Summer weekends

well after a night with an upset stomach related to some food issues, R had a relaxed Friday with his dad. some backgammon, mirror and optics, reading, and math. friday night k was home in the morning and then had a late drop off with mom and an early pick up with liz. next week she starts her transition to the older preschool side for her last year at the center. we watched a bug's life which was much more promising in the first 10 minutes than after.

the rest of the blog was lost to the blogging technology gods. but a summary of our weekend is listed below without the details.
SAT
R and dad off to leonardo's basement

K and mom watched uncle tom run a part of his 24 hour ultramarathon!!! ran 30 miles before we left him that afternoon! AMAZING.

Everybody went to hear One Voice Chorus a terrific choral show at the Heart of the Beast. It was incredibly well done. K loved it and held hands through the hold concert; she especially found the story telling engaging and captivating. R has been the target of bullying this year (including being told he is not normal). We talked a lot about the SAFE strategies that the chorus discussed. He felt really good seeing people work through issues in different ways. I was impressed with the ability to hit such a young age group! He likes to wear dresses and we really appreciated going to a place designated for kids where he could wear a dress and feel proud and beautiful. One of the great call and response with the audience included the chorus singing "normal is fine, but DIFFERENT IS GREAT!" We chanted it this morning.

Stopped at a work party and the back to see uncle tom running his 50+ leg! he had been running almost 12 hours at that point. and he looked terrific. tired but still just determined and positive. what a great turnout of support. uncle tom is a terrific guy who clearly has such a great community come out for him. very inspiring. (not that i want to run miles). uncle tom did take a short nap that night and then finished in the morning with slightly sore feet having run approximately 85 miles!


SUN
we went to grand old days at auntie hot hot's house. the parade was typical st paul fare. the kids loved everyone throwing candy and giving away free stuff. they made masks we played with friends. it was a gorgeous morning that was well enjoyed.

then off to swimming classes. did great!

and then finally uncle tom came over to do laundry while the kids played on the computer and hung out.
a summery weekend.