A Compendium of Life » dance http://www.elytra.net/blog Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:40:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Weekend http://www.elytra.net/blog/2009/06/21/weekend/ http://www.elytra.net/blog/2009/06/21/weekend/#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:07:25 +0000 andrew http://www.elytra.net/blog/2009/06/21/weekend/ Well, we had a busy day on the solstice yesterday. Derby had his final “puppy class” first thing in the morning. He did great though his enthusiam to see all the other puppies can be a little, well, enthusiastic. From there we went to watch River bowl at her rounders match. She played really well, giving up only one half-rounder, the equivalent of a walk. She also made some nice hits. It is great to watch her play; it’s clear that she is really having fun! They won 12-6, incidentally.

From there, we went to Sage’s ballet performance of Narnia, the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. She has been dancing at Stephanie Parrott’s school of dance in Burton. Sage did a great job as a snowflake and a butterfly. I wad really impressed with all the performers and the quality of the production.

This morning I awoke late to find that the girls had taken Derby out for his morning business and made breakfast including strawberry juice fresh from our own garden. They also made me a pair of shorts decorated with hand, foot, and even paw prints. A very nice way to start the day!

A happy Father’s Day to all the other fathers out there!

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Molly

Sage

River

The aerial view of Derby was beautiful, too.

Derby Cathedral

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