Day 439

Matteo's penultimate school day (we got a kick out of that word). One of the foster twins had a little outpatient surgery today. That kept Tracy busy much of the day, and Nana busy at home. AJ and Papa spent a few hours at the pool. He's already got a cadre of friends for the summer over there. Tennis day for Lexi. Nana and Papa got on the phone with Vickie and Rob to continue planning for New Mexico next week. I haven't mentioned our series/movies watching lately; we're still watching 24.

Lunch!

Day 438

Summer is officially here. DCC is out for the year so off to the pool on a Monday! All kinds of firsts for the season which we're all very excited about. Complete with a flyover by the Thunderbirds doing their site survey for their Wednesday AFA graduation show. The TimberCreek Church folks threw a little ice cream sundae party for Tracy to celebrate and thank her for leading the Kids Ministry. She has pulled back from that spot in order to go full force at her nursing degree.

Pondering when to transplant...

The water cannons are Jonnie's favorite

The first gin and tonic of summer!

And the first slip and fall at the pool

The Thunderbirds are in town for
Wednesday's graduation at the Air Force Academy

Thank you, Tracy!

Day 437

Tracy was honored this morning at church for having served as Children's Director for the last year or so. She's stepping back from that to get her RN degree. We hopped and skipped our way to Vaqueros for lunch while getting Fina and AJ to rehearsal times. Fina put in a few hours, and AJ was there for about 8 hours. He's very excited about hitting Kurt's big note in "So Long, Farewell." Meanwhile, Papa and Matteo went fishing at Palmer Lake. Four trout! And Carl's Jr on the way home for dinner. Jamie started in on Nehama Leibowitz's book on Exodus (New Studies in Shemot/Exodus). Some fascinating nuggets but mostly over his head for now; it'll just take some time and effort to get a grip. The layout/approach is unfamiliar, she references unfamiliar material, and she really gets into the nitty-gritty of the language.

Note the train in the background.

Day 436

Another huge day for AJ, starting with a reunion for his 2019/2020 year at School in the Woods. Despite being cut short by COVID, it was a tremendous experience I don't think he'll ever stop talking about. Their reunion today included a hike to many of the favorite spots on the property out in Black Forest. Then directly to a baseball game followed by 6 hours or so of Sound of Music rehearsal. Nana and Papa took Fina over to part of that same rehearsal for Sound of Music and stopped by Bad Daddy's Burgers for dinner while we waited. Oh, and Jamie attended the Friends of the SMVRR's Gala by Zoom between taxi service duties.

AJ's SITW Tile (#51)

Buttermilk Fried Bacon and Fried Jalapeno Deviled Eggs!

Day 435

Continuation Day! AJ is now a DCC Middle Schooler (6th grade)! Papa and AJ took an extra-long walk to school today during which he spent some time sharing how many of his Sound of Music lines he's memorized so far using LineLearner on his new (to him) cell phone. It was also pajama day for the littles. Part of AJ's celebration was lunch at Ted's Montana Grill. Jamie had a unique experience at his equine program volunteering activity - today was horseshoeing day! 

"I'm Kurt."

Flying Horse Foundation

Day 434

Today's the penultimate school day of the 2020-2021 year. Matteo had a band concert this evening (and wore Jamie's black dress shoes!). And Walter's supplied lunch for the adults and dinner for the kids (though they weren't terribly hungry after their very special visit to 7-11 for penultimate day treats). Jamie joined a Zoom meeting of Treasure Box Tours about Denver streetcar history. Very much like his Parlor Car Chats. Looks like that group does some interesting tours...

The walk to school. That's Jonnie in the lead.

AJ's class.

Fina's yearbook

The quilt top is done!

Our DCC Elementary kids; one going on to Middle School.

Slurpees after school.

Day 433

Swim lessons for Jonnie and Lexi today. Serafina had her cohorts over to the house most of the day, including some playtime at the end for jewelry perusing, mineral viewing, and a trip down memory lane back to Suzuki violin days. Nana dove into her jewelry stash to find just the right turquoise pieces to take on our upcoming New Mexico trip. Lexi's class has been doing some plant "esperimens": do they need water, soil, sunshine, etc.? Not sure what they've concluded yet, but she's quite "into" it.

Lexi is mothering her plant to the max.
So far so good.