Clair gets the Stowaway

Clair has taken a liking to the course productions at her elementary school.

There are two plays a year, and for each one, she decides to try out for speaking role. This spring, she decided she wanted one of the main roles, the stowaway.

She had about a week to practice the script and the singing solo. She practiced hard. She was really determined to get this role.

Unfortunately, she got a cold right before tryouts. That made tryouts harder. She felt confident in her performance though. She had to wait a week to find out what happened.

I’m happy to report that Friday she came in from school and announced that she got the role of the stowaway. I’m so proud of her for working hard to prepare to be successful and be selected to be this role. It really is a big role.

I’m looking forward to seeing her in the show in May. For now, I’ve been drafted into script, reading to help her memorize her 44 lines.

Max works out at PFP with me

This off-season between soccer Max agreed to come to Pfp with me and start working out. He’s been going for about three months and I think he is starting to appreciate some of the benefits he seeing in his body. Looking forward to seeing how he feels about soccer season when it starts.

I love that he is going to Pfp and getting the support from certified trainers who know how to work with kids his age and teach him the right ways to work out and a positive mental approach to training. These guys really are great with kids.

Clair’s second basketball season

Clair decided she wanted to play basketball again this winter. So we signed up for the local intermural league again. This time I volunteered to be head coach and was selected. I was happy to be the head coach. One of the moms from Softball out about being the assistant and it has been awesome working with her.

Clair missed a lot of the beginning of the season with her broken arm. Yet still, she’s grown in the sport and really contributed to our team success. I can only imagine what it would’ve been like if she had been able to play the whole season.

I’ve enjoyed coaching and I think all the girls are learning something. There’s a good chance the season comes to an end tomorrow morning. I’m ready for softball and I think Clair is too.

Ellie gets her learners

Ellie hasn’t seem too interested in working towards getting a license. We decided to let it go and let it come when she felt ready. Couple weeks ago she told me she was ready to take the learners permit test so we scheduled it for today.

Mimmi arrived at the DMV. We had to wait for about 15 minutes. We were early and there were no lines on a Saturday. I was surprised. Once we were called we went through all the administrative work and then she went off to take the test. She was very confident. I had to leave the room and wait for her out in the lobby. 

I only waited less than five minutes and she reappeared with a smile on her face telling me she passed getting 100% on the test. I’m proud of her.

Pulling out of the DMV I asked do you want to go drive around the parking lot. Before I could get the question completed she said yes. So we went to an empty parking lot and practiced driving in circles and early parking. I’m really proud of her. She was a good listener, and she was very interested in everything that I wanted to teach her.

Being a teenager is hard. I am learning that for things like this doing it at Ellie’s pace is best for her and leads to the greatest success. She’s grown up so fast. I know I’m gonna miss this.