Poetry!

Eliza and Luke were excited about the poetry recitation competition again this year and had fun deciding which poem to memorize.  We waited a little too long to begin memorizing and Luke's was a little tricky so he actually switched to a shorter, simpler poem the morning of the competition: Prayer of the Selfish Child by Shel Silverstein.

Eliza was reciting her poem all the time, though, and nailed the class recitation.  Her peers chose her as representative for the schoolwide competition, where she was the overall winner for the 5th and 6th graders!  She received a candy bar and a cash prize!  I was sad to miss the competition while I was home recovering from surgery but Suz and Ben were great cheerleaders!

Side note: the competition was held on April Fool's Day, a day which we usually have some fun with at our house.  I knew I wouldn't be celebrating the same way 2 days after surgery, so I made our customary fake sushi a few days early and pulled it out for the kids to have in the morning.  That was the only April Fools prank at our house.  Jack and Eliza reported having fake quizzes at school that day.  Luke was very disappointed that the only joke that was played on him at school was a Flood Drill - where the kids had to get on their desks and pretend to paddle.