Sarah has decided to join the 6th grade orchestra at school. She is learning cello! Can you believe it? We borrowed a cello from a neighbor, fixed the strings, bought some rosin, and she is set to go. I encouraged her to give the cello a try since we already have two violin players, plus the cello would give her extra practice on the bass cleff. Then I watched her carry it home . . . and repented all my encouragement! My goodness! How many times did I lug my violin back and forth from school and curse myself for not taking up the flute instead? I suppose it's good that I didn't base her decision on the weight of the instrument. She's having a good time. It is definitely not the same quality of instruction she would get from a private Suzuki teacher, but I am loving, actually, not being involved! Hee, hee. Do I sound like a really slacker mom? Hey! She is still getting privat piano lessons that I am serious about. If she likes cello, great! If she doesn't, no skin off my back! (Although, there might be some off hers -- I'm telling you, that thing is BIG!) :)
The weather turned COLD this week! On Wednesday we had rain (cold rain) and snow in the mountains. Brrrr. I don't like it, naturally. However, the cold means the first leaves are starting to fall which means the girls and other neighborhood kids have created their hotel once more at the house across the street. They use the leaves to outline the rooms in the hotel which also has a jail for when people break the rules (such as walking through walls -- a big problem in such a hotel, let me assure you). They have been having a great time.
Mariah's last soccer game was this week -- on Wednesday -- when it was so cold! I watched from the car. :) I am so supportive! She had a lot of fun this season and she learned a lot. Fortunately, this team picture was taken on a warmer day!
The weather turned COLD this week! On Wednesday we had rain (cold rain) and snow in the mountains. Brrrr. I don't like it, naturally. However, the cold means the first leaves are starting to fall which means the girls and other neighborhood kids have created their hotel once more at the house across the street. They use the leaves to outline the rooms in the hotel which also has a jail for when people break the rules (such as walking through walls -- a big problem in such a hotel, let me assure you). They have been having a great time.
Mariah's last soccer game was this week -- on Wednesday -- when it was so cold! I watched from the car. :) I am so supportive! She had a lot of fun this season and she learned a lot. Fortunately, this team picture was taken on a warmer day!
The twins are still loving kindergarten. They react to it in very different ways, though. The other day when they came home I asked Calianne, "How was school?" "Good!" she replied. "What did you do?" I asked. "I don't know. I can't remember." Then Cheyenne started demanding my attention. Before I could say anything, she said, "Mom! Guess what we did today? We got to pretend like we were parent dinosaurs and we had to get the right number of food for the right number of eggs!" "Wow!" I said, "How fun! Cali, do you remember feeding the baby dinosaurs?" Cali looked thoughtfully at the ceiling then back at me, "I remember having dinosaur treats. . ." "Guess what else?" Cheyenne asked. "We learned how to make face sandwiches!" Cali went on happily swinging her legs ignoring us while she ate her bread and Cheyenne smiled proudly to herself while she put her backpack away. Calianne is the one who always speeds boldly through her homework and Cheyenne crafts each letter with care and deliberation. They are an endless source of fascination to me.
Guess who won America's Got Talent? Kevin Skinner! Funny, huh? Kevin says that his web pages used to come up first when you googled his name, but now he can't find himself until page six! Funny, huh? But, he says his booksales went way up about ten days ago and he wonders if it's because people searched for his name at Amazon and found his book instead of the singer for whom they were searching. It's a small world, huh?
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