Zion - swimming

Hey....Zion is getting faster!

Check out the photos below -

Zion didn't have the best start -
in his defense - our swim team doesn't have starting blocks to practice on.

BUT....my point is:
Look at the boy in the other lane and how Zion catches up to him by the end.

YOU ROCK ZY!!

I AM

I am mischievous and awesome
I wonder about the future
I hear Captin Underpants
I see King Kong
I want to play vidieo games all day and every day
I am mischievous and awesome

I preatend to fight aliens
I feel happy about flying
I touch Captin America's shield
I worry about getting grounded
I cry about doing chores
I am mischievous and awesome

I understand Long Division
I say God made the world
I dream about Heaven
I try to walk on my hands
I hope for an Everlasting Life
I am mischievous and awesome

by Zion Thornton

4th grade award!

The school year is moving along and the boys are getting into the groove.

Zion is always up for a challenge, so when the teacher sent home a spelling challenge....

Zion took the bull by the horns.

Congrats to Zion for spelling,

Antidisestablishmentarianism

Zion turns 10

Zion's birthday fell on a Sunday this year,
so he ordered meatloaf with spaghetti and sauce
for dinner on Saturday night and we let him open his gifts since Sundays are busy days.

movie - (Tim Hawkins)  funny guy!

Books

Clothes (boring!)

and the 'biggie' gift

which, at this photo, Zion still doesn't realize what the 'biggie' gift is.............


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and then he does............

                                                 an iPad

Sunday after church ........he ordered lemon pound cake (just like his dad)

Happy Birthday Zion - I love you!

Zion - the rock star

Zion loves music and dancing and thinking he is "ALL THAT"

He went from long hair

                                  To Justin Beiber hair

                                           To a "hawk" in the past year

I think he is working on his image.

Anyway,  I am sure you have all heard someone trying to sing with an iPod in their ears.
It's not that easy to carry a tune when you can't hear yourself sing.

Clearly...............

Awana Talent Show

Wednesday night we had a special AWANA.

A Talent Show!
So proud of all the kids for stepping out of their comfort zone and getting on the stage.

We had a lot of different enteries.

Art Work Presentations

Gymnastics

Jump Rope

Dancing

Singing

Piano

and then there was the COMBO presentation,
by Zion

Who couldn't just sing,
but sang with his foot behind his head.

Here it is: 
Adding to the Noise,
by Switchfoot

Academic Fair

I get the idea of a Science Fair,
not really sure if an Academic Fair is just a more generic display of school work.
Never heard of one before...........
ANYWAY,
It was on Wednesday night,
the same night as AWANA,
so I just popped into the cafeteria during the school day to see if the boys had submitted anything.

I only found things for Zion.
So, here are photos of his entries.

This mask was attached the poem below

Zion's Many Colored Days

by Zion Thornton

On bright brown days how good it feels

to be a monkey and jump from tree to tree.

On other days I'm other things.

On evil red days I slash my claws.

Some days of course, I feel sort of blue.

Then I feel sad and down.

Then come my black days.

I feel like kicking and slamming the door.

I growl.

I stab at every cloud.

But it all turns out all right you see

and I go back to being me

This is a book that Zion wrote and illustrated. 
The school had them published and it will remain in the school library.

Good job Zy!~