Another great Christmas. Santa brought the kids Band Hero. I think the adults may be enjoying it more. We have already ordered another guitar so someone can play the bass. Other than that, Christmas was great as always. Everyone got lots of fun things and so far having a good time.
We trimmed the tree tonight. The kids all knew who was supposed to put the star on top of the tree, I had to look it up. I think that this is the first time I didn’t have to hoist someone up on my shoulders to put the star on top of the tree.
The Christmas Parade happened again. We all rode in the TR250 and walked the dogs. Sam actually was in the parade twice. He rode with us then ran back and walked with his Cub Scout Pack. They are always the last thing to go before Santa.
Sam received his Bobcat badge at the Pack Meeting today. Sam loves cub scouts, I haven’t exactly figured out why, but he really seems to love it. He made a “rocket” racer this week and flew it. He did almost all of the work, I put on the propeller. It turns out I put it on backwards. I guess I should have let him to that too.
Another year, another overdone Halloween on Johnson Ave. This year, Elizabeth created a “Witch’s Kitchen” in the front yard. She was the witch. Luckily for me, this meant that MOST people didn’t come to the front door and bother me. We gave out about 1000 glow bracelets again this year. I think because it was a Saturday and really nice weather, it was more crowded than usual. Sam was Ghost Luigi. Margaret was Alice (in Wonderland). Katy was a fairy. Katy still loves Halloween even though she is getting a bit old for it. She was somewhat disappointed that no one wore their costumes to school this year.
Today was the Halloween parade at the kids school. It is very exciting. The most exciting thing for me was that I finally got to use my new camera a bit.
Katy and Margaret had their end of the year piano recital. Luckily, we went to the wrong church the week before and then finally to the right church when we figured out that we were a week early. We knew where and when this time.
Katy had her 8th grade graduation. She managed to be “Principal’s Scholar” because she got all A’s in all 12 quarters of middle school. She was one of about 35 in her grade to get it. We are very proud of her. She worked hard for this. There are also a few pictures from a few days ago when Katy went to the 8th grade dance.
As things slowly get back to normal, we had an Easter celebration. Again, the Easter Bunny hid way too many eggs. The kids had a good time hunting them all over the front and back yards. I am sure that some were never found.
We celebrated Katy’s birthday. It is hard to believe she is 14. High school next year. We celebrated at the Springer’s.