Georgia! Saturday

Well, we made the drive from Greensboro to Georgia with no problems. While we were there we celebrated Q7's 8th birthday twice. Once the first night we were there (sans twins) and once the 2nd night we were there (with twins). The cupcake cake was delicious and beautiful!!!

  

On Saturday we did tons. The indoor water park. They had a great little kid structure to play on, and a lazy river that looked as though it was moving at a very fast pace! I got no photos, but thanks to N here both girls coming off the slide. 

 

And then that night we went to Medieval Times. L10 was skirting around dressing up so I told her if SHE dressed up I would dress up. In anything that she wanted, provided it fit me. So .... she found me a dress. Ninoo, does it look familiar? The girls said you ALSO got to wear this. And then all the girls dressed up to go. Here we are looking awesome. C9 looks a little pained (she later said the sun was in her eyes), Q7 looking ecstatic to be with her cousins, L10 looking classy, A10 looking like a bridesmaid, and me looking orange!

And here are A & N at the Medieval Times. A little fuzzy but cute. Ok, a LOT fuzzy.

And Q7 at the table enjoying SOMETHING. Best cheesiest show ever. I really enjoyed it. Or was it just that I got to eat with my fingers? 

Greensboro part 2

The girls weren't as impressed as I was by this, but we visited the statue of the Greensboro 4 and drove by the Woolworths.

Here we are at the Greensboro 4 statue.

 

And then we went to another great park. This one a walking park, with great paths, ducks, and trees.

And then our trip was done, it was time for us to drive to Georgia! We had a great visit, thank you to Bob & Mary!!!

Maryland to Greensboro

Last fall I realized I'd not travelled south for a long long time, and that we hadn't seen relatives, and we'd never imposed ourselves on some of them ever. So we had to fix that. Operation Imposition! So we planned a trip for spring break, and we thought we'd hit Greensboro, Charlotte, Lawrenceville, GA, and Charleston. With Q's request that we be home on her birthday we lopped off Charleston (although I'm wondering if we could take a fall visit there, maybe) and made the trip a quickie Greensboro, Lawrenceville, Charlotte, home.

It was the perfect length for us. By the last day the girls were ready to go home, but still able to be mostly pleasant. That's a delicate balance.

SO, spring break arrived and the first leg of our trip ensued. Maryland to Greensboro. The trip took, I don't know, 5 hours, I think. I am not sure. It sure felt long. And the GPS in my car is acting up, so it took me backward at one point, and I (stupidly) did what it said. Oh, well. We got there will really no problems. We were fed a delightful and delicious meal by our hosts, and settled in for bed. Then up for some Greensboro action in the morning.

First, Mary and I hit the gym at 5 am. I LOVE it. Somebody else who works out like I do. We had a good time at the gym, and I made great time on the treadmill going nowhere. Yep, that's right.

The next day Bob took us to this fantastic park. No play equipment. No stuff. No plastic. Just plants and paths and we spent a LOT of time there.

We all loved these little seats ... I thought there was a picture of me somewhere, but I can't find it.

And a lovely photo!

More coming up ....

Piano Recital

Ah, piano recitals.

No commentary lest I give away how I really feel about spending 2 hours listening to piano.

Here they are.

Q7's Bach piece (all that paper shuffling you hear? C9, I believe!)



Q7's 2nd piece, Riding the Wind



C9's Bach piece



And C9 playing Allegreto

4th annual talent show

We were surprised when C9 said she wasn't going to do the talent show this year. And we were just as surprised to find out the Q7 WAS going to do the talent show. So, at least there was representation from the family. Thank goodness.

Initially C7 and H8 were going to bring Lucy in and have Lucy Dog do tricks. It would have been fun. Except that bringing the dog into the school resulted in a shaky-freaked out dog who wouldn't perform. So, that idea was scrapped.

Luckily, another friend, J7 had an idea, so H8, J7, and Q7 decided to sing "Cloud 9."

Now, the day of the talent show H8 got sick in the classroom (threw up before the poetry slam! Had to leave before the pioneer lunch was over), and although she valiantly tried to come to the talent show to participate, she could not. So, the amazing S7 stepped in. S7 was doing her own act later in the show, and had basically memorized Q, J, and H's act. Awesome. She was a superstar.

Unlike a lot of the youngsters singing in the talent show, they didn't lip sync, they didn't have a singer behind them, they didn't even have music. They weren't scared at all. In fact, their a capella version of "Cloud 9" was great. Says I, the mom.

Here they are ... Snow Globe III!

Poetry Slam

Wednesday night Q7 was all aflutter. There were 3 big things happening in school the next day, one of which was the poetry slam in her classroom. Q7's teacher is innovative and awesome, and has them all doing interesting and great things; I've become more and more impressed with her over the year.

Q7 invited C44 to go to the poetry slam, but he wasn't able to. He mentioned it to me (the uninvited) and I decided I could make it, and I am so glad I did; it was fantastic. All of the kids got up to recite, no matter their comfort level. There was one boy who was reciting a poem in English for the first time. He's very new to the classroom. The rest of the kids wrote their own poems and either read them or recited them from memory. A few wrote two. I heard a lot of poems about minecraft from the boys. One about pizza. One about a lovely little sister. One about a dolphin. One about a cousin.

The variety was great. Q's were awesome, and she is a ham. Right after I cut off the camera she was cracking jokes about how long it was taking for the next girl to get up to take the microphone. No stage fright there.

More snow! March snowstorm! Lucy Dog loves it.

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Awesome snowflakes, too.