Choral Perfection

 Joel and I drove an hour and forty minutes south to Pittsburg State to see Chanticleer sing.  It was choral perfection.  I was blown away not only by the level of difficulty, but by the precision of their singing.  Every cut off, the weaving in and out of the melody and harmonies in the parts, and overall musicality was off the charts.  I loved it.  It makes me miss high quality choral music.

 

Hot Gardens

Our usual Fall weather has been nonexistent so far.  It was almost 90 degrees when we went to Powell Gardens today.  We squeezed in a visit between Little Man's PSATs and cross country practice at JOCO.

They come by the drama honestly.

Double Concert

 BB had a middle school choir concert at the same time Little Man had his high school choir concert.  It was double the music with no way to see both at the same time.  

Little Man is in the 2 highest choirs and then also sang in the Bass choir as well.

Two finishes

I like to have something to hand sew while I watch Conference, so I was able to finish 2 quilts this weekend.

I'm just realizing I forgot to put the do. Good Stitches patch on the back of the second quilt, so I'm going to need to hand stitch that on before I donate it to Project Linus.

 

Conference Weekend

 We mixed things up a bit this General Conference weekend.  We usually rank pumpkin items, but this year we pitted Maple against Pumpkin.  We were often not in agreement, but for the most part pumpkin tended to win with a couple of notable exceptions.  We did a bracket elimination.  In the end, Trader Joe's Pumpkin ice cream won.  

Busy, Busy

 Saturdays are not for the faint of heart around here.  We started the day with an 8am soccer game up North in Kansas City.  BB had a great game.  It was followed by work, Little Guy's baseball game, BB's baseball practice, a cross country meet, General Conference, and KCMTA Fall Festival.  

All 3 got a Superior rating of 4.  BB and Little Guy even got a 4+ for distinction.  They were the only 2 from Kansas City School of Music to get 4+, so it was a big deal to them.  

We celebrated with dinner at the Lenexa Market.  This is the "Mom-the-sun-is-too-bright" picture.

Larger than Life

Little Guy has such a big personality.  You know where he is at all times, because you can hear him.  He's usually singing or making some sort of noise.  He got an early birthday gift from Grandma and Grandpa Thompson and he's in love.  He's convinced he'll play baseball better now that he has a baseball bag that even matches his Monarchs uniform.  

He was nominated by his class to run for Mayor.  He wrote a speech and presented it to class.  People made him posters.  He came home disappointed, because he lost by one vote.  His opponent was a girl.  All the girls voted for her, and all the boys voted for him.  There is one more girl than boy in his class.  I guess partisan voting starts young.  Hahahaha.  

Here's a selection of his writing journal from school: I think he's decided he'll be just like Little Man when he's older. 

Graveyard Visits

Little Lady participated in a church youth activity taking pictures of grave stones.  The pictures get uploaded, so people can find their ancestors.  She was saddened by some of the young children who have passed away.