This was a healthier month for us. We started off going to school one evening to watch Ian’s Davis Virtuosos performance. They put on a small singing and percussion performance and while Ian gave us a few dirty looks for taking his photo, I thought he did very well.
Of course that first full weekend, we attended the big eclipse campout. We had, for a couple weeks, been expecting to not see much of the eclipse for all the cloud cover, so we were delighted when we actually got to see at least some of totality!
The next weekend, on Saturday, we got to see yet another Ian performance, this time on his guitar. His teacher got him added to the roster for a Beat4Beat concert at the ACC Music Recital Hall. This is an event he participated in last year as well, and it’s really neat.
That Sunday, at Ian’s Cub Scout pack meeting, they got to participate in an egg drop challenge. Ian was given an egg and a handful of tokens with which he could “purchase” a limited quantity of materials for cushioning and securing his egg. He built his egg-protecting contraption and then dropped it from a first floor landing. It survived! He then got to try dropping it from the second story landing, and again his egg made it! It did not, however, survive a fidgeting 9 year old boy on the way home.
Our college friend Chris has been learning to play the trombone as part of Blowcomotion, a “community learning brass band.” We missed his first gig, but were able to see him on the 21st when he played at Central Market. The kids got gelatos, and we all got to watch a delightful brass band performance that was big big big on personality.
On the cooking front, I think I finally found a kolache / klobasnek recipe that works for me. Making the dough was a bit of a pain, but generally speaking, I thought the flavor and texture were spot on. We did some with plain sausage, some with sausage and cheddar cheese, and some with sausage, cheddar, and pickled jalapenos. And they reheat well.
I also have a new favorite way to make pizza. It features a focaccia crust and is baked in a caste iron skillet. We haven’t made it with the toppings described in this recipe, but we’ve now used that crust recipe several times, to delicious effect.
And we ended the month quietly by having Maya harvest her radishes. The weather is getting pretty warm, and I wasn’t sure how much they’d continue to grow. Alas, we only had one fully formed radish and several that were radish-y enough to eat. Regardless, Maya was happy with her radish haul.
