Leah's had a couple fun events at school in the past couple months that I wanted to share. Fun event number one: Pirate day Her class got to dress as pirates. She even pulled out a tooth the night before to add authenticity to her get-up. Fun event number two: This one happened just last Friday. She got to participate in a book character convention. Each student had to read a book on their Lexile level and dress as a character from the book and give an oral book report in front of the class. She rocked it as Humphrey the Hamster from Winter According to Humphrey. It was a fun coincidence that she was this character from this book, because you may recall, Bryn did the exact same one when she was in second grade!  My buttons were bursting. I'm so proud of this girl for her hard work in school!

One more highlight from October. Bryn decided out of the blue that she wanted to enter the Martin Luther King Jr. speech contest! This came as a shock to me, because Bryn does not enjoy the spotlight, especially in a school or church setting. So the fact that she would volunteer to stand up in front of everyone and recite a memorized speech was quite a surprise, but also totally awesome! Go Brynny! With Nate's help, she chose an excerpt from one of Dr. King's speeches that resonated with her, and then she practiced and practiced. Here she is in all her glory!