He made it to the 50pt AR club

Last week he was up to 47.9 for the school year in AR (Accelerated Reading) points. He had already started reading the newest Diary of a Wimpy Kid book, so we thought that would be a good one to finish. That book is worth 3 pts, too.

I love his ambition.

He said months ago that he wanted to make it to the 50 pt club.

They take the AR tests on Tuesdays.  So proud that he kept at it.

I got him this shirt as a reward for achieving his goal…

in honor of Wimpy Kid books, too! And the saying on the shirt really fits him so well, too well!

He got other treats from his librarian, that he was excited about.

Happy New Year!

We stayed home, as usual, for my annual appetizer meal for New Year’s Eve.

I made cheese & sausage balls new this year… really easy – just sausage, cheddar cheese and bisquik.

I was hopefully that Ethan would like them – and he did!

Ethan had a kiddie cocktail and T & me had adult cocktails. The boys played battleship and then we all played Life.  

I was excited to try out my new chocolate fountain.    I didn’t think I needed to use the full 3 cups of choc. chips and oil, so I reduced it down to just 2 cups. As you can see that didn’t make a full fountain effect, why didn’t’ I realize that would happen?

It was sort of a pain. Totally pain to clean it. Like seriously greasy mess to clean.

But all worth the memories of using it and this little guy loved it.