Open House

 Open house is so fun as you not only get to see the work the kids have been doing, you also get to see how proud they are of all they have done.

 The big thing for Ashton this year was the village they built.  It had houses and businesses. 

 They had to purchase the materials and stay on budget -- I have no idea who came up with the plan but it was really impressive.

 Jacqueline had really made strides writing.  You can figure most of this out assuming you have a good 20 minutes to work on it ;-).

 She was happy to read me her stories she had written.

 but she was most happy to be able to see Ashton's work.

The big hit was the Flat Stanley project that Uncle Bill and Alex did for her -- they had taken Stanley all over Chicago and brought back photos, gifts and information of the entire city.