Thursday, November 12, 2015

Above and Beyond

It's been another eventful week for the Wadey family! On Saturday we went to Home Depot for a special Veterans Day Kid's workshop. Aurora and Chuck made a Marine Corp airplane while Clark and I made a Blue Angels Navy plane. On Sunday we took off to Austin's brand new Planetarium where we learned about stars and space shapes. Their children's programming was fantastic. I was afraid Clark would have trouble sitting still, but he didn't want the show to end!


Such a fun experience! This week I did a little exploring of my own and found that we have a $2 movie theater just north of Austin. It only plays second run movies, but the only movie I wanted to see in the theater was "Everest," based on the book "Into Thin Air," which I recently read. I remember that 1996 expedition well. We were living up in Seattle and Chuck had designed t-shirts for Doug Hansen, one of the climbers on that fatal climb. I'm not the kind of person to just go see a movie on my own in the middle of the day, but it was fantastic (and really sad).

On a happier note, this morning Aurora got an award at school! I'm so glad she got this award during my time off so that I could go and enjoy it without having to rush off to work afterwards. Clark even came with me! He and Aurora waved at each other nearly the whole time she was on stage.


Her award is for being EXPRESSIVE and says "Aurora goes above and beyond to include descriptive details in both her writing and her artwork. In doing so, she is able to convey her message in a creative and expressive way. Keep it up!" We are so proud of her.

3 comments:

Ellen said...

Congrats to Aurora on her award! We're proud of her. It was great to see you guys this afternoon!

Julian said...

Congrats Aurora! Expressive is a great quality! In To Thin Air was a good book, I read it back when it came out, but I have no desire to see the movie. That is quite a connection having Chuck be the shirt designer. I did go see The Intern all by myself, and am no longer apposed to going to movies solo. The next movie we see in the theater will probably be Star Wars. And yes, we already have tickets for opening day:)

Amber said...

I haven't seen the Intern or the Internship yet, but I want to see both!!!