Nerd Day at FMS

I told her to put TP hanging out the back of her pants, but she thought that was going to far ;)

Music Festival

The junior high attended a music festival this afternoon. Nathan and I went over to hear them. They were fantastic! The recordings aren't great, mind you a little boy was sitting in my lap half the time, and it's just a digitial camera. But if you want to listen, you will see they did very well. Keep in mind these are 12 and 13 year olds. They are fortunate to have a very talented and devoted choir teacher.

I will warn you, this one is long, so listen if you want.

Some of the kids are playing the instruments. And look, they can move and sing in tune. I didn't upload the whole song. I was having trouble getting the video to load, so I shortened it. I didn't get the whole song anyway, due to battery issues.

They look like they're having fun huh?!
There was another song that was very pretty, but the video I have didn't do it justice.

(Update: Teresa found out the choir got a Superior rating at the festival, the best you can get. They deserved it)

My Cats in Hats

We went to the Fox Theater last Sunday for a little Dr. Suess reading event. It was fun, they had face painting and some characters there. Then they played a movie.

Random Pictures

Just some random pictures from the past couple weeks

Jazzi was a sleep on Nathan(she woke up when I pulled the camera out)

We made chocolate valentine suckers

We went and saw Brian Regan at the Fox Theater. SO FUNNY! If you haven't had the chance to see him, or even just hear him, don't miss it!

A little fondant bunny I made for the top of a very delicious carrot cake

Valentine Dance

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Teresa had a Valentine's dance at school on Friday. Isn't she beautiful?
(those shoes she's wearing are mine, can you believe it? They were a tad big, but not by much)

Swimming lessons

I know I just posted a video, but I had to post some of his swimming lesson. I'm very proud of the progress he has made. The first lesson last summer, he was screaming bloody murder. He has come a long way and learned a lot. He took over summer, and then we just started up again in Jan.

The kids these days

A few clips of Nathan in the new gym class,Boys Level 1. They focus on very different things. He's been in it for about 3 months now. He's taking swim now too, he's doing a great job. Jumping off the side and swimming and floating on his back and then swimming to the edge. I plan to try and get some video of that. He's getting a private lesson, it's great! I don't pay that price, it's just that no one else has signed up. Definitely the time to take swimming lessons. We've been busy around the house this last month, but we still squeeze in the fun stuff.

Teresa did well second quarter, it was much harder, so a B in Math, but still great. She had a great compliment from her Language Arts teacher on one of her writing assignments. She has a great couple weeks ahead. She tries out for the school play tomorrow, has a fun field trip to USC and the Natural History museum on Thursday and a week from Friday there is a Valentines dance at school. :) I doubt I'll get any pictures of these, but maybe I'll have her post some pictures if she remembers to take some.

Teresa painted this lovely picture of a Red Panda for me for my birthday (I got a Kindle too :o - I love it!)