The Zhao Family

As we've been going to the pool at least five times a week. Whether they like it or not, I also took the opportunity to have the kids bike to the pool. It's only a 7 minute bike ride and the kids are getting better and better at biking there. CC and SS have swimming training for their teams but FF is too young to be in the team so I keep her entertained in the pool. Our neighbor, Max who's a good friend fo FF also joins us at the pool sometimes so I end up playing with both of them.

The boys also have prepared their 4H presentation at the Strawberry Festival in Olney. CC decided he want to talk about different kinds of light bulbs while SS wanted to talk about car engines. This is a great opportunity for the kids not to be shy and do public speaking. They did great! They also went to other booths to check out what they did. They were in love with the pest company displays of insects!

We did our second Park Quest to  Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary.

We went to Brennan's Middle School art show and award night. There were many displays of students' art work, except that we walked around three times and didn't find his art piece. We went to ask Brennan's teacher, Ms. Grimann, where it was. She said his art work was picked to show at Lakeforest Mall a month and now displayed at the Montgomery County's Executive Office. 

 The story of Brennan's was tough. The piece that Brennan decides to draw was too light, so he got very frustrated with his work and even cried. But after teacher's encouragement, he kept working really hard and put a lot more effort on it. His teacher encourages him to remember this lesson and do not give up but try his best. Brennan is so lucky to have wonderful teacher.