Piano Recital

Last Tuesday was a crazy day!!  Courtney had Pizazz from 5:30 to 7:00.  Courtney had a piano recital from 6:00 to 7:00. Ethan had merit badge camps from 7:00 to 9:00 (although it ends up being more like 9:30).

I fed the kids, dropped Courtney off at dance, ran home, grabbed Ethan, picked Courtney up from dance at 6:30, she changed her clothes in the backseat of the fan, drove quickly to the piano recital, she played her song, I left to take Ethan to his class, I went back to pick Courtney up, and then I drove home.  Bryan went back at 9:00 to pick up Ethan but the teacher kept going....and going....and going...until about 9:30.

Anyway, here is the video of her song.

I missed the first bit because I wasn't ready yet.  Courtney did a great job!!

Phone Book

The new phone book came out and here is the ad for the law firm:

Piano Evaluation

Courtney had her Spring piano evaluation today. She was pretty nervous but had been working on her song for a couple of months. She did a great job. The evaluator have her a superior rating. Courtney was pretty happy.

Happy Valentines Day

We have a fun tradition for Valentines Day. Bryan and I write a reason we love the kids on paper hearts and put them on the kid's doors at night. Sometimes we leave a treat too. 

Ethan loved it so much that he didn't take his hearts off the door last year. So I had to use a dark red paper to tell the difference. It's been fun!

Courtney put one on our door:

Eye Doctor

Courtney had her yearly eye exam this morning.  It was a bit crazy because Ethan's play began late and so Courtney and I had to sneak out right before it finished so we could drive across town to get the eye doctor on time.  I don't know why I bothered.  We were 5 minutes late and had to wait for an hour before they called us back.  But the doctor examined Courtney's eyes and said that her crossing is getting better so her muscles are starting to get stronger.  She still has bifocals but will probably be able to get rid of those when she is about 10 years old.  She was pretty happy about that.  And he said that she may be able to get out of her glasses altogether when she is about 14.  I am not betting on this but she was pretty excited.

The doctor stressed to her that she has to wear her glasses all the time so one eye isn't more dominant than the other.  She was a bit freaked out by his serious talk with her so I hope she will be more diligent.

Bryan got a lot of the blame for any time she doesn't wear her glasses.  She told the doctor: "On Sundays my mom has meetings and my dad never reminds me to wear my glasses to Church so I forget." and "We went on a 2 week vacation and my dad didn't remind me to get my glasses so I didn't wear them while we were gone."  I had to laugh.  Apparently it's Bryan's job to make sure Courtney remembers to wear her glasses.  I was very happy that for once, I wasn't the one to blame! hahaha!

Courtney's Performance

This is the video from Courtney's Pizazz performance on Tuesday night at Dixie State University.

She is the blonde on the right side, usually on the end of the back row.  She is in pink.

Ethan's Play

It is the end of the trimester which means that Ethan is one happy kid. This trimester has taken his way out of his comfort zone but it has been great for him. And although he will tell you that he can't wait to get back into PE again, he has been singing a lot more than he was before and his self confidence has been higher than before.

He has a choir concert last week to show off his trimester choir skills and he had a play performance this week to show off his drama skills. He was really nervous but did a great job.  It was a modern telling of Greek mythology with an Olympiad twist. It was really funny!

Here was his part.

We almost weren't allowed to go and watch.  Ethan was so nervous that he told me on Thursday night that he would rather not have us there.  I told him we were fine with that but by Friday morning he had changed his mind and we were able to go.  Luckily, it was at 7:55 in the morning so Courtney was able to go also.