Weather Report: Snow Days Are Paid Back

Let the summer begin.

After I posted this morning, Keoni's friend Nathan came over. Here's a moment from what they were doing among the many, many things they did later, including having more friends come over.

http://youtu.be/DAyqoZJx93g

(I found out how simple it is to post movies on YouTube. Who knew?)

Yesterday's school half-day was the end of the winter's snow day pay-back. A last school day Hawaiian theme will tell you where hearts are here...

Aidan holding up his egg-drop parachute.
There were left-over grass skirts. Aidan and the boys wore them.
Go figure.

Events this week for Aidan were, among many, "egg drops" from the school roof, tie-dyeing shirts, signing each other's white shirts, and a family-attended celebration at his school in a ceremony for the four fifth grades moving on to Middle Schools next year.

Each youngster had written a paragraph of what he or she learned at Salford Hills Elementary. In groups of 10 the children stepped forward and the principle read their paragraph.

Notable were the silhouettes of every fifth-grader attached to the wall around the gym. Beneath each a page written by every student thanking his/her parents. The teachers had made the silhouettes.

Aidan's teacher Mrs. Richards and the family.

Duet-ing in the empty auditorium. Never let an unattended piano remain silent. 

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Sadly, Great-Grandson Dimetrios in Utah is back in the hospital. Inability to eat at times and "cluster" seizures led to greater measures to stabilize him. He is sleeping a lot since the seizure meds have this side effect and he is receiving tube feeding. Sonja has related postings on Facebook. Tim text-messaged a picture and update that the doctors involved in his care are meeting today to discuss short- and long-term care for him. I await further news. In the interim I pray for our ailing youngster and all caring for him.

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There are extraordinary shades of green everywhere I look outside. It rained an inch last night. The sedum (I learned its name finally) survived the winter in the flower bed just fine. I look forward to the shoots that it sends up.