It’s so busy here it seems, and I rarely get time at the computer with two hands any more—hence so few blog entries these days. I am keeping up with everyone else, as I can do that one-handed, but I have to really want to send an e-mail or post a comment before I do it the old hunt-and-peck method.
Last Sunday I took on my first outing to an event as a solo mum outnumbered by her children. (Still sounds funny to say “my children”—not quite used to it yet.) Jonathan got to go to his first circus! As did Kayleigh, of course, although she won’t remember it. It was the 133rd Edition of the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus, and they did a good job. I used to love going when the circus came through town, and my favorite act was always Gunther-Gabel Williams, who did the tigers; now his son, Mark Gebel, does the act. A funny coincidence that Mark was born in Houston the same year as I was. Anyway, Jonathan had a good time. I did notice that he has the same tendencies as I and apparently Dale—often instead of watching the act going on, he likes to watch in the other rings as the backstage crews are setting up the next act.
I am working hard on getting many of the Sprongs into the database as there’s a picture from a 1919 Sprong reunion in Potter, Kansas, that I currently have on loan from Mom. I want to scan and magnify each individual face to attach it to a person, but not all the people were in yet. I’ve also done loads of work converting many of the stories/anecdotes I had into an acceptable version for viewing by others, so hopefully the next time I load a site it will add some more flavor.
Dale had a nice birthday last Tuesday—a good day from the beginning to the end. His friend Tony met us for dinner at Antonio’s, and then our friends Kavita & Dana came by the house for birthday cupcakes (from H.E.B.—my standards have fallen so low at the moment I don’t think I can really say I have standards any more
Thursday morning we met with the principal of the school that’s actually in our neighborhood—as opposed to the one we’re assigned to, which is across Hwy 183 from us—and were very pleased with the results. We have decided to get the out-of-district transfer into the Round Rock ISD so that Jonathan can go to North Oaks Elementary next month when he starts kindergarten. The school is smaller than the Austin ISD one that he’s supposed to attend, the facility itself is much nicer and covered with shade trees, the principal herself is much more down-to-earth than the other one (“Shelly” instead of “Dr. Hall”), and in the afternoons Kayleigh & I will be able to walk up to school to get Jonathan instead of having to drive.
Jonathan’s birthday is coming up this Tuesday, and Dale and I still haven’t really decided what to do. I suspect this will be a quiet one since no one is travelling from other cities, and we’ll end up with just cake & ice cream on Tuesday evening w/hopefully Jfer & Stepan, and possibly Linda from across the street if she’s home. My guess is that his parties will become much more elaborate affairs once he starts school, so I don’t mind having a quiet one this year, and I don’t think he will either.
On Thursday, Jonathan, Kayleigh, and I met some friends (Jessica, Archie, & Eamon) along with a couple of other mommy + child pairs at a sprinkler park in north Austin, at Brushy Creek Lake Park. We had a great time and finished it off with sandwiches from Thundercloud Subs before going our separate ways in mid-afternoon.
Posted by elizabeth at July 16, 2004 11:18 PM