Thursday

Thursday was fine...until that evening.

• Emily's water opened in her backpack and leaked all over everything, including the yearbook they received at school yesterday
• Eva got hit in the the nose/forehead with a softball (it did not bounce or hit anything else before hitting her face) - a direct hit
• Came home to find Norman locked in the bathroom and cat poop on the bath mat (actually in it because he tried to cover it up)
• Phoebe decided 2 months was long enough to wait to tear into the Girl Scout cookies in boxes in the living room. She ate about 8 Peanut Butter Patties for sure. We are missing a sleeve of Thin Mints and a whole box of Peanut Butter Sandwiches, wrappers too.  

Eva's face is not swollen or bruised, but it's a little red where she got hit. She had quite the bloody nose and headaches. She sat out two innings on the field, but did bat. She had a couple of hits and a great play on the field when she finally went back in. We are proud of her for coming back after the injury.  The bath mat is clean now, Norman is fine. Phoebe has not gotten sick from the cookies, and I still have not found the missing cookies and their respective wrappers. She probably hid them for the next time we leave her out.

UPDATE:  Phoebe did get sick. That's all I'm going to say. She is better now.

Mother-Daughter Tea

Emily and I went to her Girl Scouts Mother-Daughter Tea at the English Tea Room in Covington. The weather was terrible, many didn't show up, but we had a very nice time.

 

This is  the only picture I have. This is Emily and her bff, Kendall, in the British phone booth outside.

 

Ballet Pictures

She was excited to have the 'big girl' tutu this year.

 

Piano Recital

I filmed their pieces from the piano recital. The only one missing is Emily's first piece, Let it Go, because she struggled a bit, but kept calm, found her place and continued.  They did so well, especially the duet.

 

 

Hanging Tree

 

Linus and Lucy

 

Grandmother

 

Spoonful of Sugar - a duet

 

Sleeping Beauty Waltz

 

Distant Drums

 

Emily is where Eva was a few years ago.  She is starting to switch from playing notes on a page to playing a song/music. It should click for her in the next 6 months or so.  Unfortunately, there is only one month of piano left before summer. 

 

I am considering letting them learn a new instrument. Eva has been wanting to learn the violin, and Emily says she'd like to learn guitar. We'll see.

Softball Team Photo

Until I get our copy, here is the proof of the team:

 

Saddle Up

Saddle Up is the theme of the last school dance of the year.

 

 Selfie with one of her bff's.

 Three bff's.

Ready to go home.

 

The trio.

 

 

There are only 3 weeks left of school. Three weeks until we have a 7th grader. A junior high student. We are quickly approaching high school. That's just over 2 years, people. Sigh.

Phoebe Dreaming

She does this at least once a week while she's sleeping. She even started growling, but I didn't have my phone out in time to get it. It's pretty cute. She did not like the roofers banging on the roof all day , and she's been a bit of a scaredy-dog ever since. I think she was fussing at them in her sleep.

 

New Roof

Not sure if you can tell from this picture and the setting sun, but we had a new roof put on our house Tuesday. 

 

A few weeks ago I found part of a shingle on the ground. We had someone come out to look at the roof, and we had wind and hail damage. It was the original roof, so it was about 20 years old. We upgraded to a 30 yr old roof, architectural style shingles. The roofer also painted the chimney and took care of some gutter problems we were having.

Duet

Their piano recital is this Sunday. Here is a taste of the duet they are playing, "Spoonful of Sugar", from Mary Poppins.

 

Ballet Awards

Emily got her pewter goblet and ribbon as her 4th year award this year. She moves up to the Ballet 3 class next year. This class is mandatory 2 days a week, and they get the chance to perform the Travelling Nutcracker around Christmastime. 

If she sticks with ballet for another 2 years, the next class up, Ballet 4, begins pointe shoes.