Catherine received her Passport a few weeks ago and she’s ready for worldwide travel. It’s pretty exciting to have it in hand! Now I'm thinking about what she needs to protect her passport while she's traveling. I know that the little travel pouches are handy, but they'd be bulky to wear underneath like they're intended. Would a crossbody bag be better? She could keep her valuables on her and in front of her at all times, but she doesn't like to carry a purse, she'd prefer a cinch sack, but I don't feel comfortable with the risk that her passport could be lost/stolen. Am I the only paranoid parent out there? I've never traveled abroad, it's on my bucket list, I hope to one day. What do you think? Have you traveled abroad, do you have any tips on keeping your passport/money safe?Catherine went shopping with one of her friends to find the "flag red" blazers, which is part of the uniform that they're required to have while performing in the concerts. They had good luck in the mall finding the blazers, much to my surprise. That's the first step, now we need to sew her patch on and find a white scooped neck blouse, a pair of navy blue slacks & flats. She looked so grown up when she showed us how the blazer fit. I can’t wait to see her in her Red White & Blue playing her trumpet!
I'm glad to see the Euro match the US dollar better than it has in years. It's almost time to go to our bank and order money (we have to have Euro, Swiss Francs and Czech Koruna). Next month I will set up a Credit Card/Visa for her to use overseas. I feel like my baby girls is growing up so fast! :)
We have 25 days to raise the last of our funds for her trip (Donate Here) :)
The estimated charges for the airline fuel charges and fees are an additional $630 on top of the $3,000 that still remains. We had a successful Pampered Chef fundraiser and I'm so thankful for everyone that participated. We raised over $100 with PC and $350 with straight donations so far (PayPal & GoFundMe) from friends and family.
I just can't say thank you enough! We truly appreciate it, every dollar makes a difference!
In other news...
Please excuse the "mom gushing" but I can't help but be really proud of her, she's been a pretty busy kid lately. She's in JROTC at school and she looks so nice in her uniform. Jazz Band rehearsals have been going well, next month they will have their Jazz Band Festival. I always look forward to a good night of music so I'm excited for that. Before we know it, it will be marching band season again!
The last few weeks of school she has been busy with volunteering as a stage hand to help the High School Musical production of Grease. The show ran three nights last week and was great, and the stage crew was successful in switching out all the scenes. Catherine wanted to be at the school board meeting as they were going to hold the vote to merge the two high school marching bands into one, since she had a prior commitment with the musical she wasn't able to attend. When the proposal was first brought up by the band directors she was against it, fearing that traditions would be lost and school pride for representing her high school would be diminished but over the course of the last marching band season she changed her mind realizing the potential the band could have with being one large group. The school board did vote to merge, so there will be a lot of change, but with a healthy perspective of "sometimes you have to change to survive" I believe it can be very successful. She may have a few reservations, and it's a little sad looking at pictures of her and her section in their uniforms realizing she'll never wear that uniform again. But she has an open mind and is excited for the new changes. I'm glad she has a good attitude about the merger and can handle what life throws at her.
The last few weeks of school she has been busy with volunteering as a stage hand to help the High School Musical production of Grease. The show ran three nights last week and was great, and the stage crew was successful in switching out all the scenes. Catherine wanted to be at the school board meeting as they were going to hold the vote to merge the two high school marching bands into one, since she had a prior commitment with the musical she wasn't able to attend. When the proposal was first brought up by the band directors she was against it, fearing that traditions would be lost and school pride for representing her high school would be diminished but over the course of the last marching band season she changed her mind realizing the potential the band could have with being one large group. The school board did vote to merge, so there will be a lot of change, but with a healthy perspective of "sometimes you have to change to survive" I believe it can be very successful. She may have a few reservations, and it's a little sad looking at pictures of her and her section in their uniforms realizing she'll never wear that uniform again. But she has an open mind and is excited for the new changes. I'm glad she has a good attitude about the merger and can handle what life throws at her.
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