February on FB

Note to self: when picking classical music "videos" on YouTube to listen to while studying, skip any which include Brahms lullaby 😴😆

 

Me: Boys, you shouldn't cheat

Also me:

Almost exactly 9 years to the day after I had surgery to remove a bone from my foot that had died after being fractured, I have fractured another bone in my other foot. My podiatrist put me in a post-op shoe and told me to make sure I am getting a lot of calcium. I only assume this is what he meant:

Sometimes with teens it's just best not to know

We are experiencing some difficulties with our cell service. We ask for your patience at this infuriating time. If you called or texted me this last weekend or over the next week or so and don't get a response, feel free to email me as the situation is...not ideal.

Pippin

The school musical this year was Pippin. I must confess that I had not heard this one before. I grew up watching musicals, but apparently not this one. And what do you do if you don't know about something? You look it up on Wikipedia! Off to the internet we went and read the plot synopsis of Pippin. After which we decided that Isaac would (again) not be attending the high school musical regardless of what part Michael ended up having.

Once again, Michael got tapped for the pit. This worked well with his swim schedule since there was a bit of overlap but the pit didn't need to be at all practices at the beginning. 

We got tickets for opening night and sat up close and personal to the pit so we could see/hear Michael work his magic.

These last two are pics from the online play program. Michael played the keyboard and, for one amazing song, the melodica.

As always, Michael's dedication to his music and to creating a wonderful production showed in the performances and in the extra naps he takes to get through this exhausting time. 

Solo and Ensemble - Choir Edition

Pardon the blurry image, but this is a screen shot from the video I took of Michael singing O Del Mio Dolce Ardor at Solo and Ensemble today. He was, in one word, stunning. He sounded fantastic. And the judge apparently agreed because his only comments were on tiny details and then MICHAEL WON. This means he goes to State for the bass slot for this region in April in Ellensburg. We are crazy proud of him. As a bonus, his friend Etan is going also as he won the baritone slot. So we're off to Ellensburg in the spring!