End of Soccer and a Violin Concert

Halloween's not even here yet and its already an exciting week. Nate had his last soccer game this past Saturday. After the game, he got his trophy, or as he lovingly refers to it...'his Piston Cup.' (For those who have not seen "Cars" one million times as we have, that's the award given to the winning race car - the equivalent of the Nascar Nextel Cup.) You can tell that he's very proud as are we.

MariCagle has been busy too. She performed in a recital for students with less than two years of lessons. She was fantastic!! Don't just take my word for it. Check out the stellar performance for yourself.

Nate is potty trained!!!

Knock on wood as you read that headline, but we think he's done it. We actually think he's fully grasped the concept and mastered all required techniques. No pictures to go along with this update for obvious reasons, but we are VERY excited. Though I haven't yet experienced the high school or college graduation of one of my children, I feel certain that those milestones will pale in comparison to this accomplishment. Yeah Nate! Wish you all as good a week as we're having here!

Mari Cagle and Her Violin

Hi all! Things have been pretty much as usual around here. Nate and Mari Cagle continue to enjoy school and are keeping us plenty busy. Violin lessons have been going well for Mari Cagle. She's learning more and more songs now. I've attached a couple videos from one of her practices last week. Hope you enjoy!

"Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" is one of the songs she learned before summer break. So she's had a good bit of time to perfect it. This is her 'butterfly, butterfly' version.

This one should get you into the Christmas spirit a little early.

We've also been getting ready for Halloween. The kids have both chosen their costumes...Nate will be a 'Go Jackets' aka Georgia Tech football player and Mari Cagle will be Dorothy from Wizard of Oz. Nate absolutely loves his costume...so much he snuck it into bed with him.