After dropping #2 off for Company Class, #4 and I took a little walk through the newly installed gardens outside Johnson Hall at Winthrop University. She had a wonderful time playing in the fountains and running up and down the colonnade.
At the water wall
Not so tall after all ...
Peekaboo
#2 had her spring dance recital last week. They performed six shows of the ballet Alice in Wonderland between Thursday night and Sunday afternoon. #2 had five dances to perform at each of the shows: bumblebees, looking glass, poppies, “tap dancing cards”, and hours. There were lots and lots of costume changes backstage. Each of the performances was preceded by a warm up class held at Johnson Hall on the Winthrop Campus.
The classical dance training has helped #2 with poise and grace, which judging from all appearances otherwise could be a challenge. She has worked incredibly hard this year on technique. We were amazed at the number of dances, and the difficulty of some of the choreography that she was able to keep straight … especially since she missed all but the first rehearsal due to illness. We aren’t promoting a career in the professional dance world, but are glad that she has found something she at which she excels and enjoys. We are promoting hard work, discipline, and cooperation … all of which the dance instructor requires too.
After Sunday's matinee holding the flowers from G & G.
… and now she’s already talking about next winter’s Nutcracker.
Me: “#1, would you please go pick up the Crocs Grandma got you?”
#1: “Okay.”
#2: “I didn’t know they made those THAT big. Huh.”
Me: “Well, they’re not so much Crocs as they are two small fiberglass water crafts fashioned by Grandpa to look like Crocs.”
#2: “Really?”
Me: “Seriously.”
#1: “Aha … Ha ha … Aha ..ha ha ha. Very funny, Mom.”
Despite the fact that summer is officially several (five) weeks away, I’ve planned my slightly overly ambitious summer reading list. It contains some new material, some classics and an old favorite. I am hoping to make it through the stack before the end of August. If you know what a typical day here entails for the family of six, one-room school house, that doubles as an organic mini-farm in the summer … you won’t be at all surprised if I am still at the top of the stack as the calendar turns over to September.
The Summer 2011 Stack
So, what’s in the Summer Stack 2011?
I figured out how to update the blog from the iPad. This will make things so much easier. I might actually be able to update when I have time … not just when the computer is available.