In any case, Josh went to the pharmacy, then he scheduled an appointment with a pediatrician. I guess if it's already near the end of May and this is our first visit to a pediatrician in Rome, we're doing okay. But first, Josh picked Charlotte up from school early (if you're keeping count this is now our 4th visit to RIS today) to take her to swim practice. She wouldn't be able to work out at the normal time because tonight was her piano recital. Then, I had another 3rd child lapse (remember, we forgot about Avery's parent/teacher conference), when I drove to school (5th trip) to pick him up. Oops, on Mondays, he has calcio after school; so I came home with an empty car. An hour later, when it was indeed time to pick him up, it just started raining, and I was walking because by this time Josh had the Olivia (and the car) at the pediatrician. After arriving at RIS (6th time today, but who's still counting), it began to pour. So, Avery and I waited inside the school, until Josh could swing by and pick us up.
Thirty minutes later, it was still pouring when we got into the car and we still had to go pick up Charlotte from AquAniene. During the rain storm, Morris had called saying the buses were slow and he would be late. So, after we got Charlotte in the car, we drove to the bus terminal to pick up Morris. Unfortunately, he'd gotten on some other bus, and we couldn't find him. At this point, the rain was torrential -- Josh could hardly see out the front window of the car -- and then, briefly, the rain turned into hail! By the time we got home, we had 15 minutes to eat something and change before leaving for the recital. Only problem was that we needed Morris, because taking Avery to the recital was not an option (especially after calcio). So, Josh went out again in search of Morris at yet another bus stop -- this time they connected successfully.
Since Olivia, despite being diagnosed by the pediatrician with a mild case of the chicken pox, was feeling perfectly fine. We decided she should participate in the recital -- she had worked all year towards it and it would be a shame for her to miss it. So off we went to Piazza Campitelli. We even arrived in time for the girls to have practice round on the recital piano. The setting for the recital was lovely, despite the enormous Jesus figure hanging off the wall. It was held in a period room which must have been part of an abbey in a prior time.
The performers were divided into classes beginning with "A" and going through "H." Olivia played in the "A" group; Charlotte played in the "E" group. Olivia played La Fiera del Vilaggio as a duet with her instructor. Charlotte played Habanera by Bizet. Both girls played their pieces really well, and we were very proud of them. At the conclusion, there was a 15 minute pause as the judges met. Then, awards were given out for each of the eight groups whereby the pianists were judged as performing prima, seconda or terza classificazione. Both Olivia and Charlotte were awarded prima classificazione!! And, they each received a big trophy with silver cup, marble base and all. The trophies were a huge hit!
By the time we arrived back at home it was almost 10pm. Josh still had to run out to the 24-hour pharmacy to pick up Olivia's medication. Finally, and the four of us sat down to a beautiful dinner that Morris had prepared. Wow. What a day!
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