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Let's see, what happened this past week? Ava earned the first stripe on the purple belt in Taekwondo, Ava had a really cool (and really long) jazz concert at the high school, Ava went out to dinner with friends on Friday night, Ava is going to a friend's 16th birthday party on Saturday night...it's clearly the Ava show around here! :) We are very glad that she's thriving and loving life...lots of friends, doing well in school, participating in activities, etc.

1st stripe on the purple belt!


Playin' the bass


Probably the biggest thing for Ava this week was that her biology teacher nominated her for the RHS Irish Excellence Award for March. Each teacher only gets to choose one student per YEAR to nominate, and Ava was her choice! We are so excited to celebrate her this coming Friday!

G's week wasn't as fun, although they both were off of school on Friday, due to Trimester2 coming to an end. I picked up Shamrock shakes for them to celebrate the end of the tri, so that was yummy. G ended up going to a new friend's house on Friday afternoon for a few hours, and had a blast playing with all of his cool toys. He actually ended up throwing up on Friday night (not sure why) so we're taking it easy for the rest of the weekend.

This kid loves his LEGOs


I saw a few friends for dinner on Wednesday night, and then went to a local craft show on Saturday morning. Not nearly as exciting as Ava's week, but not as pukey as G's. So, I guess that's a win!

Scott was really busy working this week and weekend, so we're looking forward to a few hours of family time (minus Ava because she'll be at the birthday party) on Saturday night. And then...the week starts all over, as busy as can be! Next week we have Ava's band concert on Monday (so we're skipping swimming and TKD), and then G's 4th grade music program on Thursday. Lots of fun musical things to look forward to! 

And, on that note (hahaha), G ended up choosing his instrument this week...we all thought it was going to be trumpet, but when he tried buzzing in the mouthpiece, he couldn't make any sound. So, they didn't try the French horn either, since it's an even smaller mouthpiece. Instead, he's carrying on the trombone line...4th generation in a row to play it! I am thrilled with his choice, and already have a trombone put on hold to rent, and are thinking about potential lessons once he's had a chance to start learning it in the fall. 

Here's some random food pics from the week...this first one was of a "meat lovers" pizza that Scott picked up. He decided he needed to load it up!


My toast and banana was smiling at  me the other morning...



Don't forget to SPRING ahead for Daylight Savings this weekend!

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