At the beginning of March, Patrick was invited to a dance with Lucy. He really wanted to wear a bow tie, so we borrowed one from a grade school friend of mine.
While Patrick was enjoying dance tunes in a high school gym, Jim was in Nashville with his brother. First, they saw Kelly's Heroes at Robert's Western World.
Then, they enjoyed a Billy Strings concert.
The next day, they saw this shop and thought it would be appropriate for the two of them to take their picture in front of it.
While Jim was at the concert and Patrick was at the dance, I was at the Mother-Son Trivia Night with Jack and his friends. We had a large group and made a senior table and a mom (with a couple freshmen brothers) table. Here are the seniors:
Here are the moms and younger brothers:
There was a game in which everyone wrote their birthday on a piece of paper and stood up. They randomly called months and you sat down when your month was called. Once they were down to one month, they started calling out dates. The last one standing won the prize. I was confused when Jack didn't sit down when his birthday month was called. Knowing how the game worked, Jack decided to choose a birthday that was statistically more likely to win, instead of his actual birthday. He was one of the last ones standing, but did not win.
The next weekend, Jack performed in Silent Sky at Ursuline. It was his final performance at the school that really ignited his love of theater. He was the only male role and did a great job.
Aunt Karen and Lenny came in town to see the performance!
Maggie enjoyed a fun Girl Scout outing to the Botanical Gardens where she learned about flower arranging.
March brought Maggie's favorite night of the year, the Daddy Daughter Dance!
Nana took Maggie to choose a fabric and then Nana made Maggie's dress and Jim's matching tie.
These two have so much fun together!
They went to dinner with other 5th grade girls and their Dads before the dance.
The theme was Red Carpet.
After months (years?) of work, Jack celebrated his Eagle Scout Court of Honor.
Patrick and Charlie presented the colors at the start of the ceremony.
Fr. Craig, an Eagle Scout himself, gave the opening blessing.
Mr. Thomas was the master of the ceremony.
Alex and Andrew lit the candles and talked about the spirit of Scouting.
Mr. Moore talked about the requirements to become an Eagle Scout.
Mr. Thomas spoke about Jack's Scout journey.
Mr. Torack, Jack's mentor, talked about the obligations of an Eagle Scout.
All the Eagle Scouts in the room stood and repeated the Eagle Scout Promise with Jack.
This light box represents the obligations of an Eagle Scout: honor (white), loyalty (blue), courage (red), service (scroll), and vision (eagle).
I got to pin Jack's Eagle medal on his uniform.
Jim presented him with his Eagle certificate.
We are so proud of him!
Jack gave a reflection.
Then, we celebrated with cake!
Jack's grandparents came to support him.
Jack has several friends who are also Eagle Scouts.
Jack is blessed to have such a great, supportive group of buddies.
Charlie and I stopped at The Charcoal House to get a gift certificate for someone. They told us to wait at the bar. Charlie looked way too comfortable sitting there.
Jack got his senior tankard and put it next to Jim's.
I made pi cookies to celebrate with the math department.
I brought these pi cookies in for my students.
Jim's band played at a fish fry on Pi Day, the night before we left for spring break. Our spring break trip to NYC and Toronto will be another post.
At the end of March, we celebrated Jack's 18th birthday with this Calculus-themed cookie cake. Jack is wearing the purple suit he picked out in Canada.
Patrick joined the tennis team this spring.
We went to a fish fry at SLUH.
Jack and I went to Mom Prom.
Jack had fun dancing with friends.
He and I danced a bit, too.
Nana and Papa were Patrick's biggest tennis fans!
