President's Day Week

The kids were off for President's Day. Mom and the kids went to the State Capitol to see "President Lincoln" read the Gettysburg Address. The kids made Abraham Lincoln hats and learned about the freedom of speech. Native Dakota Indian protesters were there to interrupt the speech to express their negative views of Lincoln for condoning the execution of Native American lives during his presidency. A good learning day. We finished the day with lunch in St. Paul and a swim at the Lifetime Pool.



This week Canyon had his annual YMCA concert. Mom was proud because Canyon sang loudly, louder than she has ever heard him sing before!


And this was a big week for Presley. On Saturday morning, Presley announced that she had a loose tooth. I didn't believe her at first because she's been talking about loose teeth for 2 years and this is a year before Canyon lost his first tooth. However, she showed me that it was true. That loose tooth didn't stand a chance against Presley. She worked it and worked it and by noon she had forced it out. The tooth fairy came for a visit as well. Good thing Santa had brought her a tooth box to put under her pillow this past Christmas!