Too much to keep up with, that's for sure! So, I'll do this in one post instead of many.
So far, the highlight of this year for Alex has been the Washington State Page Program. From March 7 - 12, 2010, Alex was in Olympia, working as a House of Representatives Page. He was able to page for Representative Tim Probst from Vancouver, Washington. Representative Probst was an excellent fit for Alex, as they both are interested in the environment and education. Rep. Probst is also from Illinois and went to Notre Dame. Alex loved his week in Olympia. He is now hoping to participate in the Washington DC page program in a year or two.
Alex has also been part of the Music Works Northwest Jazz Combo this quarter. He is the piano player, and has had a lot of fun, while learning more about jazz.
And this very week, Alex is in a Lifeguard training class - every day from 9 to 5. He is learning about emergency rescue, CPR and lifeguarding skills. He hopes to work as a lifeguard somewhere this summer.
Rachel has been equally busy. Her favorite thing is theater. She has been attending a year long workshop at Studio East, and will soon debut as Puck, in "A Midsummer Night's Dream". AND, she just auditioned and earned the role of Cindy Lou Who in the upcoming run of "Seussical", also at Studio East. So exciting! (Tiring, too, as I will be driving to Kirkland 4 or 5 days a week! But it is all worth it.)
She is also singing with the Snoqualmie Valley Girls Choir - which she loves. It's a great group of girls and excellent vocal training.
Rachel is still doing Girl Scouts, and both her and my favorite part of this year has been Thinking Day. Normally Thinking Day in our Girl Scout service unit has been a huge fair, with many troops putting together display booths, crafts and food related to a country of their choosing. This year the service unit asked if I would run Thinking Day. I told them yes, but only if they changed the venue to match the real intent, which is to showcase the theme "Together We Can Change the World". The powers that be thought about it, and then decided to give it a shot. We enlisted our whole troop to help plan and prepare displays and such. At one point during the process we only had around 50 girls registered to attend (as opposed to 150 in previous years). I was feeling a little discouraged, and Rachel said "Mom, if only 50 attend and learn how to change the world, it's better than 150 attending just for crafts and food." And she was right! AND, we still ended up with more than 150 people attending and high accolades for the venue. Hopefully, with or without me, the "Change the World" theme will stick!
So far, the highlight of this year for Alex has been the Washington State Page Program. From March 7 - 12, 2010, Alex was in Olympia, working as a House of Representatives Page. He was able to page for Representative Tim Probst from Vancouver, Washington. Representative Probst was an excellent fit for Alex, as they both are interested in the environment and education. Rep. Probst is also from Illinois and went to Notre Dame. Alex loved his week in Olympia. He is now hoping to participate in the Washington DC page program in a year or two.
Alex has also been part of the Music Works Northwest Jazz Combo this quarter. He is the piano player, and has had a lot of fun, while learning more about jazz.
And this very week, Alex is in a Lifeguard training class - every day from 9 to 5. He is learning about emergency rescue, CPR and lifeguarding skills. He hopes to work as a lifeguard somewhere this summer.
Rachel has been equally busy. Her favorite thing is theater. She has been attending a year long workshop at Studio East, and will soon debut as Puck, in "A Midsummer Night's Dream". AND, she just auditioned and earned the role of Cindy Lou Who in the upcoming run of "Seussical", also at Studio East. So exciting! (Tiring, too, as I will be driving to Kirkland 4 or 5 days a week! But it is all worth it.)
She is also singing with the Snoqualmie Valley Girls Choir - which she loves. It's a great group of girls and excellent vocal training.
Rachel is still doing Girl Scouts, and both her and my favorite part of this year has been Thinking Day. Normally Thinking Day in our Girl Scout service unit has been a huge fair, with many troops putting together display booths, crafts and food related to a country of their choosing. This year the service unit asked if I would run Thinking Day. I told them yes, but only if they changed the venue to match the real intent, which is to showcase the theme "Together We Can Change the World". The powers that be thought about it, and then decided to give it a shot. We enlisted our whole troop to help plan and prepare displays and such. At one point during the process we only had around 50 girls registered to attend (as opposed to 150 in previous years). I was feeling a little discouraged, and Rachel said "Mom, if only 50 attend and learn how to change the world, it's better than 150 attending just for crafts and food." And she was right! AND, we still ended up with more than 150 people attending and high accolades for the venue. Hopefully, with or without me, the "Change the World" theme will stick!
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