This batch of pictures is going to be kind of big. There are a number of shots from St. Patrick’s Day celebrations and performances, but not necessarily of Déla dancing, which is why I didn’t include them in the previous post.
Case in point. Here is Ciarán who came along to one of Déla’s performances and was able to partake of some of the available refreshments.
Of course he wasn’t the only one who tried on that hat.
Here she is getting ready to march and dance in the parade with her classmate (you might remember her from last year).
And here she is as the parade starts.
Every year uncle Liam hosts a St. Patrick’s Day party. The kids mostly hung out in the basement.
These are my aunts Maura and Kay
And here is Liam trying to take a picture of the evening.
At the Irish Heritage Festival my uncle Bill was there, initially sitting in a different location and was able to capture a few pictures from a great vantage point.
This might be my favorite picture of the batch.
Here Déla and Ciarán are after the show.
And with uncle Bill (along with somebody lurking in the background).
A couple of days later Bill came over to give me the pictures he took. He arrived right as I was leaving to pick the kids up from school, so he waited for us to return. And fell asleep.
Finishing up the St. Patrick’s Day stuff, here is the leprechaun trap Déla, Ciarán and Xavier worked on.
They used glue and duct tape to try and get the leprechaun to … uh… stick around.
It didn’t work.
Moving on, we have August moving upwards a little with his Ju Jitsu class.
Xavier likes to play board games, but it has gotten increasingly difficult to do so with Tevye not taking morning naps these days. We were still able to squeeze in a few.
It was the last week for this session of gymnastics. Déla is signed up for the next session which will also include a couple more meets.
Almost done. The other day we went to the store after school. The horse out front is always an attraction, especially for Xavier and Tevye, but this time Ciarán was able to partake.
Finally, at the same outing, I was able to get a good shot of Tevye on the horse since I didn’t have to hold him while simultaneously taking the picture.
