November Weekend Report

November already? Doesn't feel like it.

Wait, let me check the calendar - and we are almost half way through November. Yikes.

Our oldest had a concert on Saturday: 

Smetana, "The Moldau" from Má Vlast
Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue
Offenbach, Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld

The orchestra was amazing. It was so much fun to hear them play! All the grandparents and one of the cousins came to visit, so E had a pretty big fan group :) This was the first performance where E played in the first violins section (at the very back... he said he didn't do as well as he had hoped at the auditions last spring). Their conductor was fabulous playing the piano part of the Rhapsody in Blue.

On Sunday, there was a leisurely hike with some other Hebrew School parents. And then some cooking, clean-up, and laundry at home.

Other things:

• H had rock climbing practice
• C had her last soccer game (they lost)
• Kids did some homework and practiced their instruments
• My husband did a lot of yard work and hung a few new window treatments.
• Library (returned + picked up books)
• Movie night with the girls (we watched Love and Monsters). E was not in the mood for it and played Minecraft instead. 
• I read. A lot.

Looking forward to:

• Reading: Tiamat's Wrath (science fiction, book 8 of a 9-book series that I previously gave up on after book 6). Next: Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth (I loved The Good Sister and The Mother-in-Law... )
• Solo walks in the park
• Husband coming back from Boston on Thursday
• Cleaning the windows and organizing spaces around the house (not because I like cleaning or organizing, but I am really looking forward to enjoying the end-result!)

How was your weekend? What are you looking forward to this week?