last night in Tuvalu
It was a beautiful evening.
The clouds were perfect and the sunset dipped behind them before making us too warm as we hunkered down in our Dick's chairs by the harbor.
Youngest has been playing with the Summer Band. I had, mistakenly, thought Summer Band was made up of students as they practice at the high school, but Summer Band is staffed by students and teachers and civilians! Wonderful-looking elderly Tuvaluans sit with eager looking middle school kids. They practice a couple of times a week and play on Friday nights. It's great and I'm thrilled he has chosen to be part of it.
And, to top it all off, last night they played a Sousa Scramble. I love marches!
Delightful!
We returned home to the most unbelievably rich and delicious homemade chocolate ice cream.
A perfect summer evening.
This weekend?
K's mom (who is DUTCH! TOTALLY DUTCH, PEOPLE) will join us for the World Cup final (I've been greatly entertained, this week, by co-workers telling me ALL ABOUT Paul The Octopus) and my brother arrives.
I'm taking Monday off!
The clouds were perfect and the sunset dipped behind them before making us too warm as we hunkered down in our Dick's chairs by the harbor.
Youngest has been playing with the Summer Band. I had, mistakenly, thought Summer Band was made up of students as they practice at the high school, but Summer Band is staffed by students and teachers and civilians! Wonderful-looking elderly Tuvaluans sit with eager looking middle school kids. They practice a couple of times a week and play on Friday nights. It's great and I'm thrilled he has chosen to be part of it.
And, to top it all off, last night they played a Sousa Scramble. I love marches!
Delightful!
We returned home to the most unbelievably rich and delicious homemade chocolate ice cream.
A perfect summer evening.
This weekend?
K's mom (who is DUTCH! TOTALLY DUTCH, PEOPLE) will join us for the World Cup final (I've been greatly entertained, this week, by co-workers telling me ALL ABOUT Paul The Octopus) and my brother arrives.
I'm taking Monday off!
Comments
And summer band in Tuvalu is TOTALLY DIFFERENT from summer band here. The boy child's summer band, which starts in about a week, is an extension of regular band class at school. Attendance is MANDATORY. He has been told that if he has to skip even one day of summer band, he should not sign up for band at all.
It's from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. every single weekday.
For a month. During the summer.
Marching on blacktop in 100+ degree heat.
NO PRESSURE.
Oh, wait, Youngest is in the band shell. Never mind.
My R made a delicious cherry pie. I think I'll go have some now.
jbhat
Hup Holland Hup!
ErinH
when you refer to 'The Mystic Mollusc'.
And GO NETHERLAND!!!