Well, July’s done. Shooooot.
It’s already August. I’m telling
ya, tomorrow’s going to be October. SLOW
DOWN!
The boys went to their first week of
sleep-away camp in July with their best buddies, Noah and Joshua. They LOVED it. I thoroughly enjoyed reliving my own CYO days
and hearing all about the hike and overnight under the stars, the late night
kitchen raids, the games, Mass (with none other than our own parish priest,
Father Todd!), campfire, the cheesy songs, etc.
While the boys were away, Kayli and I did
play. We had three days in a row of play
dates with friends. We spent an
afternoon with my dear friend Kate, had our friends from Kayli’s gymnastics
class over and we spent a day at Remlinger Farm – which is full of rides
perfect for the 4ish year old crowd. Including
pony rides!
Also, in July, I interviewed for and accepted
a job! I’ll be the music teacher at
Newport Children School. It’s a huge
preschool (300 kids) and has been a place I’ve been eyeing for a long
time. The music teacher of 25 years is
retiring, so, HERE I AM! Come September,
I’ll be teaching there four mornings a week and continuing my Little Ditties
Music Academy classes at Montessori schools two afternoons a week. Life’s picking up a bit, people. Busy times.
Last week, Mike and I had a week of early
anniversary celebratory festivities. We
went to a nice Italian restaurant and saw Wicked at the Paramount. Awesome.
We went to the Space Needle for dinner (our first time in the restaurant
– though I did have my Senior Prom there) to celebrate with our best friends,
Jason and Rebecca – it was Jason’s daughter’s 18th birthday outing. Super fun to be included in that!
In the middle of all this fun, we managed to
jet off to Paris to hit up a flea market where we scored an adorable coffee
table and gorgeous kitchen table.
OK, I wish.
But we did get all, Pinteresty crafty and refinished our kitchen table
(that I’d done blackboard paint on three years ago) and refinished our good ‘ol
Ikea coffee table. I love ‘em!
Ready for Camp!
Post-Camp
