Merry Christmas! I’m still celebrating, which brings me right to the point of my post. But first, a bit of a purposeful digression. How did you spend Christmas Day? Ours began at 6 a.m. We actually made the younger two, who set our son’s alarm to get them going, lay in the bed until […]
Parade Fun, and Christmas Thoughts
I mentioned in my last post that the dance center’s performance team marched in two parades this past weekend. For most team parents, this meant getting the child to and from the parade, and (in many cases) standing on the sidelines to cheer the kid on as they performed. For us, it also meant walking—all […]
The Week’s Wrap-up (well, sort of)
What a week! I’m still recuperating from all the activities, and yet I am in wind-down mode, intentionally avoiding my tendency to overbook the holiday. I’m adamant about not missing the reason in the busy-ness of the season. I will perhaps take a deliberate break from the weekly wrap-up format during these next three weeks […]
Dance Practice
I got a couple of notes offline about this month’s header. These shots were taken by another parent of the dance center, and I don’t know how I laid the CD away for 6 months without looking at it. I wish I had skills in photography like this. But at least I get to share […]
The Blank Slate, Teens, and Memories
“I don’t feel so well.” This was where I started my day. We’ve been blessed in that the kids are not sick very often, so a bad cough or stomach upset can throw our day off completely. As it turns out, the youngest only had a sniffle, and was feeling well enough by the day’s […]