Jewish Ethics and Driving
On Sunday December 16th I accompanied Katelyn to religious school because there was a special class involving parents around ethics and driving. It sounds funny, but it was actually good, talking about responsibility and the value of life and of kindness and patience.
Concert Week
On Tuesday, Haley played percussion in the Taylor Winter Concert, and I was in charge of the parent volunteers (decorations, selling refreshments, etc), so it was a busy time for all. Then on Thursday, Katelyn played bari sax with the Jazz Band and Symphonic Band at the Mills Winter Concert, where Kathie helped out. Very busy!
Busy Saturday
On the 8th, the girls went shopping with Glynis and Susan to help pick out gifts for their charity family while I worked with Craig to get our house decorations up. Then Haley went to Ralph’s birthday party while Katelyn came home and hung out with us while Jann and Trev visited. Then Haley went to Glynis & Susan’s while Katelyn had her birthday outing.
For her outing, Katelyn met her friends at Tanforan Mall. I gave them money for dinner and snacks, and pre-purchased movie tickets. They saw “Wreck It Ralph”. They had a great time together, and loved the movie. Pictures here.
Katelyn: CMEA Jazz Festival
Katelyn spent the day at the College of San Mateo on 11/16 with the Mills jazz band, at a CMEA (California Music Educators Association) jazz festival. They had a great time, although missed another day of school.
Katelyn goes to the Opera
Katelyn, along with many of the music students from Mills, went to a dress rehearsal of the SF Opera’s production of Tosca on 11/14. Katelyn really enjoyed it, although getting home late meant she didn’t get any homework done that night. It was the beginning of a long weekend of little sleep and lots of make-up work.
Halloween!!
The girls finished their costumes over the weekend, so they were ready to go. Haley was a “Weeping Angel” from Dr. Who, and Katelyn was the March Hare. I dressed as a Silly Sorceress. Val didn’t dress up this year. Check out our costumes.
On Halloween morning they were up by 6:30 to get ready. After makeup and nail angst I got Haley to school on time, and came back for Katelyn. She had to fill a whole gallon thermos with boiling water and package up some tea bags and cups (after a stop at the store), to take to school for a tea party, then off we went.
I went to work, one of about 25 people on my floor to dress up. I’d been coordinating events at work, decorating a bit (my colleague Glenda did a lot of it) and organizing a potluck and costume contest. I was the emcee, and it was great fun. You can see pictures from the party here.
I left work early and picked up both kids, then tried to get some work done. At 5 I took Haley over to her friend Ari’s house in Burlingame. Haley’s parents took the two of them plus Ari’s little sister out in their neighborhood, and they had a great time. Meanwhile, I dropped Katelyn off to meet her friends near downtown Millbrae, and they went off on their own, after which I went back to pick up Haley. An hour or so later I took Val to the airport for a business trip to Arizona, and then picked up Katelyn. Basically I just shuttled everyone around all evening, and we all had fun.
Oh, and we’d carved pumpkins on Sunday, which you can see here. My friend Sabine helped, and Katelyn wasn’t able to do a pumpkin because she was busy doing homework. Sad!
Trivia Bee
The kids went to the Trivia Bee again this year, with Glynis & Susan, on the 12th. Haley was so excited because they had a raffle and she won a fruit “boat”, with a banana hook.
Driver Education!
Katelyn had her first Driver Education class on Saturday the 6th. Three more sessions to go. She said it was one of the most boring and tedious experiences she’s ever had. Apparently of the 11 teenagers in the class, 4 fell asleep.
Mills Mania
The kids went to “Mills Mania” on Friday. This a carnival/dinner/movie event at the high school, a benefit for the Mills Annual Fund. The thing that was particularly remarkable about it is that they were both there unsupervised, with strict orders to not leave campus without each other. They did great, and had a wonderful time. They’d even planned on walking home together afterwards because Val and I were teaching a class, but ended up getting a ride from our friend and neighbor, Lynn.
Vegetable Family Evening
Diner was fun tonight. Early in the afternoon (OK, right after she woke up), Katelyn said “Can we make a big pot of vegetable soup? And a big salad to eat while we’re waiting for the soup to cook?” How can you say no to that? So we made a trip to the store and loaded up on good stuff, everyone chopped and advised and stirred and seasoned, and we had a fabulous dinner while watching “Spirited Away“. What a wonderful family evening!
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