Margaret's Irish Dance debut

Saturday was Margaret's first performance with her Irish dance group from school.  The kids have been practicing one afternoon a week since October.  Most of them are new to Irish dance this year, so this was the first time they'd tried to put it all together on stage.  It was quite entertaining to watch them "help" (i.e., point, nudge, push, shove) each other to remember which way to turn/go.  It was actually impressive how difficult the steps and motions are they have to memorize, and how fast the music all keeps going! 

They performed at a charity event to a faithful audience of mainly family and friends.  The lighting wasn't very good, so the pictures all turned out pretty dark.  And they were moving so fast that my little camera didn't do a very good job capturing good action shots.  Margaret seemed to enjoy herself, but it remains to be seen if this is going to catch on for her.  She says she still loves ballet the best...

Thanksgiving!

We were thankful for the time we got to spend this Thanksgiving with both families--first the Doyles at Grammy & Grampy Doyle's where we got to play with Jameson. He's getting to be so much fun! And of course the girls loved sleeping over with Grammy & Grampy! Then Friday we made our way up to Greg & Rose's house where the girls did their usual tickle torture on Andrew and worked on puzzles with Molly & Addie. We enjoyed yummy leftovers and then a nice walk down the trail to the beach. All in all, a very enjoyable & relaxing holiday.

School news...

Here's Margaret "leading" her teacher Mrs. Q (on the left) and the 3rd Grade teacher into the all-school assembly on Monday, where sister Caroline had a starring role in the kindergartner's presentation about Thanksgiving. Margaret claims she got to lead them because she was SO excited to go to the assembly and because Mrs. Q. and Mrs. Needham needed help to keep from talking (or was it that SHE needed help to keep from talking???)

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This is Caroline, just as poised as she can be, leading the entire school in the pledge of allegiance. She also started the list of what kindergartners are thankful for, and then led the class in their song. She did such a great job!


The kindergartners celebrated Thanksgiving today with the Indians (Caroline's class) joining the pilgrims (the other kindergarten class) for a harvest feast consisting of vegetable soup, cornbread & butter, and popcorn, all homemade by the kids. As you can see, they were all dressed in their formal attire, and there were official greatings exchanged between the Indians & Pilgrims before the feast. Then Caroline read the peace treaty afterward, which all the kids signed in a show of friendship toward each other. It was VERY cute--I hope the kids enjoyed it as much as all the parents and grandparents did!

Trick or Treating

I've gotten a little behind with the postings... Here are a few Halloween shots--the girls went trick or treating with a group of friends from Caroline's kindergarten class.