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Quinn earned a special award in Science for his outstanding performance. His science teacher this year is pretty amazing. She communicates so well with the kids and parents and Quinn loves her class. They are currently learning about genetics.

The school created a slideshow with all the award recipients.

The school had a drive through with the Principal to pick up the certificate but I wasn’t able to get a picture. Instead I will give you a picture of Quinn annoyed with me for taking his picture during class. So embarrassing.

We had a Turkey Vulture visit our neighbor’s fence. I took the first picture with my cell phone and you can get a sense of its size. Then I pulled out my zoom lens for the 2nd picture. What a face!

We repainted Quinn’s bathroom and I thought it was time to pull down the “Playroom Rules” sign. I saw these on-line and thought they would be bright and whimsical in the bathroom. They are postcards that I put in Target frames.

My friend Amy and I were ready to get our families out of the house so we planned a hike at our local Sapwi park. It also houses a disc (Frisbee) golf course. Don and Quinn putted around while we waited for our friends.

We only went about 1.5 miles but based on the complaining you would have thought it was 10 miles. They were so borrrrrrrred.

We had dinner at a local brewery so the kids could chat and spend time together. Ha! Regardless a nice afternoon/evening out with friends.

Shhhh! Don’t tell the school but Quinn and I played hooky on Wednesday and went to Universal Studios with Davi and Elias.

The first thing we do is go to Hogsmeade to ride the Harry Potter ride, which is the best one in the park and gets the longest lines. As we predicted, the park was not crowded at all and we walked on to the ride.

Must get Butterbeer! They make a slushie Butterbeer and it is so sweet, cold, and delicious! Masks were strictly enforced in the park but there were special sections for eating and drinking. California has a mask mandate until June 15.

We were able to do all the rides we wanted and eat all the junk we wanted.

We ended our day with the Animal Actors show which is the most unique animal show I’ve ever seen — they have owls, rats, chickens, cats, dogs, guineau pigs, parrots, pigs, ducks, you name it! It was made even better by some bloopers of animals not doing what they were supposed to.

It was such a nice change of pace and the boys loved their day off of school.