Author: dave

work/school for all

esther had one of her band practices this evening which has now moved to a wednesday evening at school 5.30-7pm

and jane has gone out to book club

jane had a really busy day.

i went to work then came home again as i was feeling ill and i’ve slept most of the day

girls had school. esther had violin, kezia had swimming

i saw a toilet in the air this morning

school, work, photoing while kezia was at swimming

 

the day started for jane early with a run

then she and esther went to church to teach their youth group

kezia and i spent the morning helping bury 1000 plants in the nature reserve which we didn’t even know existed behind our house

kezia was quite amazing!

this afternoon (after some snoozing and homeworking) we went for a walk round north head

kezia skipped swimming this morning due to her cold (which seems better now)

jane had contact lens trouble this morning so had to go to the opticians, but all is sorted now

esther met up with her old school chums and did some glow in the dark mini golf

esther and kezia went to some hot pools with their church youth group this afternoon and evening

i spent much of the day asleep as i’ve had kezia’s lurgy

jane and i watched a french film this evening

and this morning kezia and i took the car to the car wash so it was clean so the panel beater could give us a quote.  unfortunately the panel beater was closed after we’d had it cleaned.  oh well

 

here’s a video of a bit of the cleaning

kezia still had her stinky cold so spent the day at home

jane had a lesson this afternoon so i worked from home in the afternoon

and then we watched lots of TV tonight

esther, jane and pearl went for an evening walk at long bay which was very dark.  and kezia was feeling much better by bed time

lots of meetings for me and lunch at the same place i went to on monday just to make sure i wasn’t banned after the drink misunderstanding (ask me another time).  turns out i wasn’t banned so all was good

jane had a busy day at school which is going well at the moment i think

esther went to taekwondo at school early this morning which she thoroughly enjoyed (you could say she got a kick out of it)

and kezia has a stinking cold so we watched some telly this evening and she went to bed early and skipped swimming.

i made a really cool excel sheet thing at work, so that was fun.

work (including a 5 hour meeting for me taking up most of the day), school, violin, photo club

here’s kezia at swimming yesterday.  she’s had swimming tonight too. 

jane and kezia went to Westlake School to register Kezia for next year.  it’s a bit of a lottery as she’s out of zone, but she should be near the top of the short list as esther’s already there.

there was some congratulatory cake at work.  not sure why

jane has been doing some great work at school but is super busy

esther had violin

school, work, swimming

we had a lunchtime gathering for some of our old work chums

and here’s what one of the teachers had to say about the music competition:

Huge congratulations to all those students involved in the top four groups at the gala concerts today! I was very proud of you all! For those who missed it…

Westlake Chamber Orchestra: Gold Award + Best Performance of a NZ work by a Chamber Orchestra (for ‘Tiaho Mai’ by Westlaker Alex Taylor) + joint winners of the Most Outstanding Performance by a Chamber Orchestra (with Sebastian Squad from St Cuthbert’s College)

Westlake Concert Band: Gold Award + Most Outstanding Performance by a Concert Band

Westlake Symphony Orchestra: Gold Award + Best Performance of a NZ work by a Symphony Orchestra (for ‘Overture: Aotearoa’ by Douglas Lilburn)

Westlake Big Band: Gold Award + Best Performance of a NZ work by a Jazz Band (for ‘Coolin’ Off’ by Doug Caldwell)

Plus a whole swag of other awards won by our other ensembles!