Shrek!!

 For the past few months, Eva has been working so hard on preparing for her Shrek performance.  Although she has performed numberless times before, it has always been snipits of productions hodge-podged together.  This will be her first full performance.

She is on stage for most of the production.  She had about 5 different parts, and many more songs and dances to memorize.

I was able to see the show twice!  Once with Tia Lisa and at night with Jeff.   It was wonderful!  The students worked so hard, and their work paid off.

Zipidedoodah! The end of ski season!!!

 Hooray!  Hooray!  Its finally over!  And we all emerged unscathed.

Well, mostly.  

We did have a slight incident today.  It was a brisk, brilliant, sunny day.  The temp was around 30 degrees, not to shabby for skiing.  We picked up a buddy of Dylan's, got an early start, and were skiing by 11am.  

We skied for about an hour, and we were looking for hidden coconuts along the trails.  They were having fun activities because it was one of the last ski days.  Eva stopped to pose in front of some trees, to support her new project initiative.  

On one of the runs, Eva got clipped by a snowboarder.  She rolled a bit, and didn't get up.  She ended up hurting her thumb.  It kind of put a damper on the rest of the day.  Only because we weren't sure if it was broken.  It turned black and blue, and was very swollen.  

Thinking back to the arm that was really broken in July that we didn't figure out for 3 days, we went in.  

We ended the night in the emergency room; I was taking NO chances.  After all, I am the mother that waited two days to take her to the hospital with a broken arm and made her ride a 3 mile bike ride.  The emergency room took X-rays that showed it was only a bad sprain.  Poor baby.

So that's it.  No hitting trees.  Broken bones.  Torn ligaments.  Death.  Wrapping up a successful ski year!

Eva waiting in the emergency room under a different kind of tree.

My Little Gretsky II

 In the past two years, even admist Covid, Dylan has become an excellent hockey player, and a pretty good hockey player.  Hockey has become like a giant ball of slime, oozing even more into our lives day by day.

Its good for Dylan, because he loves it.  He's good at it, and he skates with really nice kids.  Jeff has become a coach and semi-obsessive ice rink creator that has taken over all of his free time.  He literally stands around watching water freeze.

I digress.

Eva and I are mainly spectators.  We might block a few shots with Dylan, but honestly, he doesn't want to play with us, and we don't want to get hit with pucks.  

When Dyl plays home games, he is number 88.  It is fun going to watch him.  It is nice to have this outlet this year.  It will be interesting to see how it fits in next year if  "things go back to normal."

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