Spring at last?

Hola!

Well we are finally into May, and I think we could possibly get a spring.  Up here in the Arctic North, Massachusets is slow to recognize the season.

It is easy for ME to recognize the season.  "Spring" means a full calendar!  Juggling transportation needs, who has what car for which appointment, and keeping track of everybody's events in a little box of the calendar  Yes, we still use a physical calendar on the countertop!  Then you can visualize the week, and anyone can see everybody else's commitments as the days progress.

But here is our weekly synopsis.  It's May.  Just to remind you. :)

PARENTS OF SENIORS.  I got a letter in the mail addressed to "Parents of Seniors," outlining the upcoming events and important dates for seniors for the rest of the school year.  I read through it and thought to myself, "Is this for REAL??"  I keet expecting Rod Serling to step out and announce, "In an alternate universe, your child will graduate.  But are you dreaming?  You may never know...unless you take a voyage into the Twilight Zone."

SCOUT CAMPOUT.  Frank is back in scouts again!  He leads a troop...takes a break from it...and then gets asked back in.  Right now he's with the 11-year-old scouts, and Friday he organized a campout for them.  People don't realize what goes into the preparation for those activities unless they have to be the leader.  All the planning and logistics can be pretty overwhelming!

KARA TRACK MEET.  Kara is trying track (as well as soccer) this spring. Last Tuesday she ran the 400 meter run and came in 3rd.  She was also the last leg of the 1600-meter relay team, so she ran another 400-meter as part of the relay team.

DAVID's FELLOWSHIP AWARD.  David found an internship to apply for.  It was pretty involved, just to apply--it was like applying for another university.  2 weeks ago, he got a phone call that the sponsoring companies had reviewed applications, and he was chosen for one of them!  It will be for 10 weeks this summer, at Draper Laboratory in Cambridge.  They arrange the internships to give the students exposure to multiple types of engineering and technology projects.  Thursday we went to the banquet where they presented the students with the awards, and we met representatives from the company.  We think it will be a great opportunity for him.

SAT SUBJECT TESTS.  Teresa is finishing up Chemistry this term, so Saturday she took the Chemistry subject test for the SAT.  Standardized tests are painful for this child!  Ugh.  (I hate to tell her that these tests are not going away.  One at a time, right!)

STOMP.  Then, as a culminating fun event to finish off the week, we went to "STOMP" at a theater in Worcester.  The whole show is amazing percussion, with the performers tapping and beating on anything from barrels to jugs to matchboxes to inner tubes.  They dance and make noise and act out skits...it's pretty funny, and they are all so talented.  You can't help but try to join in.

May sun shine on your patch of the world this week!
Love, Kari :)