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Girl Scouts & Helping Out

Emily and her girl scout troop, led by Linda, spent the evening cooking and serving dinner to the families at the local Ronald McDonald house.  These houses are used as a “home away from home” for families with children that are inpatients at the Children’s Hospital.  Instead of staying in an expensive and impersonal hotel room, the families can stay in a home environment with home-cooked meals and pleasant hospitality.  The girl scout troop volunteered to provide the meal for last night.  Linda says they all loved it and some were even asking to sign up for every other Friday night!

After helping out at the Ronald McDonald house, they all returned to our house to make cards and letters for the troops overseas.  Our church is sending large boxes to several of our deployed parishioners and we have all been asked to contribute letters and cards to be distributed among their fellow soldiers.  Linda asked the troop if they’d want to participate and they were all eager to do so.

Very proud of our little girls – they’re growing up just right!

Watch Day at Dance

Once each semester, the parents are allowed to enter the dance studio to watch what the girls have been learning.  That day had arrived – and we were treated to a delight as the girls showed off their latest choreography.  They’ve been taking from Miss Nina for 7 years and it is really beginning to show.

http://youtu.be/MOS4P453ykQ

We love our Madeline

Madeline is a true childhood friend – one of the earliest friends the girls had.  I’ve known her Dad since 5th grade back in Manhattan; her Mom I’ve known since high school when they were dating.  They were the first people we contacted when we moved to Kansas City – because they were about the only people we knew.

Madeline is just a few months younger than Anna – and they’ve played together for the past 12 years or so.  At least a couple times per year, Madeline spends the night at our house or the girls go to her house (she now lives about 20 miles away).

After spending the night and the whole next day together, we finished it off with a trip to Cheeseburgers in Paradise – where the girls got to enjoy virgin strawberry daiquiris.

Yes, we love our Madeline…

Haunted House at the school

Each year the elementary school puts on a Haunted House and carnival in October as a fundraiser for the 6th grade.  The funds pay for the big field trip taken in the Spring.  Each 6th grader and their parents are required to participate and in the event.

Emily was a character in the haunted house (themed as a haunted school) – part of the haunted school crossing.  Linda was the coordinator of all volunteers (a HUGE job).  I was officially a fill-in, designed to take the place of anyone that didn’t show up.  Of course I like to get into the fun, too…

Oh, I ended up running the Revenge of the Pirates ride.  The kids really loved it.

First Day of School

Okay – so it’s been a busy 2 weeks since the last post – not a lot of work, but just busy.  I’ll be sure to post about all the happenings during those two weeks, but I want to let everyone know that SCHOOL HAS STARTED.

Today is the first day of school for Anna & Emily.  Anna is headed off to Middle School and Emily is top dog on campus as a 6th grader.

We’re looking forward to hearing how the first day went for both.  We’ll be sure to let you know, too.

Emily with her teacher, Mr. Cusamano:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anna with her bus-stop friends…

Omaha Zoo

We have been planning to go to the Omaha Zoo for several years.  Each summer has come and gone and we kick ourselves in August for not having made the real effort to get to Omaha.  It’s only 3 hours away – but yet just far enough.

Friends from medical school, Neil and Elissa Hamill, have just moved to Omaha after just completing his final month of fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine.  Finally – a perfect reason to make a real effort to get to Omaha.

We drove into Omaha about 3:00 pm on yesterday (Sunday) and spent the evening with the Hamills.  We had dinner at a restaurant that brewed their own beer, went swimming at their gym, and then homemade brownies (from scratch), ice cream, and coffee at their new house.  What a lovely evening.

After a night sleeping in luxury at the Doubletree, we got up this morning and headed to the zoo.  Elissa and the two boys joined us and we spent the whole day walking around the wonderful exhibits.