Hi everybody! I don't have nearly the juicy nuggets that Tom had in his last post.....but my students are creating presentations right now and so I thought I'd take this opportunity (since I'm not home and can't do laundry) to say HI to everyone and chip in with some Smith Scoop.
Scott's parents are coming this afternoon to spend the weekend with us. Tomorrow night, to celebrate Scott's birthday and our 15th wedding anniversary, we are heading to a hotel in Clayton for the evening. I'm not sure what we'll talk about if we're not interrupted and I'll probably end up cutting his meat during dinner out of habit, but I'm sure it will be nice.
Ian's team has a playoff game on Saturday, they ended the season 8-1 and I will not miss the practices or the carpools. The beefy center, Ian Smith #18, had a fun season though and their games have been very fun to watch. He's been most busy, however, with music these days. He was fortunate enough to be picked for jazz ensemble (which means 6:30am practices three days a week - eeek) and the St Louis all-suburban honors band. He is most excited about the all-suburban band, though, because it gets him out of PSR at St Catherine's on Monday nights for the next nine Mondays. His jazz group will be performing at the Fox Theatre in February and they'll also be hitting some February jazz festival in Chicago. Poor Mimi and Don, they probably thought they were done with attending middle school/high school jazz festivals!
Jack just got back from three days of 5th grade camp and really liked it, he's not one to enjoy leaving the house so I was very happy and relieved that he liked it. His contacts and braces have made his face look so different, he's looking like quite the young man these days.
Sean has finally gotten some teeth pulled so he no longer the last third grader with baby teeth. He is loud, exhausting and intense and absolutely involved in everything. But it's all good. Our lives aren't any busier than anyone else's.......but I sure appreciate working mothers and single parents more and more every day. Just don't know how people get everything done. I tell my students that my real job starts at 3pm.
Classes are going really well this semester and we are almost winding down already. I will be all finished with classes at both schools by December 10th, which is so nice. Next semester I am only teaching three classes and supervising an independent study so it will be a little more relaxing than this semester has been.
Scott's grandma wants everyone in Branson for thanksgiving so we are heading down there to have turkey with the in-laws. We will sure miss all of you and hope wherever you end up, you have a great thanksgiving.
Mom and Dad's 55th wedding anniversary is this May, so Mimi and I were thinking that we should set aside the weekend of the 14th-15th for some celebrations. Please check your calendars!!
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