maggie's most recent television appearance!
check her out on fox59's morning show from december 16, 2009 here - http://www.fox59.com/wxin-indianapolis-childrens-choir-121509,0,6401977.story
greg and mr. mustard have some bonding time...
greg always thinks mr. mustard likes me best, but i think he's moving up in the rankings. (though of course, mr. mustard ALWAYS love the maggo and paddo!)
Star Award
Because I said I would for my sister and my mother...here's a picture of me receiving my award for Association Professional of the Year...yeah!
Patrick's First Band Concert!!
His first percussion performance at Eastwood Middle School! Patrick was awesome - he played the bells, he played the drums, he even played a tamborine!
Halloween!
Some Halloween fun with a corpse bride and Freddy Krueger - that's all Patrick wanted to be, but at least he hasn't seen the movie...he was very happy with his scary costume and Maggie was a hit at a Halloween party she went to the night before winning scariest costume. We also decorated the house with some homemade paper mache' spiders we made (highly overrated project and quite time consuming - next time we'll buy some decorations!)
Bel Canto
Here's Maggie before her first performance with the ICC choir Bel Canto (or at least the first one where she's wearing her fancy new uniform). We are so proud of Maggie and she LOVES it! She has so much fun learning the new music and going to rehearsals.
Maggie is 13 today!
We can't believe it! A teenager lives in our house now! She is great. Fun sleepover party with friends and her Daddo made her favorite dinner of ribs and baked potatoes and I made the molten chocolate cake she loves. And of course, there were presents from friends and from us. Here she is showing off her new Uggs (which she is thinking about wearing to the Taylor Swift concert Thursday which was her big present.) She got electronics from her Mom (camera and new ipod Nano), not to mention the checks and cash that came from relatives from afar. All and all, a tremendous birthday and Maggie loved and appreciated it all. It felt a little bit much, but hey, she only becomes a teenager once!
Ada Comes to Town!
We were SO lucky to have Ada Beth Briggs Beard (accompanied by her fabulous Mama my sister) come visit us in Indy. She got to meet her cousins, hang out with friends and start learning to play piano. She was absolutely PERFECT the whole time. A completely sweet baby and we were so happy to see her!!
First Day of School!
it was the first day of school at Eastwood Middle School and Patrick's first day of middle school. both kids had a great day and have friends in their classes. first they rested, then they got their studious looks on and told us everything about the day.
Patrick's First Gig
Patrick was in percussion camp this summer as he prepares for band in the 6th grade. He had a great time and sounded awesome!
Fairhope, AL Vacation
We had the most wonderful time in Fairhope and couldn't ask for better hosts than Eleanora and Dave. Thanks for a great vacation! We enjoyed every minute of it!
A present for Mr. Mustard!
Maggie and Patrick's Grandma (Martha) made our Mr. Mustard a wonderful new little mat that he likes a lot. Usually it stays on the guest bed (where Mr. Mustard prefers to sleep and this helps keep the pillows from getting covered with cat hair - the little mouse mat gets covered in cat hair!) He wasn't completely sure about it at first, but he's getting used to it. I don't know if you've noticed, but we're sort of obsessed with our little cat...isn't he SO cute?!!
Fun weekend with Carson!
Carson came for the weekend and he and Patrick had a super-fun time. Wii, Nintendo, swimming at the Riviera Club, and just generally hanging out having a good time.
crazy trip to french lick, IN waterpark only redeemed by our tour of West Baden Resort
Any minute now, these children won't be as easily thrilled by a surprise trip to a waterpark so we decided to take advantage of the opportunity. Maggie wasn't thrilled about posing in the goofball themed pirate restaurant (actually, truth be told, the whole hotel and park had a pirate theme), but she was a good sport. West Baden was good to see too - if you get down toward Southern Indiana I recommend checking it out.
Band Concert at Eastwood Middle School
The sixth, seventh and eighth grade bands of Eastwood Middle School played a lovely concert May 12. Maggie is the only girl in the sixth grade trombone section (go Maggie!) and everyone sounded great. At one point she made a 'stop taking my picture' face, but other than that she had a good time!
Maggie's First Day Out on Her Balcony
We finally got Maggie's balcony cleaned off (thanks to Patrick and Greg!). We planted some white flowers in the window boxes (like clouds) and Maggie and I painted some adirondack chairs sky blue so she can rest and relax up in the sky outside of her bedroom.
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