Category: KidFun

Off they go to Middle and HS. This year both kids have friends and neighbors attending the same schools so the bus should be a better experience. They both seemed excited and not overly nervous! And the busses stop near our house for once!

Lily’s soccer team was featured in a segment on a special kind of “no adults” tournament. She’s on screen at 0:19 and 1:28. https://www.kare11.com/video/news/parents-banned-from-soccer-tourney-sidelines/89-e3395800-8969-4359-be25-9e9489fbea0e?jwsource=cl

Medals all around for the Laura Jeffrey Squad!

Hillary had her Minnesota Youth Symphony (MYS) holiday concert at Rosedale Center today.  The acoustics aren’t great (it’s a mall atrium, after all), but here is a decent video of her playing after having moved up to second row in the violas of String Orchestra.

Lily applied for and was accepted into Reach for the Stars Space Camp! She and her friend, Zoe, are part of a group of 32 kids from Minneapolis and St. Paul.  You can read more about the programs here. Select “Program” at the top for an overview and select “Content” and expand the Science Saturday…

As you may know, Hilary is playing in the Minnesota Youth Symphony, which is kind of a big deal.  As you can imagine, it’s not cheap to run a thing like that, and there is fundraising. For those who would normally give Hilary a Christmas present, please consider donating instead.  You can donate on Qgiv…

Here are more examples… We have a variety of Plant Pals, magnets and mandala stones.