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Josie begins her college career in the same place her brother did – Wolpers Hall. We got her all moved in today, and classes start on Monday. She is excited about her classes this semester and making new friends. Our timing was good and we were able to meet Josie’s roommate Naledi, and her parents, who are from South Africa....
On Thursday I got notice that they were giving away free tickets at work for the GnR concert at Busch Stadium on Sunday. I texted Josie to see if she would want to go, and by the time she had responded 5 minutes later, most of the tickets were already claimed. But we got a couple of seats behind third...
The Minifig Shop has been in Kirkwood for a number of years, and I’ve taken the kids there a couple of times. Today they had the grand opening of their second location in Chesterfield, so Josie and I went to see what they had. It’s a much larger store, so they have a lot more inventory, and they hired a...
One of the last shows of the season is Meet Me in St. Louis, so Josie and I went down for her last show before she moves to Columbia. It was a really good show, although they had a technical glitch during the trolley song, which took a few minutes to rectify. We’re going to miss our summer visits to...
My wonderful partner has been employed by the Atlas Academy for the past 16 years, teaching our two students, and getting them ready to be productive members of society. It was a lot of work, and she did such an excellent job, I couldn’t let the occasion go by without some form of recognition. The kids and I spent the...
Like her brother before her, Team Tappmeyer had a going-away lunch for Josie before her departure for Mizzou. Around the time he left, she started volunteering on Saturday mornings, helping them run the community garden in Millennium Park. They have enjoyed having both of our kids on their crew, and we are grateful for the experience.
We took Josie to Mizzou today for Summer Welcome. It has been two years, almost to the day, that we took Noah to his Summer Welcome. This time Dixie and I chose not to stay overnight, and she is driving back tomorrow morning to pick Josie up. But the program was largely the same, and met in the same auditoriums...
We are two for two with Stages St. Louis at the Kirkwood Performing Arts Center. Last summer we saw Austen’s Pride, which was really good, and this time it was the Putnam County Spelling Bee, which was very funny and had some talented performers. Stages has also applied for an ECF grant this year, so we may be going back...
Well, this is it. The end of the road for the Atlas Classical Academy. We graduated our last student this weekend. We are so proud of Josie and all that she has accomplished. Now she looks forward to starting at Mizzou in the fall, and hanging out with her brother for a couple of years. Good luck, Josie! We know...
Josie’s latest piece is from a photo that she took while we were in Florida. I look at this beautiful painting sitting on the table in our basement where we literally spent hours studying art and learning some of the techniques that she is still using today, and I also remember how often my art classes ended with her in...
Just a couple of weeks after Josie’s prom, her friend Aidan asked her to attend his Pattonville High School prom with him. It was a large group of students and they hired a photographer to take some pictures beforehand. Their status as a couple is still unclear to me, but he is a very nice and responsible young man who...
Completed in 1890, the Samuel Cupples House is now a part of the Saint Louis University campus. Since Noah was home this week for Spring Break, I decided to take the day off work and we all headed downtown for a self-guided tour of the place. Unfortunately, the basement gallery was closed, so we didn’t get to see any of...
Another year has flown by. Our itty bitty is now a young lady on her way to college in a few months. Today we celebrated her birthday, but a couple of weeks ago, we discovered that our ignorance of the effects of humidity can ruin a guitar. The neck of her $200 guitar (that she has been playing a lot...
Because of my volunteering, I was rewarded with the Boeing box seats at the Fox for a performance of The Phantom of the Opera. Because Noah wasn’t home, Josie invited her friend Selby to join us. This production has updated the set, but it is still impressive. I couldn’t resist snapping an illegal photo of my favorite number (“Masquerade”).
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