Happy Tuesday, friends!
Tuesday arrives in jarring fashion this week after the duo had half a day out of school Thursday and the whole day off Friday. Thursday morning, the duo's second grade class presented a "Living Museum to the school (more to come). Grace and Lauren portrayed Eleanor Roosevelt and Susan B. Anthony. As visitors walked through the school gym, the famous Americans, presented by some talented second graders, stood and recited a few paragraphs about their assigned character, explaining what made s/he famous. They must have recited their speeches 30+ times throughout the morning. After the program, the duo were wiped out and probably would have taken a very unusual nap that afternoon.
Instead, we had invited some friends over earlier in the week. We tried not to think about how quiet our home would have been with them all sacked out. They ended up watching the new Annie, and then leaving for softball practice as soon as the movie ended. After softball practice, we watched Skip play a couple of basketball games on our church's team. Here is where I would need about 10,000 words to describe the games. The first team they played had this peculiar player who kept throwing himself into Skip at full speed. Watching from the stands, I was struck by two thoughts. First, it looked as if he were combining ultimate fighting with basketball, and second, I felt like I was watching Napoleon Dynamite play. He just kept fouling and hitting Skip over and over again, while the referees did nothing. Finally, after several warnings (from Skip) and cautions to both the player and the referees, Skip (who is a good bit larger than the other player), planted his feet solidly when the guy ran into him. Not surprisingly, the player flew backward and his glasses flew off in one direction, while his shoes flew off in another. They were kind of separated after that. We later learned that the guy is a wrestler so that explained his unusual basketball style. The second game involved a punch to the head, for which a technical foul was called, along with an admonishment that the player would be thrown out of the game if it happened again. This was Skip's first year to play basketball in this league, and we are fully noting that it bears little resemblance to the softball league, with which he has more experience.
In a nutshell, men should watch less ultimate fighting nonsense and more March Madness.
On Friday, the trio spent the day and night with Gran and Poppa, and Skip took half a day off. We had a late lunch, ran errands, shopped and later watched Gone Girl. Have you seen it? It is quite good, but the book is better, per usual.
We had a very lazy Saturday with our only commitment being a friend's birthday party in the afternoon. We enjoyed church Sunday, and then spent the afternoon outside. Spring is making it much easier to say goodbye to winter.
How was your weekend?
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