5th grade moving up ceremony - June 10, 2011

Grace "moved up" from 5th to 6th grade yesterday. The school did a great job with a nice ceremony (they even played "Pomp and Circumstance") honoring all the 5th graders for various achievements. Grace won the Citizenship Award which is the highest honor bestowed on one fifth grader at each elementary school. Her name is inscribed on a plaque that hangs in the school forever!!

We are very proud of Grace!

Longaberger event at Yankee Candle in Deerfield, MA - June 9, 2011

Grace and I traveled with my friend Jeanine and her daughter Emily to Massachusetts for a Longaberger basket event at the Yankee Candle flagship store in West Deerfield. We all made our own baskets and shopped, of course! The girls each won a door prize which was a make-your-own-candle and wax hand coupon. They had great fun doing each activity. We filled Jeanine's Prius with our purchases of candles and baskets. It was a fun girls only road trip!

Noah's lacrosse tournament at Aquinas - June 5, 2011

Noah played in a lacrosse tournament last weekend. It was held at Aquinas Institute. They have a beautiful athletic facility courtesy of the late Robert Wegman. This is a picture of Noah and his best friend Jon after their last game.

Blue Fins Banquet - June 4, 2011

The end of the year banquet for Grace's swim team, the Webster Blue Fins, was held last week. This is a picture of Grace receiving an award. Standing next to her is Alec,

her "boyfriend" since January. The club did a nice job recognizing all the swimmers.

Memorial Day 2011

Stacy invited us over for a barbecue on Memorial Day. Noah sat with Charlie at his picnic table and helped him with his umbrella. It went up and down, up and down, all afternoon long.

Thanks to Stacy and Brian for a great meal!

Public Market - May 28, 2011

The kids and I went to the Public Market this morning. Rochester's was named the best in the US. Everyone else must have had the same idea today, because the place was packed! It took us about 30 minutes to find a parking spot! We got cheese curds and sharp provolone, giant cookies for the kids, zucchini, tomatoes, and a nice bacon egg and cheese breakfast sandwich for Noah. We saw Grace's friend Simon there with his Mom, Bridget. Even though the kids won't admit it, they had a good time.

Concerts - May 2011

We were lucky enough to go to both spring concerts at Plank North this year. Last week was Noah's orchestra performance, and Grace sang in the choir. Last night was Grace's band performance. Noah is having fun playing the cello (although not as much fun as playing lacrosse) and Grace thinks she will stick with clarinet next year in middle school.