Aloha

Lorelai and I had our first performance today. We danced at a dementia and Alzheimer's care facility. They decorated everything and all of the residents had leis on. Quite festive. It did give new meaning to the term captive audience. A little weird with all the doors locked to keep them in. Lorelai and her friend Sophie were the youngest and least experienced dancers but they did great and had fun.
Steve's only critique for me was that I forgot to smile. I was having fun, honest. It just doesn't look like it. I did ok, didn't forget the steps. I almost fell over and the end of one of the dances but I watched the video and you can't tell. (I'll post clips when I can figure out how to get it on the computer).

First Day of School!

Despite the fat lip, Lorelai was thrilled to start first grade.


She is super proud to have her own desk.


We had gotten a recommendation for a particular first-grade teacher, I believe the direct quote was "she's AMAZING!" so we requested her. We had no idea at the time that she was the bilingual teacher for first grade. Lorelai is the only non-hispanic in her class. We're hoping she picks up some spanish and doesn't seem to mind being the odd-one in class. She's a little bummed that none of her classmates from kindergarten are in her class but she sees them on the playground.

She was less jazzed to go to school the second day. When I asked her why, she complained that her teacher had said they were going to do math but they just reviewed numbers: "I already know all of them!"

Maybe Letting The Kids Watch Jeff Dunham Wasn't Such a Good Idea

"Daddy, what's a condom?"

Swim With The Fishes

The reasoning behind the title of this post is two-fold. First of all, by beloved Jetta is dead (get it? swimming with the fishes? har har). It was going to cost more than it is worth to fix because the whole back end got torqued and they would have to replace the entire back half of the body. Not happening. We're still waiting to find out how much the insurance will pay me out for it but in the mean time, here's my ride:


Thanks, Mom and Dad!

The second reason for the title is more obvious: the kids are taking swimming lessons and loving it. They are both doing great and actually putting their faces under water. On purpose! Here are some action shots:

Here's How My Day Went