..

Bob Marley?

Joan of Arc?

Princess Diana?

Mozart?

Archimedes?

Marie Curie?

DON'T GET ME WRONG..

Great, great people..

{well, except one..}

::ahem::

THE AMERICAN HERO

..just sayin'..

Savannah.. In the News!

One of the many great things about living in a small town?

Local newspaper..

Not only is it entertaining at times (or often)

But your kids are in the paper..

Sometimes quite often!

(sadly, I know I've missed quite a few..)

Savannah has been the star lately..

She was in for winning the Sage Creek Science Fair..

(I saw it.. I just can't find it now..)

THEN she was in twice in one issue!!

Here she is for being a "Determined Dragon"

(using character education skills)

AND

Here she is for moving on in the District Science Fair

(BYU here we come!!)

Savannah Science

This is Savannah^^

Maybe you know her..

On February 3rd, Sage Creek Elementary had its 5th grade Science Fair..

We ARE NOT great Science Fair people..

{heck, we're not even good Science Fair people}

We once left Chelsea's Science Fair project to the day before it was due..

{like, we didn't even have an idea..} But THAT is another story..

Savannah was a smarty and chose to have a partner..

This is wise for 2 reasons:

1. Someone else is depending on us to get this project done

2. Her partner really gets in to the Science Fair

To make a long story short.. Savannah & Tessa got first place!!

{just a note.. everyone who moves on to the District Science Fair is in "first place"}

BUT STILL!!

Savannah is not really a fan of getting up in front of people, so she was, we'll say, less than thrilled..

In fact, when I told her to call her dad to tell him the news, the conversation went something like this:

S: "Dad, bad news.."

D: "Oh no! What?" {thinking something is really wrong}

S: "I'm moving on to District for the Science Fair.."

{I give HUGE credit to Tessa's mother.. She was fabulous at keeping them on task, making them do things right, making them do things over {and over!} if they didn't do it right, and most importantly..

MAKING SURE THEY DID IT THEMSELVES,

AND ALSO KNEW WHAT IT WAS THEY DID!!!}

CarrieAnne - You are fabulous!!

Here she is with their poster^^

Fast forward to last night, February 24th..

The District Science Fair..

Tessa & Savannah^^

Sisterly Support!!^^

Miss Savannah Klaire!!

So GUESS WHAT??

They have moved on - AGAIN!!!

This time its at BYU!!

I wish you could have seen the look on Savannah's face when their names were called..

{we won't call it joy..}

AND we got another classic quote from her..

Davy: "Savannah!! That's so awesome!!"

Savannah: "Dad! I didn't want to move on AGAIN!!"

D: "Honey, don't worry about winning!! Just look at it as a great experience!!"

S: "SURE! That's easy for you to say.. The problem is WE KEEP ON WINNING!!"

Well..

We were excited for her!!

Just One of Those Times You Realize You're NOT Fancy..

As you know, we all just celebrated Valentine's Day..

Davy told me he'd ordered me something..

He kept saying things like, "It's not anything big", and "I'm waiting for your Valentine's present to come - it's nothing major so don't get stressed"

Valentine's really varies around our house..

I grew up with it being my mom's birthday, so that was really the main focus of February 14th..

Sometimes we give gifts, sometimes we don't..

We usually go to dinner {wait..we always go out to dinner}

This year my big gift to Davy was a new pillow so I was a little curious when I kept hearing about this gift he'd ordered..

I left for Boise {a whole different story} on the morning of the 12th, and of course thats the day the package arrived..

This is what I got..

There is a story to this..

There's a guy, John, who works with Davy, who at another job had to find some of the best chocolates in the world..

This is a guy who's lived all over the world {South Africa, Switzerland, Boise, to name a few}

He's also definitely a "foodie"..

He told Davy these were the cat's pajamas..

Let's look inside!

Ooooo!!! Pretty!!!

Each of these chocolates has a fancy name, also..

Here they are, from left to right {also their descriptions}:

Kermit and Miss Piggy - prickly pear and ginger: a prickly pear pate de fruit with ginger on top of a milk chocolate and pear ganache, enrobed in milk chocolate.

Aladdin - milk chocolate: milk chocolate ganache with vanilla beans, enrobed in milk chocolate.

Pochohontas - spearmint tea: dark chocolate ganache steeped with spearmint tea, enrobed in dark chocolate.

John Smith - praline mix: a blend of homemade hazelnut, pecan and cashew pralines, enrobed in dark chocolate.

Rudolph and Judith - smore love: a graham cracker ganache with caramel flakes, and a marshmallow top, enrobed in dark chocolate.

Paolo de Verrucchio - blood orange: a blood orange pate de fruit on top a milk chocolate ganache spiked with a splash of Cointreau, enrobed in dark chocolate.

Virginia Bruce - passionate heart: a heart shaped bonbon filled with passionfruit ganache, molded in white chocolate.

Francesca da Rimini - strawberry basil: a strawberry and basil pate de fruit on top of a milk chocolate ganache enrobed in milk chocolate.

Bugsy Siegel - cognac and orange zest: a dark chocolate ganache steeped with orange zest with a splash of cognac enrobed in dark chocolate.

Maru - 91% extra bitter: extra bitter ganache, enrobed in dark chocolate.

Dhola - guava rose: pink guava pate de fruit on top of a milk chocolate ganache with guava puree, enrobed in milk chocolate.

Sir John of Gwyndir - wasabi truffle: a white chocolate truffle filled with wasabi ganache, coated in white chocolate.

Hmm..

First you have to know one of my rules..

CHOCOLATE AND FRUIT DON'T GO TOGETHER

I know not everyone else believes this, but its my own personal rule..

Many of these chocolates break that rule..

I can tell you right now I'm going to like Aladdin, John Smith and Rudolph and Judith..

All the rest I'm afraid of..

Especially that last one.. {wasabi?}

{Just so you don't feel bad, Davy got them more because they were cute, recommended and different - so his feelings won't be hurt}

John was worried when Davy told him my favorite chocolate were See's nuts and chews..

{AND I just learned these are supposed to be eaten within two weeks of leaving their store}

{I guess I better hurry}

I KNOW I'm Waaaaaay Behind on Blogging... Part 2

I guess you'd call it a moment of weakness..

But, on January 12, Savannah, Adi & I were heading to the mall..

When we got there, I said, "Savannah, let's get your ears pierced!!"

She was SHOCKED to say the least,

but of course, agreed..

Here she is, anticipating the poke..

She looks worried, huh??

She looked nervous and wrung her hands the whole time..

As she was getting them done,

I posed the same question to Adeline..

It took some thinking..

Especially when she saw the pink flowered earrings..

But she said no..

Until January 13!!

So, right after school, it was Adi's turn!!

Hmmmm..

She doesn't look quite as nervous..^^

(but she was..)

ah!

you can see it now^^

looking good, ladies!!