A fool's spring indeed, we awoke to snow this morning and the brief 70 degree temperatures from weeks ago are now only a tormented memory. Alas, hope springs eternal and we wait for warmer days. Merrick is back in school after his school imposed hiatus. Virtual learning has made his shop class a little more difficult, but he says at least when he is working in the garage there are no lines at the power tools and the safety test wasn't an requirement. He is putting together a nice trebuchet for his project and we were able to use some .357 cartridges for spacers...also likely not allowed in 'real' school. Sophia finally got her prom after the shutdown last year and had a great time with a big dinner, plenty of pictures and some dancing too. Ella brought us back to some normalcy with a full music production of the school Jam band. There was dancing, singing and sweet tunes echoing through a gymnasium of socially distant and emotionally close parents eager to see the hard work that kids' had been putting into the performance. Ella playing the piano is all the more cool when I remember she is self-taught. Pictures still aren't allowed (by Grace) for the archery club, but that wrapped up with a pizza party and she enjoyed it all enough to give it a go next year as well. She plans on recruiting some friends in the off season to join her.
