PIcs from a trip to the Botanical Gardens, and one pic of our flourishing backyard.

The drum pics are from our church's Camp-- summer arts and sports camp. It was fantastic. Jude loved it! Also pictures of the Newsboys concert we went to at Busch Gardens. Jude, although his picture doesn't reflect it, was very impressed by his first live concert. 

Spring Concert at Ghent School, hanging out with Nana, and eating strawberries at Mimi and Papa Rockey's house. Even Watson enjoyed a few strawberries!

Another botanical gardens trip, and Jude at a birthday party.

I realize I have much catching up to do... bear with me! Here are some pics from Spring. 

We ate lunch at a skate park in Hampton, and then Jude checked out the equipment. He was so scared at first, but when he saw some bigger guys doing tricks, he started to perk up and act cool. He especially liked riding the skateboard down the half-pipe on his bottom. 

No, he did not throw himself down the ramp. Just a great set-up shot. 

We didn't get any snow, but Jude got the chance to see the President's Inauguration. Not too shabby! 

Well, we decided after a semester of home schooling to try to get Jude into Ghent school. While I immensely enjoyed teaching Jude, I struggled to find the time to fulfill my other responsibilities. Ghent school was our first choice to begin with. We found out that Jude had been accepted after we had made the decision to home school in the fall. Thankfully, they had room for him this winter! 

He started on Thursday, and everything seems to be going smoothly. He's not happy about the lack of play time at school, but seems to get along with the other children and with his teacher, Miss Cotterell. We are happy that he had already completed his PALS test, which means he won't have to test in this new environment. Miss Cotterell is feeling good about his scores-- that he is on schedule or ahead in all areas. Yay!

We had a nice warm night last week, so we scooped up Jude and took him to see our neighbor's lights. This family goes all out every year to raise money for the local children's hospital. It's pretty mind-numbing.