August 2009

What a summer. Andrew lost his license this month for going 60 in a 33 zone, so he gets to start over with classes and can't get his license back until March. A hard lesson to learn, but I don't think he will speed again. We keep telling him that he ALWAYS gets caught doing anything he shouldn't be, so he should stick to the rules. Even Felix told Andrew that he isn't sneaky enough to get away with anything.

Andrew is back in Piano and his teacher says he is truly gifted. She has learned that she can't play a song for him before teaching it to him, because then he won't read the music, he'll just play it back by ear. He is starting to get how to read music and he is playing the piano at home often, so hopefully, this will help me for college.

Megan has lost 48 pounds since June. WellSpring Camp was truly worth every penny it cost. We are back at Courts and Megan is working out with Debbi as much as possible. She can run the mile in 11.2 minutes. We are so proud of how she has done!

Andrew gets a pierced ear

Tonight, Andrew got one of his ears pierced. I suppose they need to show their individuality. As long as it's only his ear and not his lip I can deal with it. We met Tanner's mom at the ear place, both her and I were just rolling our eyes. But, knowing Andrew he'll get tired of it or someone will make a comment and it will come out.
For right now, he is very impressed!
Andrew is back in piano lessons. Twice a week so that he can learn to read music. He can play anything on the piano by ear, but the notes part get him, so he decided that since he is thinking about majoring in music in college, he better learn to read music. His piano teacher is our realtor's wife and a retired music teacher. Andrew really likes her and has been practicing his notes and the piano a lot the past couple of days.