Anna Grows

Anna at Homecoming Game  The end of September is upon us, and we are closing out the month with a harvest moon (and the last super moon of 2023).  It has been a busy few weeks since Anna's birthday, especially for her.  Here are some of the highlights. September 29 was the homecoming game and Anna's choir sang the national anthem.  You can check out the  National Anthem Performance .  Note Anna is in the front row on the right side. Anna joined the National Arts Honor Society, which requires her to do service hours each quarter.  Apparently, community groups frequently contact the school art department with projects.  Her first event was face-painting on Friday at a local elementary school fair.  Stay tuned for more art adventures. In between school activities, Anna started a new job at Crepe Amour  after the concert season at Wolf Trap ended.  She is learning to make coffees and crepes.  She was thrilled to have her parents stop by and take pictures while she made their coffee

Anna celebrated her 17th birthday on September 3, which also happened to be a long Labor Day weekend.  Anna decided to celebrate with seven of her friends at home.  The festivities included a taco bar and Mexican food for dinner, a homemade hummingbird cake and almond ice cream (along with some vanilla and chocolate cupcakes), presentation night (that would be Anna's friends showing up with power point presentations on a topic of their choosing.... you had to see it) and watching Anna's favorite movie,   Monty Python and the Holy Grail .   Benny may need a few days to recover from the festivities.  He was quick to realize the party as a target rich food opportunity and quickly integrated himself into the group while they were upstairs (he also got lots of pets from the girls).  He slept in the next day and spent most of the day resting. Other adventures for the week included the following: Benny managed to break open a box from Chewy that arrived and made off with a bag of pump