Arrow of Light

I don't think I posted these before.... in March Chandler received his Arrow of Light - they have a really cool Chief that comes and shoots arrows!

Move over Von Trapps

The Von Cranes are in town!

Last Thursday night was the school Spring Concert - it was a huge extravaganza of music! Our Winter concert was canceled due to the snowy weather we had this winter so they packed in a ton of performances in this one show....

The quality of music by all the kids was fantastic! They worked really hard and you could really see the difference even from last year.

I have some of it on video but I never seem to have luck posting videos on my blog. Both Tyler (vocal) and Chandler (Clarinet) had solos this year so it was extra special for the Von Cranes....it's nice being in a small school the kids have a few more opportunities they might not have in the big schools back home. It's all good for now :)

nIan playing the trumpet (you know brass is always in the back!)

Chandler's trio (violin, flute & clarinet spotlight solo)

The spectators

The Birthday Party

Lucas' birthday most people remember - it's 4/4/04 - so when we told Lucas we'd have his birthday party in March he was really sad. He didn't understand the concept that ...... 'your real birthday is on Easter this year, your friends will be on vacation!' Once his buddies all got there he got over it...

We went to the Guildford Spectrum and had a Pirate party - those parties are the best - you just show up and you don't have to clean up the mess!!!

Here are some pictures of his very fun day....

The boys - Lucas, Henric, Adrian, Jack, Matteo, Sami

Lucas & Scrappy

Circus Olympus

For the last 2 months Chandler has been working on the school play - he had been going to practice after school 3x a week and some weekends. He was part of the Cerebus - the three headed dog. It was a twist on greek mythology and they did a few of the stories from it. It was really well done and it was impressive to watch Chandler act and DANCE, yes, dance.....


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Pizza Night

So instead of worrying each day if I've taken a photo, I'm going to kind of work backward (and forward) for the last couple months...

Last week (March 9th) we had school conferences so no school for the kiddies - Tyler's French class went to Paris for the long weekend so I let Chandler have a few friends stay over.

They made homemade pizzas - it was fun, instead of just the standard "pepperoni and cheese" I got requests like, stuffed crust, onions, bell peppers & mushrooms!! A few of the boys had never even made homemake pizzas before - it was too funny watching them play with the dough, they didn't even know what to do with it!? I really like Chandler's group of friends - they are all such nice kids!

Book Lover

Clearly in order for me to get back on the posting band wagon I need incentive, I'll try again to do a photo a day or every couple days.... even if commentary is short or nil, at least a pictorial should satisfy the family pool....xoxo

I'll try to insert some catch ups as well as I go but in the meantime.....I think I have another little bookworm in my house....