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Bible Club

November 18, 2021

When you live across the street from the school, you get asked to host the bible clubs for each of your kids’ grades. Samantha and Spencer’s meet in the morning and they got volunteers to bring breakfast, they teach a little bible lesson, and then they head on over to school. It really is sweet.

First grade…

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Third grade…

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Maxwell’s grade is more intense and they meet after school. I resisted for a long time but finally gave in this year and let them use GJ’s back yard! ha! It’s quite a crew of 5th grade boys over there each week.

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The “perks” of our location! 🙂

Veterans Day

November 11, 2021

A little pause in the football recap to honor our veterans! Yesterday the 5th grade at MBE put on their Veterans Day program and it was fantastic. They honor all the veterans in the kids’ families in a slideshow and then the kids sing patriotic songs and honor each branch of the military. We are so proud of all of Maxwell’s veterans:

Guy Willis, Army, Bugle Sergeant (discharged in 1919). Pictured 3rd from the right. Great Great Grandfather to Maxwell Brown.

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John Beard Keath, Flight Lieutenant in the Army Air Corp (discharged in 1945). Great Grandfather to Maxwell Brown.

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John Watt Keath, Sergeant in the Air Force (discharged in 1973). Great Uncle to Maxwell Brown.

The program was great. Maxwell got to carry in a flag in his scout uniform…

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and then took his place on stage for the rest of the performance.

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As I have learned through the years, Maxwell is not made for the stage! He has the amazing ability to sing without even moving his lips!! haha! Regardless of his (lack of) stage presence, it was a wonderful day that made you very proud to be an American!!

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God bless the USA!

Mr. Roboto

November 5, 2021

At school the kids can apply to join the robotics team in 4th grade. Maxwell applied and got in but then the season got cancelled because of Covid. They came back this year stronger than ever though! He and Jack are on a team with two 6th graders, Thomas and Walker. They’ve been working so hard on their robot for weeks and finally had their first robotics competition last night. I had no idea what to expect but it was really cool!

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Maxwell had fun seeing some friends too!

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They had 4 matches where they put their robot on the field and try to move balls around to earn points. Getting a ball in the basket is big points as is getting your robot to hang. Team BLTC (bacon lettuce tomato and cheese!) got theirs to hang more than once!

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I had to come and go to get Spencer and Samantha so missed it when Maxwell drove the robot with Thomas but they got 16 points when it was his turn so that’s great! After the 4 matches, BLTC was in 2nd place! Wow!

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The top 8 teams went into the finals and it was intense with everyone watching but they WON!!! Thomas got their robot to hang and the other team on the field (that you compete WITH, not against) made a basket so that was huge! So proud of these boys and so were their teachers!

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All of the teams from MBE…

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Their big win earned them a bid to compete at the state competition in Auburn in February! Really cool! Guess we just got our President’s Day weekend plans set!

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I’m so so proud of these boys!! Go Team BLTC!

Have a great weekend – we sure will! Both boys are playing in the Super Bowl! That’s right, not only does Maxwell win robotics competitions, but he wins at football too! Woohoo!

Boo Bash

November 1, 2021

After a fun Hallo-week the kids had Boo Bash on Friday and got to wear their costumes to school! So fun!! My cheshire cat, Dr. Evil, and Fortnite 8 ball were ready for the best day!

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Are they not the cutest?!

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I got up bright and early to get the bald cap on Maxwell and I’m pretty proud of it! He and Jack were quite the duo!

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Yeah Baby!! Oh Behave!

The kids all had different times that they went to the Boo Bash and of course none of them overlapped so I was there all morning with them. It was a dreary rainy cold day so they moved everything inside and under cover but it worked out fine. The kids were just so happy to have Boo Bash that they didn’t care! Samantha was the most happy to have me there, Spencer was glad I was there for a bit, Maxwell could have cared less that I was there! ha! Lots of Boo Bash pictures…

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There are decidedly fewer pics of Spencer at the Boo Bash…

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And even fewer of Maxwell!!

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His bald cap came off at lunch and, without it, he was looking much more like Kim Jong-il than Dr. Evil! hahaha!

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Overall it was a fantastic Boo Bash and I’m so happy the kids all had a great time!!

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Halloweek!

October 29, 2021

The kids have had the most fun week at school with dress up days every day! Today they are wearing their costumes for the big Boo Bash. It will be spooktacular!

They loved (well, Samantha loved!) getting to dress up all week long. Monday was silly sock day…

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