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Bedtime karate

In addition to being excited about his upcoming "kwitondo" lessons, Angelo has been getting to some important questions such as:
What are rocks made out of and how did they get here and how do you make a real human?

Angelo's hideout

Rain again today and Angelo made a neat fort where he consumed an entire large bowl of popcorn undercover until he was caught.

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Run for Recess

Today the kids ran their first race. Playworks had a run to support their program and we raised money for the kids's school to support this program with this run. Aaron and the boys ran the fun run and I ran the 5 K. I was surprised that all three boys ran the whole time and they looked so happy when I cheered them on. At the end of the race, Angelo apparently got competitive with some kid near him and sped up while looking over his shoulder the whole time to make sure he beat him. Both kids said they want to run another race soon.

When asked what the best part of his day was today, Angelo replied, "the marathon." The worse part? Me not letting him have "a caffeinated drink" that came in his race goody bag.

Mothers Day Dinner

No matter that Abraham and I ate some bad calamari, we still had a lovely dinner down the street at Sophia's Grotto.

Breakfast

Wake up the Earth

Today was also the JP Wake up the Earth festival. I always connect Ange's b-day to this event because 4 (!) years ago, I went into labor the day after it.

The kids rode scooters in the parade that starts out exciting but ends up being a death march for miles with a group from the school and we sold star wands as a fundraiser. After all that scootering, we finally got to the festival where the kids began their typical festival routine of asking for things urgently. Once all food requirements were met we did the usual, arts and crafts, running into of people from years and years of living here and then had to leave for a T-ball game.

Angelo is 4!

Angelo's b-day this year was all about Superman. You'd be surprised how little Superman stuff is actually available in the non-internet world. But we made due. We had a party for his school friends at our house on Friday, a sleepover with two Chateauneuf brothers, and celebrated Saturday with having friends over for dinner. Angelo's favorite gift was his Superman costume and card that plays the S-man theme song.

took the boys to Savannah for Spring Break. Mom and Grandmommom met me there and we stayed with Nichole and Joel. Nichole had various snacks at her house that my kids aren't used to having in abundance so they immediately felt right at home. We immediately went to the beautiful Forsyth Park for playground time and ice cream. We were all in shock as we had yet to spend much time outside without jackets and sweaters this year. It's such a nice feeling to come to the warm (hot!) weather.

We spent a lot of time at the beach. Abraham and Angelo got their first sunburn-the painful kind. But other than that, enjoyed swimming and playing the sand. It was great to hang out with the grandmothers and my sister for the week.

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Waiting for the bus

Today I picked Ange up early and while we waited for Abraham on the bus, I was entertained.

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Kelly Rink

The local outdoor rink in JP has become a staple of winter for us. It's located very close to Abraham's school and is free if you have your own skates. We go at least twice a week. The skating style is different than where the boys play hockey and do skating lessons. Abraham is exploring free style dance skating:

Today we had a great warm day and arrived at the rink and no one was there. We had the ice to ourselves for several hours.

Here Angelo and Aaron hang in the lovely wood paneled warming room.