Thank God It's Friday... Let's Have Some Music And Dancing

It's so good to finally have Friday arrive.
It's been a busy week... which I will share with you in Random snippets.
My brain is wired for randomness.
It's how I work, so you can imagine how incredibly hard blogging can be for me.
Here is my secret.
The pictures keep me focused. 

The Music Festival is finally over
and we've enjoyed both our youngest and middle daughter's final performances.

Our youngest was quite nervous as this was her first time participating in the festival.
Once she had her first piece under her belt which you can read about here,
she realized that dressing up was part of the fun.

Can you guess what the name of her song was?

That's correct....

Balloons by Linda Niameth.

This adjudicator was also wonderful.  

Not the old crotchety type one of my commenters fondly remembers having to play for.  

She made our youngest happily float off that bench.

Today was my middle child's turn to play her last piece.  

You may be wondering why I have a picture of pretzel's then?  

Well after supper, last night, she decided she was going to make pretzel's.  

Has she ever made pretzel's before?  

No, she just happened upon a recipe and that was all there was to it.

It's what she needed to do, to relax before her big performance I guess?

Who is this child?  

Was she switched at birth?  

She made pretzel's.  

She's ten.

After almost 15 years of calling myself a mother 

I would like to weigh in on the Nurture or Nature debate... the socialization vs. genetic predisposition.

GENETICS my friends....GENETICS!

My proof... homemade pretzels.

Since this is my blog about my family,
I am not prone to playing down their awesomeness.
Humble Shmumble.
I am proud to announce she received a gold with the highest mark in her class.

I took this picture and immediately felt it wasn't quite as good as I wanted.  

So I asked nicely, then cajoled, and finally demanded that she allow me a second shot. 

So what if a boy from her class and his family were walking down the hallway towards us?  Yeesh!

My job here is done.  

Thank you.

(This parenting moment once again brought to you by Bungalow'56)

The frenetic driving, picking up, dropping off,
and overall mess that has piled up on the home front is about to be addressed.

But first a big celebration for all the wonderful hard work the girl's did with a supper at THE KEG steakhouse.
(They are definitely their father's daughters....back to the genetic thing I mentioned.)

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I have been thinking about a conversation with a mother I had yesterday,
and her children do not participate in the festival or in exams.  

She always tells them she loves them for who they are, not what they do.  

It really resonated with me... and I hope my girls know that that is always the case here at Bungalow'56. 

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Are you still with me? Because I'm on my way down another road here...

If you are a fan of Dancing With The Stars and So You Think You Can Dance,
you should probably watch this....to see how it's really done.

Ladies, you may have to catch your breath a few times and have to dampen your brow.
It is that kind of Dance.

By the way... The Agronomist and I dance like this all the time.  

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And speaking of Dancers, remember my cool sister?

and her equally cool husband?

Well... they were especially busy this past week, when they welcomed their son into the world.

And as I suspected, 

he arrived with a certain pinache, 

and fashion sense not usually found in most newborns...thus I would like reiterate my point....

Genetics people... cool Parents....cool Kids.

Congratulations Sis and British Bro!  

Have a Wonderful weekend,

Over and Out from a very Messy Bungalow'56 indeed,

     xo