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This week was Ava's first concert with the Wind Symphony group. It's the 2nd highest band at the high school and she loves it. This was probably my favorite concert they have done so far; they sounded good! You can tell that these are kids who have more years of experience playing. They've only had a few weeks to play together, since the marching band kids didn't join this band until trimester 2 started in early December.

They played the Stars and Stripes Forever by Sousa, which I remember playing when I was in high school. It was a flashback to being onstage, and then standing up at the end when the trombones play loudly. What a great song! This song will be one that is played for the concerts when the kids go overseas in a few months.

Ava is 3rd from the left in the last row (trumpets)


We went out to eat after the concert - she looked so pretty in her dress!


G had a good week back at school, starting up his band classes again, as well. It was kind of hard to get back into the swing of things because it was such a busy week. I was in meetings for most of the days, and then in the early evenings, I was at a barre class, and intro to pickleball class, and then my Friday yoga class (it's such a great way to create a boundary between the work week and the weekend.)

This was such a silly pic of Pria in the morning. She looks so comfy, snuggled into a blanket...


We have minimal plans this weekend, which I'm grateful for. We have some snow coming, so it'll be nice to be tucked in safely at home, nice and warm. Ava has requested that we bake a cake together, so I'm sure we'll be able to accomplish that in our ample downtime!

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