Competitions, Grafting, and Art

Mondays are all about me! I take Mondays to share a bit about my personal life and things that have happened throughout the week. It’s not always book related.

I’m a mom first and foremost, so one of the main things in my life is my children. Let me start with them and some of their accomplishments this week because they’re pretty good ones.

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My son, Collin, who also reviews on here some Tuesdays, is very interested in plants. This is a big thing for him, because a lot of his interests involve youtube and anime.



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Friday afternoon, he spent 2 hours with a friend who is into fruit bearing plants and backyard gardening. He had a power point presentation and everything. My thirteen year old son was completely engaged!



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Saturday morning, he went over to this man’s house and learned about grafting. They grafted pear trees and apple trees together. Collin even did one by himself.

My daughter, R, is a competitive dancer and this weekend was the Regional Competition. Spoiler!! All 3 of her dances are going on to Nationals! Scores are done weird. Instead of giving them number scores, they’re presented with gem stones. So, highest to lowest it goes – Diamond, Ruby, Emerald, Sapphire, and Amethyst.

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Waves was my favorite dance she did. This was a contemporary dance and they scored Ruby. They also won the Shooting Star for this one and scored FIRST place overall.

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Jump, Jive, and Wail was jazz! She has a lot of sass. Can you tell?
This dance received Emerald and came in Second overall. It lost to Waves. LOL!

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Finally, we have Happy Birthday. It was a large group number, so it was in a different category. They earned Ruby (the judges were pretty stingy with those Diamonds.) This earned them the Regional Grand Champ award with a trophy that was taller than my daughter. They were VERY excited about this one.