His baptism. Andrew got baptized on June 13th at 2 pm. The ward didn't help us at all, which was a source of contention for me, and I was a little worried that no one would come, but thankfully, people did show up a little late. The bishop was able to come, so thankfully he was able to conduct. Leslie McCarlie played the piano. I (Amanda Funai) gave the talk on baptism and Grandma (Rebecca Crookston) gave a talk about the Holy Ghost. The talk about baptism was a Kit Kat talk and Andrew got one to help him remember the covenants he made (Keep the commandments, Always remember him, and Take his name upon you). Seth Funai and Logan Funai gave the opening and closing prayers. Katsu baptized him and Grandpa (Richard Crookston) was a witness along with Wally McCarlie. Our friends the McCarlies and also the Arrigadas were there and Andrew's primary teacher Brittany Edwards also came. It was a little crazy at times with all the little kids all around (a stack of chairs fell over at one point) and Noah was crawling everywhere. Between the baptism and confirmation, Andrew wanted everyone to write their testimonies, so I think that will be great for him to read as he grows older. The songs were "A Child's Prayer", "I Stand all Amazed" and the 3 boys did a musical number "I Am A Child of God" which was sweet (Seth thought that Logan was singing too loud and covered his ears the whole time ... but at least the idea of it was sweet). It was a very special time for our family. Afterwards, we had rice krispy treats with M&Ms and brownies. Originally Andrew wanted to have rice, but we thought that treats would be easier.
Andrew successfully finished up the 2nd grade and did wonderfully. They had a 2nd grade awards assembly. First, in the classroom, Andrew got the smarties award, along with a bag of smarties. In the whole grade assembly, Andrew got awards for - Spelling Bee participation (he got to be in the grade level one this year), Outstanding Math, and Outstanding Reading. He was glad to be done and getting a little burnt out in the end.
Andrew is still a reading machine. They tested their reading levels and started the AR program the end of the year. They had a reading level they could read in - he could read from a 2.7 to 6.3, which is a 6th grade reading level. After they read a book, they had to take a test on it. At first, he just read the books he brought home from school, but they tended to be boring, and not very long so they wouldn't get many points. Then, he started to take tests on the books he read at home and then the points really started piling up. He was supposed to get 19.5 points, but he ended up with 50.2 and that didn't include most of the books he read at home even, because he didn't take tests on everything and sometimes he read the books more than once before taking the test.
Books he's loved recently: he finished two series by Rick Riordan - the Heros of Olympus and the Kane Chronicles. That is 8 very long books. He also read like 20 little books at Grandma's house - the Bailey School Kids.
Andrew still loves mainly the same things - playing with friends, reading, postponing doing anything he needs to do, making elaborate games and setups for playing toys and then going crazy if anyone touches them. He finished writing his book - Henry and Mary - just before school got out so he could give a copy of it to his teacher. He has a grand plan to sell his story and lemonade this summer from a stand. We will see.
Fun Things This Month and last:
- Ridgewood book fair and pajama party - he wanted to see his 1st grade teacher read a book, still his favorite I think.
- Memorial Day ward cookout
- Busch Gardens Williamsburg - Katsu and the boys (minus Noah) went to Busch Gardens again on Memorial Day because we heard it wasn't too crowded. It wasn't, and the boys seemed to have a lot of fun on the day down there. They rode rides (not roller coasters because Logan didn't want to) and spent a lot of time playing at the playground. They got to eat McDonalds' for dinner while Katsu fought off a migraine headache. What a trip!
- Swim lessons - Andrew had 5 swim lessons and is getting a lot better at breathing while swimming.
- Korean Cultural Fest - pretty much a bust. Andrew was much more interested in going to the library.
- Andrew's well check - everything looked all good. Needs to go to eye doctor, which Andrew is not excited about ...
- Walking school bus party
- Seth's birthday party
- Last day of school - celebrated with oreos and a water balloon fight!
- Trip to Texas
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