Music Concerts Galore

It was another busy kid-centric week, this time focused on school things. On Monday night, we skipped swimming and taekwondo, so we could attend Ava's spring band concert. It's always neat to see how far the band has come since the previous trimester (when many of them are in marching band, and not in concert band.) There were two other bands that played during that section of the evening, and my favorite piece was played by Ava's bf's band...the band played the soundtrack (live) to an animated comic book. It was really neat and different than what we had seen before.

On Thursday night, we headed over to Red Pine for G's 4th grade music concert. He had been having a few G.I. issues during the week, so he was absent from school on Thursday, but felt well enough to go to the concert that evening (and he's been fine since.) After the concert, we made an unplanned stop at a local brewery and played bingo before heading home. We were all wondering what would happen if a kid won the final prize (a growler)...and of course, a five-year old did! (All good, his family was able to take it home.)

Early on Friday morning, Scott and I joined Ava at RHS to see her receive one of the March Irish Excellence Awards. Her bio teacher selected her and said the nicest things when she was explaining why Ava earned the award. So proud!

Both Scott and I have been very busy at work lately, so when Friday night rolled around, we were happy to have dinner delivered, and settle in for a relaxing night at home. I'm pretty happy that we don't have any scheduled plans on the agenda for the weekend, as we all need to rest and catch up on things around the house. And, enjoy some corned beef and cabbage on Sunday, of course! 🍀

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