I back up a bit to May 26: Lily finishes the 8th grade! I’ve never been to a middle school graduation before but there’s a first for everything.
(more…)Archive for the ‘School’ Category
Last Day of School
Friday, July 1st, 2022
May 27: The last day of school. Poor Clara missed as she was recovering from a terrible laceration on her foot, but that story is for another post.
(more…)Clara at the Holland
Monday, February 14th, 2022
February 5: I’m so proud of this girl! Saturday she performed in the 72nd annual All City Music Festival at the Holland Performing Arts Center downtown. We’ve come here many times before for the symphony and now our baby had the opportunity to play on the same stage! She was pretty nervous to take on something so new and then to perform with all these kiddos in front of so many people!
(more…)Never A Dull Moment
Monday, December 20th, 2021
Esther’s assignment in class this week was to create a “13th Labor” for Heracles. Climb Mount Olympus and insult Zeus was what she came up with. What act of heroism. Pegasus, “Oh snap!”
I considered several jokes when I saw this but they all bordered on blasphemy so I’ll just say…ain’t never dull around here and leave it at that.