D&C Black Family

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

August

A girl and her dog enjoying the last days of summer.

Yay! Al's braces finally came off!

AND... he got his official license on the same day!! Here is running his first mom driving circle. Bro to middle school band camp and himself to marching band camp.

Ryan feeling safe riding with the big bro.

I totally should have photographed the bowl of caramel popcorn I made while Alex was at band camp, but here is the recipe card from Aimee Wright. My kids LOVE this recipe. Alex went 2 yrs without it. He was glad to have a bucketful to himself!!

This was one of the hottest days in Dallas! But Dan and Macey's teammates went to the game together. FCD won. It was a great game (especially once the sun set!)

8th Grade schedule and locker day.

Marching band preview show.

First day of school. Dan took the pics of the other kids. :)

5th grade means learning the states and capitals for sister.

Happy Birthday lunch!

Cake for her backyard party.

I begged for an off site party, but Dad relented and threw this backyard field day party instead.

The usual suspects.

Just 2 dogs chillin' on my bed (and a sheep and a jellyfish too.)

Back to school equals volunteering for me. I had the joy of folding 250 t-shirts and helping distribute them to the marching band. I am helping the uniform chair with her difficult job. Also, choir starts this week, so I've been deep in emails getting our semester rolling! And, Activity Days took a hiatus, and it is time to start that back up today. I love using my smarts to help my kids' programs move along!

Sunday, August 4, 2019

NYC mom's pics

Early morning flight.

Smoothie truck.

View from our hotel room.

Playing games while waiting for dinner at Juniors.

Subway riding on our way to the Statue of Liberty.

Not quite awake yet!

We happened upon the start of the Women's World Cup Champions Parade.

We got to see a ticker tape parade in NYC!

This float had the trophy on it.

Riding the ferry.

When Alex was in 5th grade I was in charge of Immigration Day, where we simulated a trip through Ellis Island. It was very cool to come to NYC and see it in person.

Dan getting him some rice pudding. The kids had ice cream instead.

Alex took tons of pictures of this tower. Happy tourist!

Sunset at Top of the Rock.

Dan and Ryan went on a flight simulator. Ryan liked to ride upside down and backwards!

Two dizzy guys!

While Dan and Alex were at Billy Joel, I took these two to see the Blue Man Group. I never made it to a 'Broadway' musical, but this was so fun that it doesn't matter!

This is why we are in NYC! I am so glad that the choir brought us here. We had such a great time; we never would have picked to come here otherwise.

Bragging rights shirts!

Central Park.

Chess in Central Park. Dan took the kids to finish the scavenger hunt...

and I went to Carnegie Hall to learn the backstage stuff.

The staff was very kind and accommodating for our huge group.

The kids and teenagers sat in these boxes to perform. The music was much improved by having them sit in these seats.

Macey and Madi just before drop off.

More delicious burgers. This time at Bill's.

Catching the subway home before we had to get dressed up.

Elevator fun!

I was volunteering at Carnegie Hall during the black out. Here we are trying to put all the participants on one street before we begin dismissal. The staff was hopeful the power would come back on in time to resume, but it got too late so the show was cancelled. But they made the news and went social media viral, so more than just our parents and grandparents were able to experience the power of MCO music.