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First Grade Concert

The performer is ready to take the stage.

And here are the performances. Well, two-thirds of the performances. The music teacher decided to stand in my sight line during the last song, so you’ll have to do without the Hukilau. Shucks!

 

NP Music Boosters are Awesome Sauce!

Leda’s first grade concert was certainly entertaining. I’ll post pictures and video soon. But the tip top for me of the evening was the ability of the NP Music Boosters to both accept our money and take a joke. To wit:

As to who is the spouse in this scenario, it’s clearly Dr. Rossmann.

Leda’s Monday News, May 16, 2011


The sad one. Even a 6.5 year old gets it.

Leda’s Monday News, May 9, 2011

The happy one. To be fair to all involved, Cleo did paddle a little.

A room of one’s own

A while back you heard from my awesome husband about his fall landscaping project.  As he described it, his labors in tearing out plants, building a rock wall, leveling and replanting were entirely dedicated to the creation of the “seating area” I had wistfully mentioned.

How appropriate, then, that it was Mother’s Day when I sat outside in the chairs he had assembled and placed just-so. Truth be told, I might have had in mind something serene, something that might’ve looked like this:

Please note book and beverage

The view over the top of my hardcover would’ve been of the Japanese maples (also planted by Toby), or the flowering pear (ditto), or perhaps of the new bird feeders that have proved so popular with our avian neighbors. Although that wasn’t exactly how things turned out, I can say that both the space and the view are magnificent.

Hope you’ll stop by and join us sometime. I’ll be the one still murmuring, THANK YOU TOBY. As it happens, there is also entertainment: