we took the family on a trip to Richmond yesterday. We went to see the national tour of Wicked. It was my first time seeing the show, but not the first time I heard the music. My kids have been obsessively requesting the CD since last spring. It great to finally see the book [...]
McKelvey is learning about Shakespeare a the gifted program at her school. They are having a contest to memorize the most lines of a Julius Caesar speech here it is below. It’s pretty cute.
In the middle of tech for Where We’re Born. The first with actors. We are at the point that we have everything the actors need, doors, props and all that. Now I just need to add the layers to the design. The walls are just flat, they have no texture. None of the age and [...]
We do a lot of drawing and crafts in our house. So what comes up in my mind a lot is how much should I do for them and how much should I make/let them do. When we help McKelvey with her homework,it is pretty obvious that we don’t do it and help her discover [...]
Mornings in our house begin slowly. It seems the ony one eager for the day to start is our dog Mazie. While everyone else is walking around like zombies, she is running up and down the stairs like she had a tall latte or two. Earlier in the year the morning sun would help the [...]
I am working with my brother Matt on The Nativity Scene he is sculpting for the church of San Ambrogio in Florence. My main contribution has been life masks of Ann and I to be Mary and Joseph. Here is a taste of what Matt is doing
from Owen’s posterous
Well school has started up officially for me. Taught my first class, which seemed to go ok. Most of my days are dealing with the multitude of little details needed for the department. It has been great catching up with all the students and my co-workers.
Last week for labor day weekend the family traveled [...]
Today McKelvey had to get two teeth extracted. They needed to clear some space in her mouth for her permanent teeth to grow in. Let me tell you, one thing you should never see is someone going toward you child with a set a pliers. McKelvey was really brave she handled it very well. The [...]
Over the summer on a brief break from working at ETC I visited my family and we went to the New Jersey Adventure Aquarium. It was a lot of fun Below is an overview of all the different animals we saw. and at 11:00 minutes in you can see McKelvey be a helper for the [...]
