We were busy this week with Ava’s performances (and work and daycare...but the shows were the most fun!)
The fourth grade class at Ava’s elementary school had their annual performance on Thursday night. The theme was “Get in the Game” and it was all about trying different sports and having fun being active. She had volunteered for a speaking part, so we had been practicing for a few weeks. No concerns, she nailed it! I wasn’t able to get the full video of her part, but during the bowling song, she went up to the mic and said, “Strikes, spares and turkeys just get me all confused!”
Grandma Karen and Grandpa Doug joined us so she had a nice cheering section. Now that G is older, it’s a little easier to have him at these shows. He was super flirty with the family behind us...and in fact the mom informed me that he has the best smile and she’d like to take him home! G also spotted one of his daycare friends in the audience, so when the show was over, we tracked down his friend Mia so he could say hi...and give her a hug. Lol. Turns out Mia’s older sister is in Ava’s class, so there was a lot to talk about in the few minutes before we headed home.
Then, on Saturday, Ava had her mid-year baton recital. Scott had to work, and we didn’t think G would enjoy the dancing and twirling, so just Grandma Karen and I were in the audience. The theme was “Movin’ Out” and all of the music was Billy Joel songs. It was fun to see something different, and the little dancers were so adorable. Ava only dropped her baton once, and I think she had a great time!
Since she was around all of the dancers, I thought I’d ask one more time if she wanted to do dance, and the answer was no...but she’d like to do gymnastics. I’ve asked her many times over the years about gymnastics and she waffled on trying it, but this time, she’s in...so, we’ll give it a whirl. She took tumbling when she was little and always seemed to enjoy it. I guess we’ll see what happens!
In other news...Scott’s been working on the basement, and now we’re ready for cabinets in the shop room. We may need to have them built, as we don’t want the standard 24” deep cabinets. My goal is to work on getting the Christmas cards addresses so I can mail them out this week. And I need to get started on wrapping the mountain of gifts. Yikes!
We had G's conferences on Monday this past week, and turns out that he's a pretty smart little guy! He's doing very well at all of the tasks he was "tested" on, but needs a little bit of help getting up and speaking in front of people (um, who doesn't?!) He is officially left-handed and can cut a pretty nice straight line with his scissors (that came as a shock to me - he knows how to use scissors??) The other day, I was asking him subtraction questions, and he was getting them right, without needing to think about the answers...they are doing a pretty great job teaching him all sorts of things at his daycare. So glad we moved to The Clubhouse!
Ava and I made candy covered pretzels last weekend, and we’re going to get together with Grandma Karen next Saturday to make all of our Christmas cookies. Yum, yum, yum!
This is amazing weather for winter! Not a drop of snow on the ground (but I do know that it's coming soon, so I tried to enjoy the sunshine as much as I could last week...it was lovely!)
The fourth grade class at Ava’s elementary school had their annual performance on Thursday night. The theme was “Get in the Game” and it was all about trying different sports and having fun being active. She had volunteered for a speaking part, so we had been practicing for a few weeks. No concerns, she nailed it! I wasn’t able to get the full video of her part, but during the bowling song, she went up to the mic and said, “Strikes, spares and turkeys just get me all confused!”
I've added an arrow so you find her on stage!
Grandma Karen and Grandpa Doug joined us so she had a nice cheering section. Now that G is older, it’s a little easier to have him at these shows. He was super flirty with the family behind us...and in fact the mom informed me that he has the best smile and she’d like to take him home! G also spotted one of his daycare friends in the audience, so when the show was over, we tracked down his friend Mia so he could say hi...and give her a hug. Lol. Turns out Mia’s older sister is in Ava’s class, so there was a lot to talk about in the few minutes before we headed home.
Then, on Saturday, Ava had her mid-year baton recital. Scott had to work, and we didn’t think G would enjoy the dancing and twirling, so just Grandma Karen and I were in the audience. The theme was “Movin’ Out” and all of the music was Billy Joel songs. It was fun to see something different, and the little dancers were so adorable. Ava only dropped her baton once, and I think she had a great time!
Ava's the one with the baton over her shoulder
Since she was around all of the dancers, I thought I’d ask one more time if she wanted to do dance, and the answer was no...but she’d like to do gymnastics. I’ve asked her many times over the years about gymnastics and she waffled on trying it, but this time, she’s in...so, we’ll give it a whirl. She took tumbling when she was little and always seemed to enjoy it. I guess we’ll see what happens!
In other news...Scott’s been working on the basement, and now we’re ready for cabinets in the shop room. We may need to have them built, as we don’t want the standard 24” deep cabinets. My goal is to work on getting the Christmas cards addresses so I can mail them out this week. And I need to get started on wrapping the mountain of gifts. Yikes!
We had G's conferences on Monday this past week, and turns out that he's a pretty smart little guy! He's doing very well at all of the tasks he was "tested" on, but needs a little bit of help getting up and speaking in front of people (um, who doesn't?!) He is officially left-handed and can cut a pretty nice straight line with his scissors (that came as a shock to me - he knows how to use scissors??) The other day, I was asking him subtraction questions, and he was getting them right, without needing to think about the answers...they are doing a pretty great job teaching him all sorts of things at his daycare. So glad we moved to The Clubhouse!
Ava and I made candy covered pretzels last weekend, and we’re going to get together with Grandma Karen next Saturday to make all of our Christmas cookies. Yum, yum, yum!
G and Lucky were getting cozy in front of the fireplace the other day...
This is amazing weather for winter! Not a drop of snow on the ground (but I do know that it's coming soon, so I tried to enjoy the sunshine as much as I could last week...it was lovely!)
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