Just for Fun

     Charles wanted to go to the park, there's a park near where he is doing his pt. I took Teddy there, and he joined us to show off his climbing skills. 

    Lizzy had a board party for her activity night. Everyone brought a different themed board. Lizzy chose fruity candy. There was a fries board, a chocolate board, and a regular charcuterie board. I think hers turned out so pretty!

 

    Emily finally got her chance to shine, the rescheduled Spiro competition finally took place. It was fun to cheer her on. I have no idea how they score these, so it was difficult to know how good a job they did. We had 2 teams this year, and the second team won and is going on to state. Emily was sad not to go, but she's happy for her friends.

Later that night, Daniel, Lizzy, Emily, and I went back to the high school to see:

    I have loved the books and the original series, but I had never seen the play before. It was well done, but I missed the bits they had to overlook due to time. They had period concessions too. Emily particularly liked the raspberry cordial. It was fun. 

    Since Lizzy is going to State this year, she had to make good on an old bet. She and Aubry had to dye their tips purple. 

    I hosted book club, and we were discussing Persuasion, so I made a cream tea for our discussion.

It was a fun night with great discussion. It was fun bringing out the china.

Discovering New Things

     On Tuesday, I took Teddy and the girls to Burr Oak to play. It was a bit too cold to walk the trails but the center is quite fun. Teddy and Brandy had a great time.

    Then Jessica demonsrtrated the "correct way" to eat Nerds. Apparently you need to lick it out of the box like a kitten lapping milk until the the box dissolves. 

    Daniel observed that he was meeting Brandy for the first time at the exact age he met Charly for the first time. That really took me back. Jessica had to leave the next day. Charly and Austin came to take her to the airport. It was bitter sweet to say goodbye, but I get to meet up with her in a few weeks. Luckily having Charly closer means we may see her more!

    That evening Daniel and I went to see Matt Dinnamin and Jeff Hays. Matt writes the Dungeon Crawler Carl series and Jeff does all the voices for the audio books. It was hilarious and a lot of fun. We were way up in the balcony.

The people in the third row kept turning people away due to the sound box blocking the view.

From the instagram post from RainyDay Books, were in the red circle.

While the Cat's Away

     The kids started the fun off with bubbles. Then, while Brandy was napping, I had the kids paint their cookies; the elementary school had a fundraiser with these sugar cookies that had color on them. You got them wet and painted your cookie with them. It sort of worked; the colors were a bit muddy and light. They enjoyed it, though.

Lizzy took on her brothers.

    The next day, we went to the Fire and Ice exhibit at Crown Center. Parking was interesting, since we had the big van to accommodate us all. None of the parking garages would fit us. We found a space in the Union Station parking lot. It was a nice little walk, then we saw dinosaurs!

Devon braved the Lava!

Devon also stole the dino eggs, while Charles made some friends.

    While we waited for everyone to finish up, I took Henry and Teddy up the escalator, where our senses were assaulted by the aroma of chocolate! There is a fudge factory. We saw them pour some fudge, then mosied inside for a looksee. They had Chocolate oranges, so I bought some. Jess got some fudge to try.

    Then we de-escalated to join the queue for Fritz for lunch. We had to split up into 2 groups, but it was a real treat. The trains bring you your order. When the older kids mentioned going to Fritz's at school, everyone exclaimed that that was their childhood. 

     Brandy liked talking to our neighbors. It was packed!

     A short walk back, and we headed home. Lizzy had practice, and Charles had Pt. Jess accompanied me to Aldi's to pick up a few things while Charles did his exercises.

We had a fun day.