Hope everyone has a Happy Easter tomorrow!
Saturday, April 15, 2017
Sunday, April 9, 2017
Cole's Saxophone Solo
The OCSU (Orleans Central Supervisory Union) Middle School had their concert on Friday evening. It is usually held at Lake Region on a Saturday, but for various reasons had to be rescheduled and relocated to Barton School. Cole played a solo in this piece called, "Red Sky at Night."
Sunday, April 2, 2017
Saturday, April 1, 2017
Lucky 13
Mother Nature is playing a cruel April Fool's Birthday joke on us with this snow storm. Cole and I made the best of it with an early morning snowshoe.
Cole got some new clothes because he has grown a lot.
Anyone a fan of "The Office" tv series?
Every year Wes gives him this coupon.
Wayne made him a chore pass book.
Cole requested lean turkey burgers and salad for his dinner. I also found a recipe for healthy chocolate cake and peanut butter frosting. Were had dinner with Joanie and Grammie. The "healthy" cake was not a big hit. Heather didn't like it. Joanie said, "Well it was a good effort." Grammie said, "You could freeze it," and Cole himself said it was terrible.
Happy Birthday Cole! We love you very much!
Sunday, March 26, 2017
Wayne's Concert
Lake Region will have their big spring concert in a few weeks, but they had smaller show this week called "New Classics." I don't have my program handy so no titles or descriptions but if you're interested in giving a listen, head over to YouTube.
Sunday, March 19, 2017
Glover Talent Show - Slab City
Here is a little video featuring Joanie's skit at the Glover Talent Show. It's in 2 parts because my memory card filled up and I had to quickly delete some things to make room for more video!
Friday, March 17, 2017
History Fair
Last night was the history fair, held at North Country High School.
Cole worked with classmate Erica, studying two Vermont women who were women's right to vote activists.
It turned out to be quite a family night. Aimee and Tyler organize the event. They are not the judges, so they had nothing to do with Cole and Erica winning a cash prize. I'm not sure what category they won.
Our little Glover Community School had a very strong showing at this event, with students placing in a majority of categories. Glover, Glover, Glover...I think people were getting tired of hearing Glover place in all those categories. Too bad for them.
Cole and Erica did a great job. We are very proud of them!
Heather and the Junior Hoops Champs
Heather played basketball this season with a very talented group of girls. They were undefeated during the regular season. The only game they lost was during the rotary tournament in Newport, playing against a team which some told me recently, was at least partly composed of 7th and 8th graders. (Jr Hoops is 3rd -6th grades)
Last weekend (and I mean ALL weekend) they ended their season with the league tournament at Lake Region. Below, the line up is announced and we all stand for the national anthem.
Game time.
Strategizing during half time
One by one, they knocked off every team they played...
Until they were the last ones standing. Lake Region Junior Hoops Champions!
And a pizza party afterwards.
Heather really bonded with her teammates this year. She was sad that the season was over.
Saturday, March 11, 2017
Cole in the Northeast Middle School Music Festival
You've seen Wayne participate in this huge concert for the past couple of years. Now it's Cole's turn to join Northern Vermont's top 7th and 8th grade music students.
Students are bussed from all over Northeastern Vermont to North Country High School for an all day rehearsal, a pizza dinner, and an evening concert performance.
Cole really enjoyed his day. He talked about how he met so many nice kids and how he ate lunch with some really smart kids. One was able to list all the states alphabetically, and another was able to recite 125 digits of pi. He said, jokingly, "I was the dummest one at the table."
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| Cole during rehearsal. |
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| Cole, on the bus, with Audrey, "friend who's a girl" (he is not allowed to have a "girlfriend" yet.) She is from Barton School. |
See if you can pick him out in the photo below. You may not recognize him with a new haircut, but I'll give you a hint: he is the most handsome young man in the entire chorus (and definitely not the dummest!)
You will only get a glimpse of him, now and then, in this video. He is directly behind the director's head.
When we went to see Wayne's concert last year, Cole was really impressed with the chorus, so he requested to be part of the chorus this year rather than play his saxophone in the band.
The concert was a great way to start off the weekend. As usual, these kids did a beautiful job and the concert was inspiring. I was so proud of Cole for speaking so maturely about the friends he made, for working hard and having fun, and for looking so handsome!
Saturday, March 4, 2017
Flower Delivery
Some special people sent me flowers to celebrate my new job at Rock Insurance Agency.
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| The flowers on the right are from Wes and Heather, and the daffodils are from Joanie. Thank You all! |
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