We’ve moved from Autumn mayhem to Holiday craziness and still so much is happening. We’re starting to think that now we’re in traditional schools, this might not ever end. We’re careening toward holiday break, and we’re gathering steam. We might hit next week at full speed, but at least we’ll get there.
Picking up where we left off in our last post: Riley turned 16! Crazy. Plus, he passed his driver’s test and now he’s fully licensed. This helps Mom and Dad a ton as thye don’t have to drive everyone everywhere now, and he loves being more independent. Sadly, this independence comes to a screeching halt this Friday when he has his first foot surgery. He’s non-weight bearing for 4-6 weeks, and he’s getting his right foot done first, so he’ll not be behind the wheel again until February at the earliest. He’s got finals this week and then he goes under the knife. Please send all the good vibes to R-he’s going to do great, but extra support is always welcome!
Emmett had his performance run for Into the Woods, and he was ah-mazing! Yay, E! And what’s more, he loved every moment of it. He even spent Halloween at a performance! He was sad when it was over, but he’s already auditioned for and got cast in High School Musical, so the theater wheel keeps turning. Yesterday, he finished ThesCon – a whirlwind 3 full days of theater classes and performances at the convention center. He performed a monologue from Chekov’s The Seagull and he got great feedback from the judges. He spent his birthday at ThesCon with friends, and we celebrated as a family the weekend before. (For those of you keeping score at home, he’s old enough now to purchase tickets for rated R movies.) He’s pushing through finals now, and looking forward to Giftavus and the rest of the Stranger Things finale.
Tessa and Riley both worked hard building sets for their high school’s Cinderella performance, and they did a great job. While Riley went to a showing of the new Knives Out at the Denver Film Festival for Halloween, T caught up with some friends and trick-or-treated. She put all of zero effort into her costume, re-using Michael Myers from last year, but it did the job. She came home with a candy stash. T’s also been keeping her nose to the grind, and it’s paid off. Her grades (like R’s) are fabulous. She’s got finals this upcoming week and then she has big plans to do a lot of nothing over winter break. (Organize the library is maybe her only self imposed task.)
Asher also trick-or-treated with friends, but he capped it off with a sleepover. His sugar crash hit hard in the car on the way home, and he slept most of the next day. Although he’s been doing mountain biking at school this quarter and enjoying developing his skills, what he’s been spending most of his time with is his new 3D printer. He and Dad have been printing out Fallout T-60 armor slowly but surely. The printer keeps glitching, which is sort of a waste of filament, but they are learning how to fine tune that device and getting it to work. Unlike his siblings, he has no finals, he’s not stressed, and his focus is 100% on Giftavus…
Which is in less than 2 weeks! We’re celebrating the first night of Hanukkah this evening, getting R’s room ready for his surgery on Friday, and then turning toward the Giftavus and New Year’s finish line. We’ll make it. We got this!
Wishing everyone out there the very best during this holiday season!
The Pigs
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