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Roxi’s French Adventure
Roxi and about 30 other middle school students visited Normandy, France over the long Bank Holiday Weekend. They boarded a coach early Friday morning–skipping school, woo hoo!–and drove out to the coast. There, the bus drove onto a train that zipped them through the chunnel. Forty-five minutes later, they popped out in France. The kids and [...]
And now, back to our regularly scheduled program
Spring break is FINALLY over. The last two weeks felt so long. Not bad long–it was a great break. But I think it makes the rest of the school year harder to face, to buckle down and get back into the groove. Only 32 more school days left! I think Roxi feels refreshed, though. [...]
We’re s-h-o-pp-i-n-g, we’re shopping*
A restaurant near London’s Fortune Theatre where we saw “The Woman in Black”. There were some really nice-looking shops in the Covent Garden area. Too bad we didn’t have time to do a bit of browsing on Tuesday. Yesterday, Roxi and I ventured into the town next to ours in hopes of a little beginner’s [...]
On Spring Break–back in a week!
I’m heading into London today to get some NL paperwork done. Then I’m staying in Town for the afternoon because Mr. DJ and I have a date! (Roxi has a sleepover). We’re going to dinner and a musical–it’s one I wanted to check out before taking Roxi to see it. I wonder if anyone can [...]
Roxi, Roxi, Roxi
On Friday, Roxi went to see An Inspector Calls with her class at the New Wimbledon Theatre. Before the show, the kids were allowed to go to dinner in small, unsupervised groups. Amazingly everyone showed up at the theatre on time! On Saturday, Roxi sat her drama exam at LAMDA. She and three other students [...]
A week of answers…
Roxi did not get into the music school. In a way, I am glad about this because if she had, it would have made it that much harder to leave London if that is what we are supposed to do. Also, after reviewing the school’s curriculum, it seemed like it wouldn’t have been a good [...]
Roxi says…
Look! It’s Roxi reading the Carmen program from last month’s show. This is an accurate reflection of her. Get it? Reflection? Of her? Reading theatre stuff? Heh heh… Ok, never mind. My girl was so appreciative of all of your comments and emails yesterday. Thank you so much for your encouraging messages. It really meant [...]
Roxi’s first big audition
Roxi has an audition this afternoon. It’s in London for a prestigious music university that offers Saturday classes for youths. She’s trying out for the 2009-10 school year*, by the way. We got the letter for this audition about a month ago, the same day we saw Carmen. What timing, right? We get home from [...]
Uh, did I say we were moving into Central London? I meant…
I’ve been sitting on this news for about a week. I was thinking about keeping it quiet until we hear something for sure, but I think it is important to talk about this as it all part of the uncertainty of an Expat’s life! So the big news is my husband’s client in The Netherlands [...]
First Spring walk through the woods
We took a walk in Windsor Great Park on Sunday. It was a little cool, and there wasn’t much in bloom yet (only a few daffodils). Still, we had two lovely hours in the fresh air and sunshine. As soon as we got into the car, however, it started to sprinkle. And as soon as [...]
