Another Licensed Wilson! (and other news)

Lots of big news on Kara. She started her job at Wawa. She finished training and is independently working the register. She has only worked about 4 days (including training). But, so far she likes it. It seems like it will be a good first job and it is only 5 minutes from our house. She also took her driving test and is officially a licensed driver! She took driving lessons and they were the ones who took her for the test. They practiced the test with her beforehand and she was able to take the test with the same car she did the lessons. We also did lots of practicing with her and I know she is ready. It is nice to have another licensed driver in the house.

Jack had his last marching MPA on November 1^st. Anna and I went. She and I have gone together all four years. Kara joined in the past, but this year she had a friend’s party to attend. Thomas and Luke were at baseball. But, Anna and I enjoyed it. Some of the bands were pretty gimmicky (I lost count of how many bands had kids playing their instruments while lying on the ground at some point in their show), but Jack’s band was more traditional, which I greatly appreciated. We watched about 10 bands and Jack’s was our favorite. Obviously we are biased, but even if we weren’t, they would be high on our list. His band also had their fall concert last night (11/18). Thomas and I went and enjoyed it. It was patriotic themed and we liked all the marches, especially the final song—When Johnny Comes Marching Home (or, the ants go marching one by one).

They played the How to Train Your Dragon song and made a dragon shape.

Anna no longer has to take the SAT! After she took the ACT last year, they made science optional. But, they didn’t retroactively change scores for Bright Futures. Then last week, they announced that they would recalculate scores and take the higher of the two (with or without science). That bumped Anna up the point she needed for Bright Futures. Yay! She is debating whether she wants to retake the SAT, because she had been working with Jack on math and her practice tests were significantly higher, so she may still do it, but the pressure is off!

 

Luke’s baseball season has ended. The team ended up with a decent record, I think 17-8. He will probably play with them next season. His old team was AAA and this team is AA, but we haven’t had luck finding a AAA team that is close enough to make it feasible. Thomas thinks his current team has a lot of potential and the coach is really good.

 

We have gone to SeaWorld a couple of Fridays. It is our favorite Christmas event. The park is beautiful and they have fun shows and good food booths. We love it! And, it is still early enough in the season that the park has been pretty empty. We also went to Aquatica on a Sunday earlier this month. The girls didn’t want to go, but Jack, Luke, Thomas and I had a great time. It was a slightly rainy day and the park was empty. We literally rode every slide that was open (except one that no one wanted to go on) in about 2 hours. It was very fun and the girls missed out!

In not so great news, my dad spent about a week in the hospital. He had a UTI and was super confused. He also lost some of his mobility. He is doing better now, especially cognitively and is in rehab to hopefully strengthen his body.

 

I think that covers November to this point. We have started decorating the house for Christmas. Everything is looking festive and fun! Although, we haven’t put ornaments on the main tree, because we haven’t had a night with everyone home since we put it up last week. 

Front room tree is done!