There's nothing sweeter than the First Grade Mother's Day Tea. All the mommies show up and are escorted to their tiny seats where there are poems and drawings and flowers. Then the kids sing several songs they've been rehearsing for weeks in their music class. Parker normally tries to match a little better than red with blue plaid, but she was wearing part of her book week costume.
After the musical number, they served us lemonaide and cookies.
After that, I dashed off to help stuff 750 goodie bags for the next night's fundraiser. It was one of those days where I ate a sandwich while in transit.
For the book character parade, Parker was Clementine. She was thrilled because being Clementine meant she could carry around a stuffed kitty. I was pretty pleased with our costume choice. There were about 100 Junie Bs and a jillion Harry Potters. Do you think there's any way I can convince her to be Laura Ingles next year?
If it was a contest, the counselor would win. She was Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs.
So after the Book Parade, we dashed to the grocery store and got provisions for the cookout. Did I mention we also had a house guest that night too? Luckily he's low maintenance.
There's a little island in our cul de sac, so everyone gathers there.
Cookout night coincided with one of the Mav's playoff games, so Bob borrowed a blow up screen and a HD projector so no one would have to miss a dribble.
You can't tell from my photos, but it had an amazing picture quality. No one could believe how clear it was.
