What I did on Thursday January 28

Went to Miles' jazz band concert and forgot my camera.

Took this picture on my phone...

That's him on the end playing the bari sax.

They sounded great!!!

What I did on Saturday the 23rd

Miles had his birthday party today. Five 13 year old boys came over for board games, pizza and cake. As predicted, it was bedlam. They are all such nice boys, but all talk at the same time, and rather than wait their turn, they just talk louder. It was fun, and they ate almost 4 large bags of chips, two large pizzas, and 2 6 packs of root beer. Oh, and cake and ice cream. Next year they are getting turkey sandwiches and a veggie platter, holy cow that was a lot of junk food!

Miles, Mitso, Tai, Bill, Max.Mitso knitted a tomato for Miles, and also made him a duct tape wallet.

Wednesday, January 20

Today was a big day, Miles turned 13. To celebrate, he had Tai come over after school and we all went out to sushi together. Miles got his served in a giant boat!! They love him there.
They also love Caroline and made her this special roll. She loved it!
Miles and Tai put away a ton of sushi, with this caterpillar roll for the Grand Finale.

'Tis the Season...

...for holiday music concerts. Here is a sample of Miles' band concert.


Well, hey, not bad for a bunch of ten year olds. Miles plays alto sax, and he takes it pretty seriously. Since you cannot see him in the clip, here is a still photo.


That was last Wednesday. Next, on Friday, we had Caroline's piano recital. She played two pieces, and did a great job. Here is "The Wild Horseman" by Schumann.




Here's Caroline in her still photo, too.


Nicely done, kids.

Lego France

Continuing with the study of all things France, Miles is creating lego sculpture of French landmarks. Well, he has made two, but they are pretty cute. Only Miles knows how the frog got to the top of the Eiffel Tower. For a while it hopped over to L'Arc de Triomphe, but it seems to be back. Observe for yourself in these photos!!

Miles learns some French

Hello, Miles here, we started listening to some French tapes in the car. Here are some words I have learned:

la glace(ice)
le bebe(baby)*
la dynamite(dynamite)*
le chat(cat)
l'alphabet(alphabet)
la radio(radio)*
l'argent(money)
la chose(thing)
plus de choses(lots of things)

*I think that most of these words will REALLY come in handy, especially 'la dynamite' (Sarcasm)

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