The Life of a 5th Grader

 

As a 5th grader you get to go to Camp Casey for 3 days, 2 nights.  Cameron's mom might be in denial that he is old enough to do this!  He got his sweatshirt last week and he is excited!  He leaves in one week from today.

 

Over Mid-Winter Break Cameron had to do a science experiment to show his knowledge of the scientific method and then make a PowerPoint to show his findings.  His project/question was "Does the size of a cookie affect how long it takes to bake?"

 

For the Blue and Gold Banquet there was a Father/Son cake contest.  Cameron was really disappointed when he found out that everyone got an award for their cakes.  He thought his was going to win the whole thing.  The theme of the night was "Passports to other lands"

 

Part of the decorations for the Blue and Gold banquet were fortune cookies.  Natalie got a fortune that said "A big surprise will be coming your way"  For Valentine's Day this year I bought some fortune cookies took out the fortunes and made my own for the kids.  They were fun little things that said: 30 minutes later for bed time, a giant gumball at the store, a ride in dad's bug, good for one Slurpee and things like that.  So when Natalie got her fortune at the Blue and Gold banquet she really thought she was getting a surprise and was sorely disappointed when I had to break the news that there really wasn't a surprise for her. 

 

 

Here is a small video of Cameron sharing his pet for this coming pack meeting

 

Basketball just wrapped up for the year.  Cameron's team was the Thunder and went 8-0.  They pretty much won every game by 30 points.  He is becoming quite the basketball player.  It seems like every year Mitch and I try to decide if putting him in a select league would be better for him but we can never pull the trigger on the level of commitment you have to make to something like that.  We will see....maybe next year. The other week Mitch let him play in a deacon's basketball clinic he was putting on in the stake.  He is only two years away from playing church ball and he can't wait!

 

Report cards came home last week and along with them came this writing assessment Cameron did.  It was so cute!