20 December 2021

Some artwork from Bobo recently:

This is work in pastels.  I hung this on my wall by my desk.

A note he left me on Saturday morning, with the update "Boing canceled because of weather"

Project in art class

Sometimes it's really fun to have kids in the same school, because they come home with similar efforts, like this one where the teacher had them drawing crowns over the heads of the animals.  (Bobo on top, Rosebud below)

14 December 2021

Last night was Rose Pink's choir concert in Dallas.  Since it was on Monday, I was the only one who went.  We left home at 7:30 am and drove up to Dallas to the Meyerson Center downtown.

Then the waiting began.

When you're in a concert that involves five choirs and 400 people, there is a lot of waiting.  They found their stage positions and practiced moving between them for the various numbers, and then did a full rehearsal.  Then it was 4 pm and we all went back to the holding room for our choir until the first show at 5 pm.

It was quite a show.  Rose Pink was of course amazing, and her choir was amazing, and all the choirs were amazing together.  Rose Pink's choir sang "Beautiful Savior" and "The Little Drummer Boy" and "Carol of the Bells" and many, many others.  My favorite was a version of "Mele Kalikimaka" that involved drums and hula dancers and chanting - very high energy and so much fun.

There was a second show at 8 pm, which I got to attend rather than assist backstage.  After that we had a quick visit with some friends who came to see her.

Then it was off home through rain and dense fog.  We got home at 2:30 am.  It was a very long day, but a really great experience.  I'm so glad that she has the chance to rehearse and perform with this choir.

6 December 2021

This weekend Rose Pink's choir performed as part of a Christmas program at the church where they rehearse.  Rosebud and I attended the program.  We walked past various outdoor scenes of the Savior's birth and life and death and an empty tomb, and then listened to the choir sing.  It was fun to do it together with Rosebud, and Rose Pink's choir sounded wonderful.  Their official concert is next Monday on 13 December in Dallas.  Looking forward to that as well.

2 December 2021

Here are some of the treasures that Rosebud has brought home from school lately:

This is a self-portrait.  She filled in the blanks at the bottom with: "My name is <her name> and I like BABIES."  This is interesting because I don't think she has a lot of experience with babies.  Her Primary teacher told me a couple weeks ago that Rosebud drew a picture of her family and said that I was pregnant, because she really wants a little sister.  (This wish is extremely unlikely to come true.)

So pleased that she has friends at school.  Although there has been a learning curve in social relationships that is sometimes hard for her. 

I'm including this one to show how much she likes to color.  This was a math exercise but she has carefully colored the leaves in multiple different colors.

Fun in art class.

I think it's a mermaid?  That is trick-or-treating?