It’s spring in Colorado, and that means–snow. Lots and lots of snow. Take one historically large snowstorm, add a handful of other medium spring snowstorms, and you reach the end of April in Colorado with snow on the ground. Things are greening up, broken tree branches are on the ground, and we wouldn’t be surprised if it snowed again next week. Although the warmth is intermittent, however, we are happy to see buds on the trees and bulbs poking up out of the ground. We are looking forward to a lot of upcoming events. But first, a quick recap of what we’ve been doing.
Emmett and Riley are deep into coding classes; Emmett has been coding in Roblox and Riley has been coding in Minecraft. While they both enjoy coding, they are ready to take a break from that screen time (gasp!) when these coding class sessions end. Emmett has also been dipping back into musical theater after a bit of a break from it, doing private singing and acting lessons with an instructor he really likes. Meanwhile, Riley is back at the guitar, working hard on Imagine Dragons and Oingo Boingo songs alike.
Tessa has been arting. She completed a Street Artists class and is now creating baking miniatures (think ceramic donuts and ice cream sundaes). She has also been working on the theme from Harry Potter in her piano lessons, and it sounds great. Sometime this summer, she will host a belated birthday sleepover with friends, as she opted not to have a party for her big day this past January due to COVID.
Asher has spent the majority of every hour of every day building Legos. It’s not hard to locate Asher in the house, as he leaves a trail of Legos in his wake. His builds, however, are impressive beyond his years. This is both his saving grace and the mantra we repeat, trying not to swear, after stepping on one of his stray Legos on the floor. (This happens more than it should.) When he is not building Legos, Asher is also arting. He created a paper mache dragonfly, a sleeping fox kit multi-media canvas, and a paper mache Mount Olympus. (Yay, Asher!) Also, Asher is “horning” (Trademark, Asherverse). This, for the uninitiated, refers to trumpet lessons. He loves playing the trumpet and we are glad. Everyone, however, is going to take a short hiatus from music lessons starting at the beginning of May, which isn’t a bad thing since it looks like we’ll need some time to finally move into our forever house. We are in the midst of closing on the house now, and you never know until contracts are signed, so we don’t want to speak too soon, but the entire crew is super stoked for this move.
The new house has two acres, which means gardens and chickens and new puppies (RIP Isaac). Also, the new house has enough bedrooms for everyone to have their own. This translates to built in detente, something needed on a daily basis. It also will have a library, a room we’ve dearly missed since moving out of our Pinewood house, and lots of large windows, also something we’ve missed from our Pinewood house. We have big plans for this new place, so think good thoughts all you kind souls out there in the Pigverse.
In addition to a new house, the big Pigs will be going away to sleep away camp this summer, and they are both excited and scared, though not in equal measures. They’ve never been to sleep away camp before (thus the fear), but this is Avid camp, their favorite outdoor day-camp, so they have an idea of what to expect. The promotional materials for the overnight edition of Avid camp reads like a brochure for Camp Half Blood, minus the weaponry, full camp war games, and lava on the climbing wall (Google it, those of you not familiar with the Rick Riordan oeuvre). Asher will wait until next summer for sleep away camp and is, instead, going to do an Avid Survival Skills day-camp.
Other day camps featured during the summer of 2021: Zoo camp, art camp, cosplay camp, and sewing camp. As Erik and the Big Pigs are currently completing their SCUBA certifications (Mom is already certified), we are also planning a trip to Grand Cayman for the open water dive portion of our certifications. (Provided international travel opens back up.) Add to this family camping trips, and the summer is shaping up to be a good one. Needless to say, good times will be had by all.
Best,
The Pigs
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