Anna in her Noah outfit celebrating the end of the play

This week was Anna’s third grade play. This was a big deal because for the first time ever they were on the big stage in the festival hall. Anna took this all very seriously. The play was the story of Noah’s Ark and Anna was given the role of Noah. She practiced her lines every evening until she had it completely down. But she was still nervous when Friday rolled around.

We went to watch the play at 5pm on Friday evening. There was a role (or two) for every kid but Anna had by far the largest part. She acted her part beautifully, not stumbling on any lines and of course, I am biased, but I think she was the star of the show. Many of the parents came up afterwards to tell her how amazing she was. She was so pleased because she had worked so hard for it.

Anna after the play with some roses Marcy bought for her

After the play we kept our regular routine with Anna and I heading up to Keystone. Anna slept well on Friday night, getting almost 11 hours. She was happy to get to ski team and from what her coach said she had her best day on the slopes yet. She is definitely becoming a more accomplished skier as the season goes on.

We drove back to Denver on Saturday night and today we had another lazy Sunday. Anna didn’t get out of her pajamas until 3pm while Jude spent a lot of the day playing with the neighbor kids. The big project of the day was setting up my old computer for Jude so he can use it for school work. He has a major report on Mississippi and will be typing it on the computer. We are even going to try to use Siri so he can speak the words into the computer rather than typing them.

Pickles in her new bed

Finally, we have had Pickles two weeks now and she is already part of the family. She has a new bed and she spends most nights (we think) sleeping on it downstairs. The kids especially love having a kitty around the house – they are constantly giving her attention. And they are doing well on their chores of feeding her (Anna) and cleaning up after her and grooming (Jude).