An Intense Monopoly Game

After a two day intense Monopoly game between Dylan and Ben. Properties bought and sold for half the value. Tax assessments, jail time for both. At one point dad was hanging on with no more than $50 in the bank. Dylan thought he had it in the bag this morning when we started again. Dad made a major comeback and imposed steady major building projects. This one was a real barn burner folks! Dylan was a good sport in the end after having to hand dad the sum of his holdings.

Art with Heart Dance Concert

Kate was featured in a photo in the local newspaper this morning. Last night she danced in her first dance team performance. She is on the "Mini Starburst" team and absolutely loves it. She is quite a performer. A friend commented that she was one of the only girls her age her really could stay on beat. It was so fun to watch her. Dylan asked her today, "Did you get embarrassed at all being up on the stage?" Kate looked at him like that was a ridiculous question and replied, " Noooo...absolutely not!" It was so funny coming from a 5 (soon to be 6) year old. Kate was even more smitten with the whole evening's excitement when she realized, "Isn't this the stage that they dance the Nutcracker on?" Clara is one the I can blame for starting all this. She fell in love when she saw Clara dance in the Nutcracker. As luck would have it, her Christmas performance number is a ballet piece that is choregraphed to the Sugar Plum Fairies number from the Nutcracker. And then to make things even more amazing to her sweet 5 year old heart her Jazz teacher played the music for their next number and it is from the musical "Pinkalicious"--Kate absolutely favorite children's story! What more could she ask for!