Our Violinist

Chase has just started violin lessons. He is doing really well and has learned to play this series which is the beginning of Twinkle, Twinkle.

Dedicated to Our Kalli

Kalli, my niece, is in a miming group with her church. They dress in black and have white gloves on and act out miming moves to christian songs under a black light. There is a story line and goal of trying to motivate church members into evangelizing. Kalli has the lead this year. We went up to watch the first performance and the kids have been amazed with their cousin and the show. Here is Olivia's version of mime dancing, notice how she puts her hands behind her back at the end, which is what they do in the show to hide their glowing gloves at the end of the song :)

Sick Days

Right on cue, our annual battle for wellness has begun. Every winter we get sick with a string of cold, ear infections or sinus infections and this year is not different. One week we visited the doctor's office 4 times. I wish that we could time the sickness better so they would all get it at the same time but the reality is that as one is getting better another is getting sick so we are in and out of school and can't go out to playdates for extended periods :( and poor William has gotten everything :( However, we have had fun playing together at home. And we have made some excellent artwork! These were pictures the kids painted for Kalli. We had recently attended her church performance and the kids were totally star struck and talked about her non-stop for several days. They even recently began imitating her dance moves :)