Sidney's choir concert was last week. Oh, I've been corrected by the princess, herself. It's a CHORUS concert, not a CHOIR concert. Excuse me, I attended Sidney's CHORUS concert last week and got even more into the holiday spirit (if that's possible). Sid wanted to make sure you could find her so she wrote her name on the picture and drew the arrow to her head. I'll admit, it's a little hard to find her in that sea of faces. All of the choirs sounded great! As always, Brianna was right at her side. They are going to be lost without each other next year. They'll be going to different High Schools.
Progress reports came home on the same day as the concert. Sidney did really well (again, I'm very proud of her). Alyssa? Well, there seemed to be a little problem with turning things in on time, if at all. The sad part? She did all of the assignments, they were just "hidden" in the black hole she carries on her back, commonly known as a bookbag. 
She got grounded for two weeks (this explains her excited face at the CHORUS concert) and she now has a typed up list of all of her restrictions hanging on her bedroom wall: "no sleepovers, no computer time, no ipod, no phone, no parties, no playing in someone's house...." and assorted others. That took away any doubt as to what I said and allowed no "gray areas". Well, it was Saturday afternoon, a fairly warm day, and Alyssa came inside from playing (she's allowed to play outside). She looks at me with pouting little eyes and asks, "Mommy, can I go in Justin's house? They (7 assorted neighbor kids) are all going inside to watch a movie". I didn't hesitate: "No, the typed out sheet hanging on your bedroom wall clearly states that you are not allowed inside anyone's house. End of discussion." She nodded, turned and went back outside, nothing else was said. Now, two things about that should have bothered me. #1, she didn't pout, complain or beg, and #2, she's my daughter, which means she is part ME. 
That's scary. I waited about 30 minutes and when she didn't come back in, I went looking. I found her and went back for my camera. I had to laugh out loud. She was watching the movie from outside the window! The neighbor actually opened the window for her so Alyssa could hear the sound. I'll admit, she got me on that one. I'm going to start calling her "Queen of the Loopholes". Next time I imagine the punishment list will be much longer, much more detailed and possibly drawn up by my attorney.
She has done really well since then and I've told her that I'm proud of her. She also made me proud today when I went to her school. Some of you are familiar with it, but for those of you who aren't, Alyssa (and all 200 of her fellow 5th graders) graduated from the DARE program today. DARE stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education and it's a 10 week course. Here's the web link if you want to read about it: http://www.dare.com/home/default.asp . Sheriff Lambert taught the course and from what Alyssa tells me, did a good job. 
They had tests, had to write an essay and put on a concert at the end. Each kid was personally handed their graduation certificate and shook the hands of the Sheriff, the principal (the lady in the green sweater) and the vice principal. She was very proud and sang her little heart out. I loved the performance and the best part? Seeing 200 5th graders dressed alike, ALL with their shirts tucked in!!! Teacher's orders. Ha! I thought it was great. Anyway, that is why the POW is out so late this week. I wanted to get these pictures.
Doesn't Alyssa look adorable in her braids? Her teacher did it for her. In fact, she did all the girls in the class. I think it makes Alyssa look so much older!
Well, that's it for now. I still have some more Christmas cards to write. I started out well, I wrote a lot and made them pretty....until I got tired. I feel for those of you toward the end of the alphabet. I tried! Really, I tried!!
Have a good day and I'll be back next week.
Take care,
Amy and the girls
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