May 25, 2007

7:10 Drop off. And didn't I look fancy all showered and make-upped?

7:45 Breakfast - a whole bowl of hot cereal

8:15 Left to take Adam to swim class. On the way, we met a traffic jam for what apparently was a Torch Run. Further research indicated that law enforcement does this for the Special Olympics. Whatever was happening, it was annoying as my day is not calibrated for special runs blocking a full lane of traffic. Anyway...

8:35 Got to swimming late. Adam had been protesting class all morning, but once he got in he was fine and had a big grin on his face the whole time. He even dove to the bottom to get a green ring, plus jumped in from the side and went down the slide.

9:15 Got to school.

9:30 PALS. Ariel had a good time again today.

Here's the whole class on our last day:



And playing outside:



And Adam coloring a picture frame for the class picture:



11:00 We drove Vin and his mom home, then we went to Safeway for Jamba Juice and Starbucks. We fortunately ran into Jack's mom, who was going to pick up Jack early from school. Part of the reason we were at Safeway was because Alex was supposed to bring popsicles for snack and I had forgotten. So we gave her the popsicles and she took them back to school so Ellen and I could have a longer lunch.

After beverages, we went to VG's, which is a vegan burger place. Only in Boulder, but it's pretty good and Ellen has me hooked on their chili. Ariel shared some of Mae's pesto noodles, which didn't go over to well with the kids (especially Adam who was tired from swimming and expecting french fries). But I think they were all pretty full of challah (which Ariel said today!).

12:30 Back to school for Shabbat Sing. Here's a video I took to try and capture all that is Shabbat Sing. Note Ariel bogarting Adam's water and the lady with the short gray hair dancing is Alex's teacher. And I apologize for singing the second movement of Henay Matov. Oy.



And my lap has become quite the piece of real estate. Today I had Sam, Adam, Mae and Ariel fighting over it and at one point 3 of them were on me. Here's the mysterious Sam that would be Ellen's second born:



And Ariel after sing:



And after sing, we played outside way too long because everyone was happy. Especially Alex, who with several cohorts and lots of team work, built a giant red ant trap out of huge branches.

And this is Lucy, proving you can be a princess (or Hermionie) and still be tough:



2:00 We finally left school and then we went on a search for farm eggs. Ariel quickly fell asleep, which was good. At the 3rd stop I found 1 dozen, so I arranged to meet Ellen on our way home so should could have half.

2:45 Got home, Ariel transfered to the crib.

3:30 Pick up.

I suppose the only thing of note today is that Ariel did NOT poop.