Caroline Kaliedoscope

Last weekend, Caroline had her dance performance. This year she was in four dances. The first one was called "Cultivating Entropy". Before it started, Miles and Geni had a nice nerdy discussion about whether this was possible or not. Miles didn't get it, but Geni said that is what she has been doing in her house for ages....These photos are from dress rehearsal, so not great, but you get the idea. It's hard to point out where she is in this one, I am not sure myself...

Same with this one, she is in the front on the right, just believe me....
In this one she is right in front of the person whose hands are illuminated....Aha! Here she is in the middle!! Many people told me this dance was one of their favorite pieces...

Here she is on the far right doing a spin in a Jitterbug dance during "Simply Ellington".


Here she is on the far right, as a crow during "99Crows on a Wire".
In this pic, she is 3rd from the left with her hands over her head.

It was a great show....she was fantastic. Such a tiring weekend, though, after 4 performances and a cast party, she had to sleep in a bit on Monday morning. She loves it, though, and the week after is a bit of a letdown, since they have been preparing for it all year!

Caroline has Cooking Success

This week Caroline baked her first batch of cookies all by herself! She did a great job and Nick, Miles and Tara all spoiled their dinner by eating a bunch of them straight out of the oven.
I only helped a little bit, with stuff like where do we keep the baking soda (NOT the one in the fridge, honey), and now she knows where the secret cookie baking cookie sheets are.

She was so proud, she even went online, and found her own recipe!! She likes my cookies, but prefers them without oatmeal, so she made them herself. She even cleaned up!
Apparently am now a food blog.

Easter

On Easter, I made a strawberry pie.
Yes, I did.

Random

Well, long time no post. Here are some things that have happened in the last 4 months, I think.

Miles had a band concert. Ok, I think that was in December, but he looks SO cute in his tux with gold lamee accessories. It was about a hundred below zero that night, and all the instruments were so out of tune, the concert took an eternity to get thru because they had to keep re-tuning. Luckily it dumped snow, and we were out of school until after New Year's.


This happened with the Driver family. Don't know, but I love this pic.

I went to Hood Canal with my Super Crafting Coven of Shrews, and our cabin came with a ginormous bag of oysters. We made amazing sauce and ate until we were stuffed. Geni went and threw all the shells in the water. I pretended I was really arty and did some watercolors. Looking out the window at the rain was very inspirational.
Best damn photo I ever took of a sheep.

We went to the Lodge in February, and there was a moderate amount of snow.
At the Lodge, the kids went Tubing, here are Owen, Miles and Stefan.
Caroline on the rope tow.Miles, likewise.

Caroline and Nora, Cousin Fun!!!

NEW YEAR-- NEW ATTITUDE!

OK, I am going to stop going crazy trying to "catch up" and just get some pics and posts up when I can... We have spent the last month buried under snow and school closure lists, and my resolution is to Stop Freaking Out! Whew, I feel better already. Here are some excellent snaps of the snow, taken by my personal photojournalist, my mother:


Saucering in the middle of the street!!
I think this was before the last big snowfall...

Cherry tree.The first time I have ever had to shovel our walk! So many people walk on our street, and it was so icy and treacherous, I felt like a negligent neighbor...

More later on Xmas....

First Day of School...

Well, it may have been back in September, but here they are! Miles started middle school, 6th grade, and Caroline started 4th.

It may look like bedhead, but he enjoys styling his hair with lots of product and making it all wacky. It's fine with me.

Caroline has had this outfit picked out for a week....

Caroline and Phoebe have the same teacher this year! Yea!
Well, that sums up the first day of school. My plan is to post 5 pics a day until I'm caught up.

Layout

I thought that I would experiment with a new layout. I kind of like the green background, and how the photos are framed with white. I'm not sure about the big white stripe going down on the right.....