We haven’t taken a lot of photos this week. The kids are coming to terms with the extra warmth that comes with a winter uniform, trying to figure out ways to mix them up with short sleeves and fewer layers.
Dad is celebrating a milestone birthday this month, so we have a few different events planned. We had a family brunch on Saturday, and then Huff and Dad walked home (about 4kms) along a path Dad has walked many times before, but Huff has only driven past.
It was a journey with fresh eyes. Huff couldn’t wait to run different stretches of road (“Dad, let’s run all the way to that 70 sign!”) and was keen to imagine seeing different things, to balance her way along the edge of a pathway rather than walk the centre of it, and bring new insights to otherwise innocuous items along the way. What Dad would normally see as a submerged rock became a crocodile in her imagination.
The next day was an afternoon tea for another part of the family. The kids had their own table, and received their own favourite present of the moment – the plush Angry Birds you can see in this photo. They immediately became the favourite toys, were added to the “nighttime friends” roster, and made it into two consecutive evening’s prayers: once for “thanks we were given Angry Birds toys” and the next night for “thanks we could watch Angry Birds Toons with our Angry Birds toys”, except the cartoon that was too scary.
After eating, the kids and their grandfather went to the park to fly a kite. They both had the chance to fly a different kite and were impressed at the experience (thanks to Uncle J for helping with the easier kite).
Today was the cross country at school – Huff came tenth out of, I think, 46 kindergarteners: a fine effort! Puff made it into the middle of the pack for his group – good progress.
