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.....
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