Programs and Recitals

Saturday night Amelia had her first violin recital. She did a wonderful job, and didn't even need any music! She has progressed so much in just two months of lessons, and I'm very proud of her! I think she was a little humbled however, after watching what the students who had 6+ years could play. It was good that she could see what's possible, and hopefully her practicing time will increase a bit. :-)

I didn't get the first measure of her song because my phone froze, but you can still see plenty of her excellent skill:

                                    

Sunday was our primary presentation. It was a little bittersweet for Amelia because it was her last one. She'll be going into Young Women's in March. She gave a beautiful talk, and Cooper nailed his part. Here's a picture of the two superstars before we went to church:

                                                         

 

 

Next up--Thanksgiving!

Halloween 2015

Whew! What a weekend! It all started Friday with Cooper's (aka Hawkeye) classroom Halloween party:

Amelia (aka Evie) had a party as well, but because sixth graders are soooooooooo mature, no parent volunteers were needed:

 On Halloween, we went to Hocus Pocus at Hemming village. They had face painting, cider and donuts, trick-or-treating from Star Wars and Disney characters, hay rides, and these little train rides:

As the train starting moving, Cooper noticed the wind-chill lowered the temperature drastically and solved that problem:

Of course, no Halloween is complete without a Headless Horseman

Or Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker:

We were ALL nervous until Cooper relinquished the light saber.

We came home for a few hours, went to Fat Cats trunk-or-treat then came home and binged on candy before I could stop them:

Yes, Amelia has less candy. Due to her spacers, Cooper inherited about 1/3 of her stash.

Now, there's a chance my OCD tendencies have maybe, possibly, could-have been passed to my children......look at that beautiful organization of candy! Brings a tear to my eye. And before you think, "Wow, we used to get a lot more than that when we were kids"--first off, it's enough to have Cooper bouncing off walls at 8:30pm at night. Second, mom always threw away half of our candy on Thanksgiving, anyway. 

 
 Happy Halloween!