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Fri, 23 Apr 2010

OK, I haven't written again for two weeks. I kept meaning to write last weekend, but I never got around to it. So, I have two exciting weeks to tell about. There have been several track meets. I got a really good picture of Bryan in one, but well, I cut off the top of his head…He is blurry in this one, but is all there. This is while running the 4X800 relay.

I had to leave before he ran the 300 hurdles, but he called me afterward to have me pick him up because the team trainer thought that he'd broken his arm during a rather spectacular fall. I'm glad I wasn't watching. Turned out that his arm wasn't broken after all, but it made for a long evening and a painful few days. 

Maybe Bryan just wanted an excuse to "delegate" his Eagle project. He's started marking the grass to start his project at the local park. We all went to the park to help him last weekend. I took pictures. Marc and Bryan measured and painted lines. Thomas went off and played. Melody quickly got bored and wanted to go home. OK, Melody only got bored at the end, but I liked this picture because it is so typical of sibling supporting one another…I will probably get in trouble for posting it, but since no one ever looks at this…

Melody has been busy most nights with practice for her school play. They are doing School House Rock and she is in the chorus. That will be next week. In the meanwhile, she was inducted into the National Junior Honor Society. That is her reward for all those long hours spent doing her homework so carefully. She didn't pause so I could take a good picture of her receiving her certificate. 

  She and Thomas did agree to pose with the snake that they found in our back yard. When we first moved in, we used to see a black rat snake like this one (only much bigger)but we haven't seen one in years. So we were excited to see this one. I want him to eat all the moles and gophers. Does he look big enough?

In other wildlife news, we've been watching this mother robin on a nest in the front yard, but I haven't seen her for a couple of days. I hope something hasn't happened to her. 

Thomas has been borrowing my camera a lot. He likes to take pictures. He took this one of a double rainbow. 

And I took this one when he got home from school one day because I still think it is funny to see him wearing his cello on his back. 

Today was Colonial Day for the fifth grade at Thomas' school. Here he is dressed up. He had to go to school early this morning because he has a dancing part in the fifth grade review. That will be performed next week. I'm looking forward to seeing that. I hope all the colonial children will have fun today.