I love June, I really do. September has a whole back-to-school-cool-weather-apples-and-burning-leaves thing that I love, but the winding down of June is nice, too. Swimming lessons are done! Clubs are finished! No more choir! Only 8 days of school!! Will is almost finished with piano. He has one more lesson on Monday, and then he does his Grade 2 exam on Friday. We went to his recital on Thursday, and he did great! Apart from finishing one of his songs in the wrong octave, he was quite pleased. I told him that I didn’t remember how it was supposed to end (having tuned it out at home after listening to months of practice), and probably Mrs. Churchill would just think he had taken some creative license (haha!!).
Here he is at the recital. (Actually, we cheated and took this picture afterwards, so that we could get a decent shot). Fortunately, you can't see the monster grass stain on his pants that I didn't notice until he pointed it out to me, 2 minutes after we arrived. Argh!
In addition to being presented with a nice certificate and some cool sheet music, Will was also given this award! (i just noticed what a crappy job i did taking a picture of this! Excuse my somewhat lacking photography skills). It says For excellence and achievement in piano study 2007-2008.
He was thrilled with it, and has scoped out a place in his room to hang it up. To say thank you to Carol for being such a wonderful teacher, Darren and I made this:
Although I know it was not quite as professional a job as these people would do, we were happy with how it turned out. And the bottom line is that it tasted good. How can you go wrong when you dip something in chocolate? I think we probably ate as much fruit ourselves as we stuck in the arrangement.
That’s been our week. One other thing I did yesterday was to order one of these for Emma. I’ve been thinking it would probably be a good idea for her to have one, and when I was looking around online, I discovered that there is a federal program called No Child Without. Basically, the program provides 24 hour MedicAlert protection to all elementary school aged children who need it. I’m hoping we won’t need it for long, but it will certainly be great to have it for the time being. Emma was quite excited about the whole thing, so it probably won't be difficult to get her to wear it all the time. It will probably be a bigger challenge to make sure that Lauren doesn't wind up wearing it. That girl's BIG into bling.
Here he is at the recital. (Actually, we cheated and took this picture afterwards, so that we could get a decent shot). Fortunately, you can't see the monster grass stain on his pants that I didn't notice until he pointed it out to me, 2 minutes after we arrived. Argh!
In addition to being presented with a nice certificate and some cool sheet music, Will was also given this award! (i just noticed what a crappy job i did taking a picture of this! Excuse my somewhat lacking photography skills). It says For excellence and achievement in piano study 2007-2008.
He was thrilled with it, and has scoped out a place in his room to hang it up. To say thank you to Carol for being such a wonderful teacher, Darren and I made this:
Although I know it was not quite as professional a job as these people would do, we were happy with how it turned out. And the bottom line is that it tasted good. How can you go wrong when you dip something in chocolate? I think we probably ate as much fruit ourselves as we stuck in the arrangement.
That’s been our week. One other thing I did yesterday was to order one of these for Emma. I’ve been thinking it would probably be a good idea for her to have one, and when I was looking around online, I discovered that there is a federal program called No Child Without. Basically, the program provides 24 hour MedicAlert protection to all elementary school aged children who need it. I’m hoping we won’t need it for long, but it will certainly be great to have it for the time being. Emma was quite excited about the whole thing, so it probably won't be difficult to get her to wear it all the time. It will probably be a bigger challenge to make sure that Lauren doesn't wind up wearing it. That girl's BIG into bling.
3 comments:
great job on the arrangement...very professional and ymmy looking! congrats to Will...that is a job well done! oh i so remember piano exams ...they were held at the old YMCA in Oshawa which is now a woman's shelter...it was Sam McLaughlin's ( not Carol's hubby but the creator of the Buick!!) daughter's house...i remember the musty smell of the library..the clickity clack of shoes down the hallway and the black yamaha pianos!!! nerve wracking but so glad I endured!! all the best to will on his grade 2 exam!!!
That's a nice plaque! I'll have to hear him play his songs when I come home! (2 weeks tomorrow!)
I was super proud of Will, especially when he won the award. It isn't always easy to get him to practice but he does enjoy it and wants to stick with it, which is great to hear.
Recently I asked him if he wanted one of the flutes I make and he said no thanks. He figures he has enough on his plate with piano and clarinet. Personally, I think he feels one amateur flute player in our house is more than enough. ;)
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