Rylan says...

A conversation I had with Rylan on Memorial Day:

Rylan: Can I go over to Mack's house?

Me: No, it's Memorial Day, and people usually have plans on holidays.

Rylan: Oh, yes, Mom. I have plans.

Me: Really? What are your plans?

Rylan: First, I'm going to play video games. Second, I'm going to play with Mack. Third, I'm going to play a game. The last one I deleted.

Me: What was the last one?

Rylan: When Cole and Eli go to bed tonight, annoy them. But I deleted that one.

Wrapping Up the Year

Eli took another dance class for his elective this semester. This one was "Dance and Drama Delight" or something like that. Rather than learning specific dance moves like in his zumbatomic class, this one was about dramatizing music through dance.


Cole finished up his first year playing percussion in their school's beginning band.


Both boys are still taking piano lessons. Cole is going on four years of lessons now and is learning Bach's Minuet in G. I love to listen to him practice! Eli is going on three years and finally seems to be enjoying playing the piano. Both boys have really latched on to their current piano teacher, Mr. David. If only the piano studio wasn't so expensive and so far away from our house...

Rylan Says...

Rylan filled out a little questionnaire about bicycle safety, and his answers made me laugh:

1. If you do have to ride on the street, you must ride on the bicycle side of the street.

2. Ride in single file and NEVER face pedals.

3. Don't forget to use handle bars when you are riding in traffic.

4. If you are crossing a street, you should ride your bike across.

5. When crossing a street, make sure you stop, look left, look right, and look straight again before you cross the street.

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I was showing Rylan a picture of the planets and said, "But Pluto isn't a planet anymore."

Rylan: "Yeah, it's a planet of dwarves."

(He meant it's a dwarf planet.)

Music Lessons: Rylan's Playlist

1. Salt Sweat Sugar
- Jimmy Eat World
2. My Internal Din
- I Was Totally Destroying It
3. Little Talks
- Monsters and Men
4. Die Die Die
- Avett Brothers
5. Tickle Me Pink
- Johnny Flynn
6. Half Moon
- Blind Pilot
7. The Cave
- Mumford and Sons
8. Good to Sea
- Pinback
9. Danse Macabre
- The Faint
10. Disappear
- Motion City Soundtrack
11. Hello Seattle
- Owl City
12. Virgin
- Manchester Orchestra
13. We Sing in Time
- The Lonely Forest
14. Dance Dance
- Fall Out Boy

Gathering Inchworms

Birthday Boy

For Eli's eighth birthday, he invited five friends over for an Art Party. We tie-dyed t-shirts, played pictionary, ate cake, and opened presents.

In order to embarrass future Eli, I have to record that eight-year-old Eli is a girl magnet. The little girls in his grade flock around him like bees to a flower, and who can blame them? He's the perfect combination of cute and funny.

Cake recipe found here.

Eli at Eight Years Old

• favorite color: red
• favorite food: burritos
• favorite dessert: ice cream
• favorite thing to do: draw
• favorite video game: Kirby Returns to Dreamland
• favorite subject in school: writing
• favorite book series: Clockwork Dark

Music Lessons: Kopecky Family Band

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