Meanwhile, life goes on.
Audrey's Winter 2012 Ice Show
The whole reason for getting caught up on videos was because I had the video from Audrey's ice show to post. Anal retentive person that I am I could not post that before older videos as that would leave my online video collection out of order! The ice show video is the last of the ten videos in the previous post. The first album at left is photos from the same event. As I think I've mentioned Audrey has continued into the Spring session of figure skating lessons and is loving it.
March-April Miscellany
This album really is miscellany. Some random notes:
Melrose has a symphony orchestra that claims to be the oldest continuously running community orchestra in the country. Carol and I finally attended one of their concerts on a date night. We really enjoyed it. The quality was quite good and the conductor was amusing and educational. And they didn't look anywhere near 100 years old!
We have a longstanding activity called Icky Pie. Carol gives the girls a bunch of cheap dry ingredients and they mix them together and love it. This last time they added some liquid and baked it. It looked pretty good but boy did it taste bad. Way too much baking powder.
Our neighbor Scott Burtnett is a great photographer (he produces television commercials for a living). He took a couple of cool candid shots of Carol and me while we were at their house having a casual dinner.
A couple weeks ago I volunteered once each in Charlotte and Audrey's classes. In Audrey's I read with Audrey's reading group of six kids. Man, they are really good readers for second grade!
Audrey had her first significant project for school this year. It was called a Bio Blast. She had to choose a heroine from history, research her life, report what she learned in several increasingly complex forms and finally dress as the person and deliver a short presentation in front of the class. Audrey chose Susan B. Anthony. Her final piece was a protest sign with a slogan on one side and her biographical summary on the back. Audrey came up with that idea all by herself. She did a great job and we were really proud of her. I just discovered video that I thought was lost; I'll post it soon.
Carol took an art class from the same teacher that the kids take classes from. She really enjoyed having that creative outlet again. I hope she continues.
Audrey & Dad Canoeing
Today was the latest chapter in our one-on-one days with the girls - where each girl spends at least a few hours alone with one parent. The girls really need that separation. Charlotte has been asking forever to go to Chucky Cheese so Carol took here there and then they went shopping. Audrey and I went to Concord to go canoeing. We paddled from the South Bridge to the Old North Bridge (one of the locations of the first battle of the American Revolution). It so happens that battle took place on April 19 so there was a large reenactment going on nearby and lots of people at the site. We beached our canoe and had a little picnic.
After canoeing we went for ice cream in Concord center. The commuter rail tracks are right behind the ice cream shop and Audrey enjoyed balancing on the rails. She really wanted to squish a penny and the next train was about 20 minutes away. So we waited and ended up squishing several coins. Check that one off the list of required childhood experiences!
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