Winter Weather for the Winter Ball

The week started out on the pickleball court.  January is pickleball in gym class and Josiah and Caroline practiced with their partners on the Monday holiday.  Caroline was hoping to practice serves, but they mostly just played a game.  When they got to gym class, Caroline said they should have practiced their serves.  

On Tuesday the kids were filled with regret about moving to SC.  Our old neighborhood in Texas got four inches of snow.  Four.  It never snowed that much when we were there. But then, that same afternoon, it started snowing for us in SC.  Benson, Caroline, and I were the only ones that went out to play in it.  He absolutely goes crazy happy in the snow.  He is so fun to watch.  It snowed for a few hours and by night they had cancelled school for Wednesday.  The next morning we moved around at a leisurely pace enjoying the break.  That was until Henry checked his school email and discovered his teachers had posted assignments to do on the snow day.  The mood in the house dropped significantly after that.  By giving them assignments, they can make it an e-learning day and then they don't have to make up the day at the end of the year.  We just aren't used to the whole e-learning bit so we forget to check our email early.  They were given a fair amount of work, so that occupied them for the next few hours.  

Henry caught my cold, so he was happy to have the snow day so he could rest more.  He didn't go to school on Thursday either - he had a fever and felt really rough.  He made it to school Friday because he had two tests but when he got in the car at pick-up, he said he felt horrible and has spent the weekend recuperating.  He was supposed to go to the Winter Ball Saturday night but that wasn't happening.  Josiah made it.  Each grade ate dinner at one of their classmate's houses.  They took pictures together and then went to the dance.  This particular dance was held at our school because it was their time to put into practice all the dances they've learned throughout the year.  Once a month, a dance instructor comes to school and teaches line dances among others.  I always get to see Caroline's class dancing because my class has music nearby.  Josiah said because of that, he was forced to dance with people.  He did have a good time, but he was exhausted by the end.  He now seems to have caught Henry's cold and is coughing up a storm.  It's a cacophony of coughing and sneezing around here.  The boys have both appreciated my constant reiteration to Cover! Your! Mouth!

Caroline had quite the weekend.  Todd took her to SWU on Saturday for lunch and basketball.  They went back to a pizza place that makes really good meatball subs.

  

Then they watched half of the women's basketball game.

Currently, Caroline is up in Greenville at the David Crowder concert.  A friend from school, her pickleball partner, invited her.  When Todd looked it up, he discovered it was a Toby Mac concert with David Crowder.  They are both amazing Christian artists/bands.  Toby Mac has been around forever and has a ton of good songs.  It will be a very late night for her, but very worth it.

And Henry photobombed Josiah's dance pictures...