The day of the Regional Talent Show arrived…and it was a disaster. Not the girls; they and all the other contestants were amazingly resilient and did great. It all started when the time had to be rescheduled because the venue had double-booked it. And then when we arrived, the show started more than an hour […]
Category: Bree
Manicures
Grandma Debbie had the fun idea to getting the girls manicures before their big performances at regionals this week. Though the little girls had gotten their first pedicures last summer (and Adrianna’s been going with me for a few years for pedicures), this was the first manicure for each of them so they were pretty […]
Night of the Stars
Adrianna decided to participate in the local talent show again this year, Night of the Stars. Bree and Cate decided to give it a try, too! All three girls played the piano. Adrianna played “Other Friends” from the movie Steven Universe. Bree played “Brumm’s Accordian” from the video game HollowKnight, and Cate played “Drift Away” from […]
More Pennies From Cate
Bree and Cate were talking about birds, comparing the sizes of their toy, stuffed birds to the actual sizes of their real counterparts: Bree: A real chickadee is only a quarter of the size of this toy. And a real hummingbird is probably only a quarter of the size of Cate’s hummingbird toy.Cate: No, it […]
Quick Trip to Nebraska
We made a quick trip to Nebraska for the funeral of a college friend, Angie Green. She leaves behind her husband and six children. It was a beautiful service, a celebration of her life. I cannot help but think of their family often. We left on Tuesday night, staying at a hotel in Ogallalla. Then […]
Math
I am so thankful to have found a math curriculum with lots of visuals and manipulatives for my visual/spatial learner. It is a completely new way of looking at math, both in the doing and the teaching of it. But it also makes a lot of sense and does a good job explaining the WHYS […]
Gymnastics
The little girls have been going weekly to gymnastics again. They really enjoy it and are happy that they can be in the same class.
Robot Vacuum
Now that we have hardwood floors, I was worried about how to keep them clean since they tend to show dust, lint, and other particles a lot more than carpeting does. So I bought myself a robot vacuum. It isn’t a Roomba, but it is similar. And I LOVE it so much. It does a […]
Therapeutic Riding
The girls still enjoy their weekly riding sessions. Last week, they were working on balance. Bree was on Fabio and Cate was on Tosca. This week, the girls had to put rings on cones and follow multi-step directions. Bree was on Cocoa and Cate was on Sammy. I love Sammy’s “earrings.” Adrianna came along again […]
Birthday Party
Bree hadn’t had a big birthday party for several years and I don’t think Cate had ever had one (not counting celebrations with family), so I decided it was time. With the busyness of the holidays, having to plan birthday parties on top of it has always felt daunting, so I decided to have a […]