Emma participated in an annual art competition here for 5th grade students. Each fall, the Symphony Guild holds an "Art to Music" Competition. ALL 5th grade students in S.A. compete in this competition...I think the number is around 1500 (can't find the letter that says exactly how many, but that's the ballpark). The students were split into groups, each group listening to one of the 4 movements of Respighi's The Pines of Rome. As they listen, they create a piece of art with their interpretation of the movement. The pieces are then submitted and judged. Emma placed 4th for her movement, making her one of the 16 finalists...out of the 1500 participants... Next Saturday we will attend the Symphony, along with the other 15 students and families. The Maestro will recognize the students prior to the piece. The winning artwork will be displayed in the atrium as well as during a slide show during the actual symhpony performance. It's all quite exciting for Emma. Can't wait to see what our little artist created!
This is Everson and his best buddy from church, Joey. They bought these matching hats at AWANA Cubbies "store night". And yes, Everson has this little 'attitude' much of the time LOL.

Sickness...

Have been to the dr 3 times in 3 weeks with sick kiddos. Having 5 makes me wait until I'm really sure they need to be seen. Erik had the sore-throat-swollen-tonsil-thing from October and was given more antibiotics. Elisha now has RSV. Thanks to his age and, ahem, girth, he doesn't need hospitalization. Just nebulizer every 4 hours. Fortunately, Erik knows all too well how to use the nebulizer, so he and Emma are the "lucky" ones to do most treatments. (I knew I had so many kids for a reason).

Funky yuccy weather...happens each January for a few weeks. Then our winter should be ending.