The piano (cont.); bridging; teething
The good news is, we won’t have to keep our new piano in the garage, even if we’re never able to fit it through our front door. We’ve decided on an alternative destination for it.
The bad news is, that destination is the kitchen.
The other bad news is, we would have to clear a path through the garage and “mud” room to get the piano into the kitchen. A monumental task.
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Samuel completed Kindergarten. We attended his “bridging” ceremony. (“Bridging” is Montessori lingo for graduation.) During the ceremony, students crossed an actual bridge which had been set up in the gymnasium. This symbolized the passage from Kindergarten to the first grade. A first-grader greeted each graduate on the far side of the bridge.
Then the students sang two songs and their parents shot video.
One of the parents I spotted was R., with whom I’d gone to college. “Hi, R.,” I said, “remember me? I’m John-Paul.” “Yeah,” he said, and walked away. A shrinking violet, R.
The next day, Samuel nonchalantly lost a tooth – his first. It should be among his Lego bricks somewhere. Already a new tooth emerges from his gum.
He has been listening to Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds.
The bad news is, that destination is the kitchen.
The other bad news is, we would have to clear a path through the garage and “mud” room to get the piano into the kitchen. A monumental task.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Samuel completed Kindergarten. We attended his “bridging” ceremony. (“Bridging” is Montessori lingo for graduation.) During the ceremony, students crossed an actual bridge which had been set up in the gymnasium. This symbolized the passage from Kindergarten to the first grade. A first-grader greeted each graduate on the far side of the bridge.
Then the students sang two songs and their parents shot video.
One of the parents I spotted was R., with whom I’d gone to college. “Hi, R.,” I said, “remember me? I’m John-Paul.” “Yeah,” he said, and walked away. A shrinking violet, R.
The next day, Samuel nonchalantly lost a tooth – his first. It should be among his Lego bricks somewhere. Already a new tooth emerges from his gum.
He has been listening to Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds.