A Fly On My Homeschool Wall

 What a social week! And we don't handle social weeks very well . . . at least my special 4 don't. We performed in 2 shows this week because the weather cooperated, and because we were finally done with the stomach bug that took us down last week. At this show, we were able to perform in full costumes to a small audience.  It was a new senior center for us, and we were uncertain about what to expect.  After the show, the director approached our director and told her, "There's a lady here who never speaks.  While she watched your show, I saw her mouthing the words of the songs the whole time.  I've never seen anything reach her that way.  Please come back." This show was at an old familiar location, and we did a black-and-white show because in the past there wasn't a dressing room available.  Well, this year there was a new director who gave us the hugest dressing room we've ever used!  I hope we'll do full costumes in the future! These are such cu...

Prom was Saturday night.  In my family, only Pixie and Super Star were able to attend as it was limited to ages 16-18. (Poor Belle--it was hard to be left out.) Sir Walter Scott was driver to half a dozen couples who made a fun evening complete with pictures, dinner, and then dancing at the prom. selfie by Super Star  professional photo candid shot by Dad as these two waited for their turn with the photographer Some of the couples came back to our house to visit for a while, and Belle got to join in that. (It definitely took some of the sting out of the evening.) And then we dove into a 3-day school week as we had a psych appointment for Beowulf followed by our final nursing home show on Thursday.  Then I'd reserved Friday to attend a homeschool conference, but that got changed into a mom-to-mom homeschool conference in my home with a friend who is bringing her kids home and wanted a little time to ask questions without the muss-and-fuss of a several-...

This post is basically an online photo book.  Not much content--just a bunch of photos taken by other people that I managed to luck into because I had my hands too full to take pictures of my own. (Thank you, friend photographers!) Dance #1:   The Homeschool Winter Family Dance The new venue and our late arrival kept my kids on the sidelines for a while . . . assessing . . . working up the courage to dive in and have fun. Food is always an icebreaker. And precious friends are hard to resist.  This shot melts my heart every time!   These are two of my favorite friends, and they are both taking their families on marvelous international adventures starting this summer.  I'm happy for them, but I'm sad for me.  I'll miss them so much . . . and there's no guarantee they'll come back to this same area when they get done traveling.  One friend is headed to Guatemala for a year (or so) and the other will t...