Category: KidFun
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Reach for the Stars fundraiser
Help send Lily and 31 other kids from Minneapolis and Saint Paul to Space Camp! Lily and I are on the craft sales committee of the fund raising team. Our creations will be for sale on December 1 at the Seward Art Crawl. Here are some samples of what we’ve been making!
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Bunty’s house and the Wetlands Institute
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Jersey shore
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Visit to Avalon
Bry’s Great-aunt Bunty invited us for a visit on seven mile island, NJ, where she’s enjoyed her unique cottage home for many years. We saw the original portraits of Bryant’s 3rd great grandparents, heard many family stories, and explored the wetlands institute which Bunty and her late husband passionately supported. The hand made bird mobile,…
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Forth Grade
Lily was “exhilarated” by the thought of starting grade 4 with her friends from CVA. Even a rainy morning and a late bus couldn’t dampen her spirits!
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X-ray week for Lily
Lily’s having a growth spurt so her doc did a bone age x-ray last Wednesday (normal) Then she slammed her hand in the basement door on Saturday and today we had to x-ray the same hand again! Weird, right?! She doesn’t have any obvious fractures but needs to wear the splint just in case.
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Hugglepod
The kids have outgrown their “tree house”. Can I keep it as yard art?!
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Double chocolate raspberry cake
Yes, Lily chose one of the most difficult recipes I’ve ever made. I shouldn’t have waited until 6pm the night before to ask what she wanted, but still!
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Start of 8th grade!
Hil is awaiting the bus for the last first day at LJA. We’re all a little sad.
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Lily on Stage!
Lily recently completed the Twin Cities Theater Camp(!) production of Urinetown. She had a great time! Her character’s name was Emily Ocean. It’s an intensive 5 week program, and Lily missed over a week of it due to our summer vacation, but she rallied and was a big presence on stage for the performances!