Last weekend was crazy busy. Let’s jump into it, shall we?
Friday (after I had posted the week’s photos) saw the penultimate cross country event. The Pumpkin Run, where kids run the mile course with the last stretch of the course lined with pumpkins. After the run kids get to pick a pumpkin to take home (oldest first and on down in grade order).
Saturday Ciárán had a birthday party to attend. It was ridiculously fun. I was sort of surprised at how much fun it was. For the first hour or so all the kids did a Nerf battle. Then there was pizza and cake. For the last 30 minutes or so a few of the dads got to jump in and help out the kids. And yes, I jumped in. I tried to get some pictures or video while I was playing but simply couldn’t play and operate the camera at the same time.
That same Saturday Déla went to a friend’s for a sleepover. It was a busy day because as soon as I picked her up from the sleepover we drove straight to a private gymnastics lesson. Here she is on the trampoline and getting ready to bounce off into the foam pit. After this it was time to go straight to the final cross country event of the season. It was the final race for the older kids, grades 4 through 8. I had brought with me Déla’s change of clothes for both gymnastics and the race when I picked her up from the sleepover. She was (understandably) very tired by the time she got home.
Wednesday evening was Cub Scouts – the pack meeting. This meant both August and Ciárán went. And the activity was carving pumpkins. While we didn’t finish we did get a solid head start on their pumpkins.
Here are all the kids (in the house) getting ready to head out to school yesterday. Just look at that expression on Tevye!
