In the Hive

Last night at dinner, the boys were challenging each other to eat wasabi bombs (wasabi paste on bread). Andrew held back and said no way! But, then mentioned wanting to hang out at the college all night. We said sure, IF you eat a WASABI bomb......now this is determination! He is a good sport.

Andrew, Thomas and I went blueberry picking this morning. Karl felt a bit under the weather, so he stayed home. Thomas spotted a baby bird in one of the bushes!

Andrew's preschool teacher sent him a graduation card and a picture from one of the preschool christmas concerts! What a nice surprise for us!

My "baby" graduates today! Here he is taking a picture with his little brother. Happy Graduation Andrew! I can't wait for us to both start college in the Fall! - Hugs, Mom

Andrew asked me other day why the mint I had outside in the pot tasted so badly. He knew last year I had grown several types of mint in pots, but I did not grow them this year. Unfortunately, he did not realize he was eating my catnip!

Andrew and Elsa have known each other since their little league soccer days! This year, they went to senior prom together!

The Spring Concert was great! I cried, I was so proud of my boys! This is Andrew and the Jazz Ensemble singing "Under the Sea": Andrew and Hannah singing their solos during "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me": The last song was "Why We Sing" - Andrew and Thomas both sang in this song - Can you spot them?

Andrew sings lead a lot of the time in this song! They are frustrating the music teacher, just a bit! Click the top video for best quality. I am still not sure why blogger adds a quicktime version to the bottom!

readingeagle.com Berk's Best Andrew Velik Andrew Velik - Finalist 5/10/2009 Andrew Velik Kutztown High School Parents: Melissa and Michael Velik Activities highlights: Debate squad leader, National History Day, STAND (treasurer,) show choir, jazz ensemble, chorus president, school musicals, student forum. Awards and honors: Hugh O'Brien youth leadership seminar, high honor roll. Career or life goal: To continue learning German and French, eventually becoming fluent enough in both to live, work or conduct business in Europe. Teaching in the United States or foreign countries is a consideration. Post-high school plans: Attend a four-year college or university for one or more bachelor's degrees, with a definite preference for international business and possibly German and French minors or majors. What others are saying: "Andrew has distinguished himself by his enthusiasm, his sincere desire to master the target language, and above all, his eagerness to practice his...

Andrew and Hannah will be singing "Don't let the Sun Go Down on Me" at the High School Spring Concert this week! Please play the top one, Blogger keeps adding a bad sounding quicktime version to the post! I am not sure why!

Kutztown University offered AJ a full scholarship and he just got news that Weis is also giving him a scholarship!

Andrew went on a class trip to Washington DC and saw a taping of Face the Nation!

One of Andrew's friends from HOBY decided to use his picture for a project she is working on. It's pretty cool!

Andrew and Karl competed yesterday in the regionals stage of National History Day 2009. Karl ended up winning first place for his video on Isaac Singer and Andrew and his group won 2nd place for their video on Eva Peron. Both of the boys will now compete at the state level at Millersville University this May!

I hate having my picture taken, but Geert took a good shot of Andrew and I at the art museum so I am posting it! This is me on the morning of our trip, before the boys walked me to exhaustion!

AJ has his cake, and eats it too! We finally got everyone together to have pizza and cake for Andrew!  

I took Andrew and his friend Geert to Philly for the day.  We went to the Art Museum & Perlman Building, the Comcast Center, Rittenhouse Square, Elfreth's Alley, and Reading Terminal Market.  We also walked to Center City and all along South Street. I am tuckered out!  I will post more pictures later, but it was a a fun day.  We met LOTS of interesting people. Happy Birthday Andrew!

Time flies!

Andrew sang with the jazz ensemble, show choir, and concert choir this year.  He sang the beginning lines of "Do You Love Me" during the concert.  It was a great show!