Friday, January 16, 2009

And now a message from Al Gore....

But I don't think he has much to say over the weather we are currently experiencing. Pretty hard to put in a good word for global warming when it is -8 at 9:30 in the morning.

The school principal called last night to say that school was on a two hour delay, and he thought it likely that they would call the whole thing off. Sure enough, the phone rang this morning at about 7am and there would be no school. That makes a 4-day weekend for the kids, since Monday was already a scheduled day off. I am kinda glad to see it. Kathryn still isn't feeling great, and Suzanna has been fighting something all week. She hates to miss school, so had been pushing herself to keep going. She still doesn't feel 100% today and was relieved to have the day off. I got an appointment with Dr. H to get her checked out. I think a long weekend with some down time will be good for her.

Can I brag about her for a second????? Indulge me okay!!! She had a violin lesson yesterday. She is gearing up for a Fine Arts competition through the school (like Solo and Ensemble). Anyway, she has to play a memorized piece, no more than 5 minutes in length. Her instructor looked through her music books, but didn't find anything he was happy with. He turned to her and asked for a favorite hymn. The first one that came to mind was "Brethren We Have Met To Worship". He said okay, starting on an "open D" (whatever that is) play the song. SHE DID IT!! With almost no wrong notes!!!!! Wow, was her momma impressed. Lessons are paying off.

1 comment:

MikeandJen said...

um... it makes me smile that that is the hymn she picked.. brethren we have met to worship.. :) to funny.. maybe i should try that with thomas and kathryn.. something tells me it wouldn't go quite as well.. ;)