Fall schedule and bucket lists

We sat down and made lists of things we'd like to do this fall and then wrote up our schedule. :)

School, work, dance, gymnastics, soccer, climbing... piano?? Yes, indeed, Sebastian will be starting piano lessons in a few weeks. He has been interested in learning to play an instrument for a little while - last year he was interested in the violin after seeing the Youth Philharmonic play a concert - but we had failed to figure out the details (and commit ourselves to the lessons and practicing). But once it appeared on his bucket list, I felt obligated to let him at least try it out.  We'll see how it goes!

Ten salads???? Huh??? Steve had the absolutely brilliant idea explaining that a chef gets to put whatever they want in a salad, and offering that each child could take charge of the family salad for a night. So they could put whatever they wanted into the salad - he explained that raisins, nuts, coconut, fruit, fave veggies, dressing/sauce - all of these choices were up to them. They were enthralled. They argued about whose turn it was to make the salad for the next week. Seb's first one had lettuce, carrots, celery, cucumbers, raisins, nuts - and ranch dressing. Liesl's had lettuce, nuts, peaches and grapes, with a honey-yogurt dressing. They eat salad now!!! We had lunch on Saturday of a big salad accompanied by bread and cheese, and I was so happy.