Last week was filled with unexpected highs and lows. Fortunately, several high points rescued the week! I am not going to belabor the low events of the week, but I will just say Monday night – Tuesday was gut-wrenching. I mean, just plain awful…. Alas, a blast from the past came to the rescue. It was…
As you all know, Rachel’s major activity is gymnastics. This past year has been a big transitional year for her in the gym. She switched gyms last Fall, and she has had a lot of catching up to do. She wasn’t in any competitions this past year, which was really tough. Fast forward to June 2014.…
Time flies when you are having fun. Have truer words been spoken? The second grade didn’t seem like a big jump. I guess the rigors of first grade toughened us up for that. As seems to be an end-of-year custom, there was an “awards day”. I always think, hmmmm, maybe we could skip this…
SPECIAL NOTE – The names used in the blog (aside from my kid) have been changed. Don’t worry neighborhood folks, I have changed the names to protect the innocent. “Kids say the darndest things!” I am not sure where the quote originated, but it is so true. It seems like the most informative conversations…
Can ya’ll believe that Rachel is 8 years old! Well, I can’t! A few weeks ago, a lady in the neighborhood asked about the age gap between my daughters, and I said “6 years – actually almost 7”. She plainly looked at me and told me that she thought that Rachel was my youngest. Ouch….…
Many months ago, several members of our Sunday school class purchased tickets to a production of The Wizard of Oz. We got 3 tickets, because I knew that 2 hours of sitting still in a theatre would not be a fun time for Sarah Amelia (or for the parent trying to deal with a squirmy…
We are back in full swing. School is back in session. I like the routine of school, but school time results in a lot of pressure for the modern day parent. Despite my suggestions to drop an extracurricular activity, Rachel seems pretty set to stay the course with all of her activities. Well,…
Every once in a while, something happens that REALLY surprises me. Yes, that sounds a little dramatic, but last Sunday I found a little present on my front door…. First, some backstory. We live in what most would describe as an idyllic suburb, at least that is what most of the advertisements about our neighborhood…
I always dreamed that someday my offspring would play the piano and/or some musical instrument. This stems from a few different things: (1) I desperately wanted to play the piano but it didn’t work out for me (2) despite not getting to learn the piano, I was able to join the school band (3) music…
It was tough to think of a song title for this one, because the topic kind of rambles. I thought of Dancing Queen, Tiny Dancer but that was too specific. In terms of a non-song title, it could also be titled – the tale of the purple leotard/summer adventures 2013. This summer has come and…