We went to our new orthodontist today. This is the boys getting stuff out of the treasure box. Liam got a bouncy ball and Colm got a yo-yo. What’s even more interesting is that Liam is getting a full set of braces on Tuesday.
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Almonds mixed with salted cashews…yum!
Several times a year the boys’ violin teacher arranges for her students to play out in the community. This particular concert was at a retirement home. We have been to this retirement home several times and the residents really look forward to them coming and playing their music.
I don’t get to “do lunch” very often during the week, but we had a celebratory post-OBOB lunch today at Salvador Molly’s. The food was good and the company was great.
This yummy shrimp sandwich was topped with sweet potato fries. This is the kind of sandwich you have to eat with a fork and knife.
Colm seems to have a knack for finding dead butterflies. This one he took to school to swap with a classmate for a mechanical pencil. I am not sure how the swap went, but Colm still has the butterfly.
It would be too obvious for me to share with you a picture of the boys playing their violins. So instead I am going to give you a picture that Colm took of himself while he was waiting for the concert to end. Note: He took about 25 of these pictures.
There is nothing like an elementary school variety show. It was OVER 2 1/2 hours long starting with the kindys and ending with the 5th graders. I think my favorite act was the kindergarten Bollywood dancers. There was just too much cuteness wrapped up in that little performance.
It wasn’t the outside that needed cleaned as much as the inside. Now it’s clean and it smells good too.
This is the book I am reading for book club this month. It is the story of Ernest Hemingway and his first wife. It’s kind of weird reading a book that you know is about his “first wife” since you know at some point in the story things are going to go downhill.
Our school doesn’t have an art teacher, but we do have an art lit program where the children have art about five times a year. They learn about an artist and then create a piece of art in the style of that artist. The artist they are learning about now is Turner.