Yes, I have been quite busy, but I also haven't prioritized updating this site! So what did the month of June hold?
Tom made a trip to Holland and London for work. Had to laugh when his one facebook post had him in Leicester Square and my comment back was "kitchen, Metairie".....Those trips are always tiring if nothing else, and after the first few times, just a bit more exciting than my dad's regular trips to Indianapolis when I was a kid!
Maggie's been quite the busy one. She spent a week in Los Angeles with her aunt, uncle, and cousins for her 8th grade "graduation". First time flying alone! And I don't recommend Delta for unaccompanied minors. I like the fact that they require you to "sign" for them when they get on/off the plane to ensure they are delivered to the correct people, but I find their fees rather excessive for this "service". She had a GREAT time! Catalina Island, Rodeo Drive, Universal Studios, etc. etc. She's also working her first "real" job (yikes!) as a counselor in training at the JCC -- she'll make more money this year than me.....She's completed 2+ weeks and really seems to like it a lot. AND she's doing as much of the cross country summer running as we can manage -- practice is 6am. I take her and have been jogging again. Today's practice is at night and I cannot take her to it because Abby has a swim meet, so we jogged the neighborhood this morning.
Abby kept VERY busy the beginning of June with her swim team practice and theater camp. Swim practice is 3X a week in the afternoons. She missed the first 3 meets due to camp, and the one last week got stormed out just before her first race. Today's the final meet of the year. However, I think she enjoys the practicing more than the racing! The theater camp was at UNO. I was really impressed with the program. It met every day for 3 weeks and then put on "Peter Pan" for 4 shows. Abby was a mermaid and an indian. She has a quite different persona on stage than you'd suspect just talking to her. And she's expressed interest in doing the holiday show at UNO, depending on what we do for Christmas this year. Abby also went with Tom last week for a short visit to Houston to see his dad. Ray's dealing with chronic lymphatic leukemia and hasn't had an easy past few months. They had a nice visit and came home Saturday.
Unfortunately, Tom returned to Houston Sunday as his dad took a downturn. Tom's brothers checked on him in the morning and found him quite disoriented, so they took him to the hospital. He's suffering from and infection and was severely dehydrated and was admitted to ICU. Thank God he's really improved over the past couple days and should move to a "regular" room today.
Meanwhile many other things have kept us busy -- my parents came to see Peter Pan and spend some time with us. While they were here my washing machine died (after 14 years!) and dad helped Tom with the new one -- the first one they installed didn't work, so it required 3 trips to the store to finally get it done. But the new one works so well! I've seen several movies with the girls -- Super 8 (good), Something Borrowed (good), Green Lantern (not so good). Today Abby and I are meeting friends for Transformers. I'm providing a meal for 25 teenagers tomorrow evening. And I'm keeping busy at the gym (actually, given that Maggie's working at the JCC, Abby swims there, and I work out there, I may just move in!).
No big plans for the rest of the summer and it doesn't look like we'll take a big family vacation, but overall, we're doing well.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Sunday, June 5, 2011
5 June 2011 update
BUSY last month! Both girls had exams (sequential weeks) and end-of-year activities. Piano recital, violin recital, water war party, plus some fun! Whew!
Abby finished 5th grade first. She's done really well in school and enjoys it for the most part. The last day of exams we joined a friend of hers and her mom for lunch and then her friend spent the night. The last day of school, Abby went to their house for the day/night. She participated in the piano recital a couple weeks ago and her violin recital was yesterday morning. She really enjoys the music and is progressing well. This summer she's participating in a theater camp at UNO. It's 3 weeks and at the end they present "Peter Pan". She's playing an indian and a mermaid. I hadn't realized there were mermaids in the show -- sigh. She's also doing swim team for the JCC, although with theater camp she's missing the first 3 meets.
Maggie finished 8th grade and will "really" be in high school in the fall. She's added another honors class to her schedule for next year after finding parts of 8th grade not quite challenging enough. She's working as a counselor-in-training at the JCC camp this summer and hopes to fit in some of the summer running (6am weekdays) for cross country. The most exciting thing for her is her trip to California from Tuesday-Sunday -- her 8th grade graduation gift from her aunt and uncle who live there. She's THRILLED and ready to go!
The girls and I also enjoyed a couple "fun" days -- pedicures and shopping for outfits in recognition of superior performance at school, then a movie day. Maggie hosted a party for 9 of her friends on Memorial Day (Tom and Abby wisely evacuated the house!). Water Wars ensued -- hundreds of water balloons, water guns, hoses, scavenger hunts, food, and fun. They really had a good time and hope to do it again yearly.
Tom's in Europe this week and part of next for work. I'm here, driving all around town. I also think I'll be living at the JCC this summer -- drop Maggie at work, take Abby to camp, return to JCC to exercise, errands etc. Pick Abby up at camp, pick Maggie up at JCC, return to JCC an hour later for swim practice. I've also started (4th time!) a complete reading of the Bible -- a church challenge for the year is to use a chronological reading of the Bible. We just started 1 June and have only gotten to Isaac's birth (along with a bit of the genealogical listings in I Chronicles). My parents are visiting next week (for Abby's shows) as well. WHEW!
And I cannot forget that Maggie (with a bit of help from Tom) painted her room -- gone is the dark green, now it's sky blue (actually matches my toe nail polish right now!). She's gotten new bedding and re-arranged the furniture. Abby is up next -- she'll also be getting a new bed to replace the IKEA one currently in her room. Babies are growing up.....
Abby finished 5th grade first. She's done really well in school and enjoys it for the most part. The last day of exams we joined a friend of hers and her mom for lunch and then her friend spent the night. The last day of school, Abby went to their house for the day/night. She participated in the piano recital a couple weeks ago and her violin recital was yesterday morning. She really enjoys the music and is progressing well. This summer she's participating in a theater camp at UNO. It's 3 weeks and at the end they present "Peter Pan". She's playing an indian and a mermaid. I hadn't realized there were mermaids in the show -- sigh. She's also doing swim team for the JCC, although with theater camp she's missing the first 3 meets.
Maggie finished 8th grade and will "really" be in high school in the fall. She's added another honors class to her schedule for next year after finding parts of 8th grade not quite challenging enough. She's working as a counselor-in-training at the JCC camp this summer and hopes to fit in some of the summer running (6am weekdays) for cross country. The most exciting thing for her is her trip to California from Tuesday-Sunday -- her 8th grade graduation gift from her aunt and uncle who live there. She's THRILLED and ready to go!
The girls and I also enjoyed a couple "fun" days -- pedicures and shopping for outfits in recognition of superior performance at school, then a movie day. Maggie hosted a party for 9 of her friends on Memorial Day (Tom and Abby wisely evacuated the house!). Water Wars ensued -- hundreds of water balloons, water guns, hoses, scavenger hunts, food, and fun. They really had a good time and hope to do it again yearly.
Tom's in Europe this week and part of next for work. I'm here, driving all around town. I also think I'll be living at the JCC this summer -- drop Maggie at work, take Abby to camp, return to JCC to exercise, errands etc. Pick Abby up at camp, pick Maggie up at JCC, return to JCC an hour later for swim practice. I've also started (4th time!) a complete reading of the Bible -- a church challenge for the year is to use a chronological reading of the Bible. We just started 1 June and have only gotten to Isaac's birth (along with a bit of the genealogical listings in I Chronicles). My parents are visiting next week (for Abby's shows) as well. WHEW!
And I cannot forget that Maggie (with a bit of help from Tom) painted her room -- gone is the dark green, now it's sky blue (actually matches my toe nail polish right now!). She's gotten new bedding and re-arranged the furniture. Abby is up next -- she'll also be getting a new bed to replace the IKEA one currently in her room. Babies are growing up.....
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