So much is happening that updating the blog has fallen off my radar.
This week, we have overseas friends visiting and staying with us. They are the first of three groups who will be using HX as their base while here on holiday.
Having someone else interact with the girls is awesome because it brings out a different side of their personalities, gets them used to playing host and caring for others, and of course it gives me a chance to do my own stuff.
Sunday highlight - the drummer and I were the only musos, and I had to step up and own my situation 100%, not hide behind the lead guitarist like I normally do. Those moments when I felt truly in the zone, like the Holy Spirit was making the music flow through my fingers was ... just ... humbling. And joyful.
Another highlight - Beth taking her Yamaha Grade 10 exam and getting mostly As and one B+ (for accompaniment/improvisation). Was surprised she played as well as she did, considering how little she practises. Commented to hubby that maybe Beth is one of those who performs best under pressure.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011
On 13 Nov, Miss B discovered a simple truth...
That she is a good speller.
But not that good.
She went head to head with 19 others in the Junior Division of Spellmasters 2011.
She got knocked out at "drunkenness", forgetting the double "n". That left 7 standing. I was hoping she'd at least make it to the top 3.
In the Seniors, she was up against 22 other super spellers. She made a premature exit at Word #2: "pious". She spelled it as "pias"!!
I couldn't believe it. Surely she must KNOW that word after all the books she's devoured?
Hubby's question: "When have you ever seen a word that ends with "ias"??"
I straightaway thought "bias", but I can't think of any other words of that ilk.
As we analyzed it afterwards, she would have sailed through if she had only ASKED the judge the meaning of the word. It was one of those cases where the speller knows the word but isn't 100% sure, and knowing the meaning and context would have resolved the uncertainty instantly.
Miss B has resolved to do better next year.
I gently suggested that it might be a good idea to actually READ the dictionaries she has accumulated (and start memorizing the spellings of words) instead of only referring to them by the by.
The learning and character building continues.
That she is a good speller.
But not that good.
She went head to head with 19 others in the Junior Division of Spellmasters 2011.
She got knocked out at "drunkenness", forgetting the double "n". That left 7 standing. I was hoping she'd at least make it to the top 3.
In the Seniors, she was up against 22 other super spellers. She made a premature exit at Word #2: "pious". She spelled it as "pias"!!
I couldn't believe it. Surely she must KNOW that word after all the books she's devoured?
Hubby's question: "When have you ever seen a word that ends with "ias"??"
I straightaway thought "bias", but I can't think of any other words of that ilk.
As we analyzed it afterwards, she would have sailed through if she had only ASKED the judge the meaning of the word. It was one of those cases where the speller knows the word but isn't 100% sure, and knowing the meaning and context would have resolved the uncertainty instantly.
Miss B has resolved to do better next year.
I gently suggested that it might be a good idea to actually READ the dictionaries she has accumulated (and start memorizing the spellings of words) instead of only referring to them by the by.
The learning and character building continues.
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