Piano recital

The latest musical extravaganza!!  Maggie at her piano recital. 

5K!

Maggie ran her first official 5K with her dad a couple weeks ago.  She got a nice prize of a free tuneup for her bike at the bike shop!  That's Phoenix's dad and another professor (who is a long distance runner) with them.  She is thinking about running cross country next year at school.

I had a great Mother's Day yesterday!  The fam prepared a delicious breakfast (complete with breakfast dessert and Top-Chef-inspired presentation!), and then we took a family bike ride around town.  I took Max to his swim lesson and then took Maggie to the outlets...she has woefully few summer pants/shorts that fit her.  Grilled brats for dinner and a trip to Dari Barn with our international student (so we went twice in one weekend...squeee!) finished the day.  The weather was beautiful, and even though it's a cliche: I really am blessed with an amazing family!  (And that includes all of you, too!) XXOO

Project Share

Max had to do a research project for his ELP class (Extended Learning or something like that), and he chose Machu Picchu.  Now I want to go there!  He had to give an oral presentation in front of several other students at the regional Project Share.  He did a great job!  I was so impressed!  He actually looked people in the eye, and he fielded a few questions.  Plus he had a good time at the learning sessions he chose: robots, electricity, and fish printing.  Nice job, Max!

Joshua

Maggie specifically asked that I record this for her new cousin.  She is standing sort of above the music stand.  Only one more concert to go before the end of school!!  Four out of five done!  Whew! 

Andantino

From M4's violin recital yesterday.  His teacher is accompanying him.  He did a great job!! I am so proud of his progress...sometimes it's hard to tell from practice how he's doing, so to hear him at recital in comparison to the other kids is fun.  Many of the other kids are much more advanced, so I hope it's inspiring him to see his future!

M3 also ran her first 5K with dad yesterday.  Of course, they did it at some pace I could not maintain for three miles.  She's thinking about running cross-country next year. 

Also, I signed up for a 20K June 2.  It will be my 43rd birthday present to myself.

Don't Step In

From M4's concert.  They did a musical about bullying.  M4 has decided he's a nerd, by the way, because "nerds are smart."  That's my boy!

Ya'll will like this one...

From M3's band concert in March!  She has had a good year on the saxophone: she was the only 6th grader rated "outstanding" at a solo competition, and she was one of four selected for the Coe College Honor Band.  She's there today, actually, and we'll go see the concert later.  She'll get to meet other band kids from all over the state!