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Ryan and his three best friends performed the First Movement of the Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (adapted for quartet) at the district Solo & Ensemble competition yesterday and got a 2! (1 is the highest score possible). They each got a medal on a red ribbon. I'm so proud of him and his friends! … [Read more...]
Not only was Table for Five named as one of the Top 75 Blogs Parents with Teens Should Read by Bold Earth Adventures, but it came at just the right time - it's Table for Five's Six Year Bloggiversary!! I actually know that I started the blog sometime around the last week of August in 2005, but somehow in the move from Blogger to Wordpress.com, I lost a couple of posts. My oldest post is dated September 1st, 2005, I wish it had a nicer title than Feeling sad and frustrated, but that was right after Hurricane Katrina and all I was doing was watching CNN and feeling, well, sad and frustrated. Anyway, it's my 6th Anniversary of blogging, so what a nice surprise to get an email letting me know I had been included in a Top 75 Best list! Here's some info about the site that gave me the award, copied from their footer: "BOLD EARTH is a summer adventure travel camp alternative to traditional Teen Camps and Summer Teen Tours. Since 1976, BOLD EARTH has offered Adventure Travel Summer … [Read more...]
Today turned out to be a big day for both Ryan and Nathan. First, Nathan went with Chris to work for Take Your Child to Work Day. The company Chris works for is family-owned and they love planning activities for kids. Chris has been busy all morning so I don't even know what Nathan is doing, but I'm sure he's happy not to be in school :) Tonight is Ryan's induction ceremony into National Junior Honor Society. At dinner last night Ryan casually mentioned that he had gone to "rehearsal" yesterday during school and was going today as well. I said, rehearsal for WHAT? People, getting inducted into NJHS is a BIG FREAKING DEAL, I had no idea. This is the largest group the school has ever had, 84 students. Besides going over the ceremony and practicing things like lining up and walking into the room, they also practiced the ceremony itself. Which involves things like holding a candle and having it lit by the person next to them, then turning and lighting their neighbor's candle. And … [Read more...]
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