Today!

We are off to camp! It might be great and it might be terrible, but I am sure it will be memorable. You should see the volume of gear that we have for our under 24 hour trip. We have a brand new 6 person tent. Sleeping bags, rain gear, half our kitchen (F's favorite part is cooking out). I really hope it does not rain.
Now for an update on our lives....Recent happenings include A getting the worst haircut ever (think feathered, layered, mullet from late 70s/early 80s), J getting his yellow belt in karate (hiya!) and playing a great concert Thursday night.
AleVit pumped for camping. Someone mentioned bears and they are slightly petrified at the prospect ("papi has a button to scare the bears right?).
No news on the home front. Cannot find one we like and no takers for ours. The search continues.
Last week I completed the Aids Walk with DB and it was great! My first one was 25 years earlier!! and I raised over $1300 (I calculate at least 25K over my walking career).
Have a great long weekend. Over and out!

The Pianist

I am so proud of little J! He looked very funny in his blazer and tie with his feet swinging in the air as he played on an amazing grand piano on stage. He had a weird piano class before the concert- he was behaving like he was on drugs- hyper, mocking the teacher sort of. Very erratic. She told me to think nothing of it and to not talk about it with him. We went to Celeste for dinner with tía D and M and sure enough, he returned to the concert hall and played like a champ. The pieces some of the older (but not that much older) kids played blew me away. I kind of felt like I was in one of those documentaries about extraordinary kids and I wondered how much their parents make them practice to be that good. I am very happy this day is over. It was so cold I thought we would freeze. I loaded L into a taxi with AleVit this am (not the easiest maneuver- I felt bad that she would have to unload on her own and redo it at the end of the day). Tutored post school and met L back at Mannes (we are a good team- I am lost without her) and then attended the concert post dinner. MoJo looked like they were falling asleep at the end of the concert. Hurray to my mini Mozart.