Wow, we did have a busy weekend but it was full of activities. Collin's thumb continues to heal and it does not hold him back at all. Other than seeing a brace on his left hand, you would not know that he broke anything.
Saturday, while I was at the spa, Dad and Collin went to a local gym to meet a famous baseball player, Humberto Quintero. Collin got his signature on the back of his shirt and wanted to wear it the rest of the day. They then used some rotten tomatoes discarded from a charity event Friday, set them up on the driveway and shot at them with Collin's BB gun. It was not as fun as they thought because the tomatoes did not explode...the BB just lodged into the tomato.
Collin then had friend come play with him for several hours while his mother had a job interview. They mainly played outside because it was a beautiful day. Because they boys will be doing a triathlon in May together, the practiced their transitions from the bike and run. They started running down the driveway, ran to their bikes to put on their helmets, rode the cul-de-sac, came back to take off their helmet and then ran to the end of the driveway and back. Collin was really slow the transitioning to his running shoes because his laces were too tight. I am sure it's because he has a hard time putting on his shoes with his brace. Nevertheless, he is so competitive that he did not like losing to his friend even if it was just a practice.
That night, we had dinner with friends do discuss a possible new adventure with them. Stay tuned for more!
Sunday, while I was running my long training run (11 miles) for the upcoming half marathon, Dad, Collin and some fellow cub scouts delivered blankets they collected throughout the week to the homeless downtown. To collect the blankets, Collin delivered 26 letters to our section of the neighborhood explaining what he was doing and that he would collect the blankets by Saturday afternoon to deliver Sunday morning. Seeing that only one blanket was dropped of at our house by Friday night, he delivered another letter explaining that there is still one day left. That must have worked because we had over 15 blankets delivered to our house by Saturday night.
The boys did enjoy passing out the blankets but did need some supervision because they wanted to walk up to anyone AND cross a busy street to do so. When they saw how the homeless where living, they said it looked like fun and that they wanted to do that. We did explain that the "fun" would include using the bathroom outside, no running water, no hot food, no toys, no sports, no shelter....I think they got it but still wanted to do it again. We plan to go back at the end of February to deliver socks and underwear.
- Odyssey of the Mind meeting for an hour. The project is really coming together. The team is practicing their skit and should be ready for dress rehearsal Sunday. I am excited to see the whole presentation all the way through. They have stuck it out since October and their time and hard work is starting to show.
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| Collin, Will (the friend visiting for the day) and Eli |
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| Kamila, Valerie, Saige, Bella, Collin and Eli |
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| Discussing the skit and who will play which part |
- Dad, Collin and Will went to a Scout's house to cut their Pinewood Derby car they designed earlier in the day. Dad and Collin changed their designs from last year after learning what works and what does not. I am excited to see how these turn out.
- While they were doing this, I was teaching a neighborhood friend how to transition because she will be racing a duathlon for the first time next Sunday. I will be racing this one as well because 1) it's a great race and 2) I race it every year that I can. Look out for a post-race report next Sunday
- We quickly made dinner for all of us to eat, including Will's mom, before heading to basketball practice. Collin can do the drills but not participate in any practice plays. While the team is doing this, Dad and Collin practice shooting baskets.
- I pulled together our 2016 tax documents to get ready to file our tax return...I know, boring but it has to been done. If I don't start now, I will be kicking myself in the butt later. Before pulling the documents, I did have to sort and file receipts, bills, etc for the last 6 months because I have not found a system that works where we (ummm...where I) can stay on top of this regularly.
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