I extend my respects to anyone reading these words who is in the armed services, or has family who has served or is serving.
Ariel marched in a Memorial Day parade along with her school band. She played the bells, which–believe it or not–is one of the heaviest instruments to lug. Savvy of “Hitchhiker,” she made sure she knew where her towel was: Slung around her shoulders to serve as a cushion for the bell straps. Several of the kids in her band made snide comments about, until they’d finished marching a couple miles in the heat with their instruments. There they were having sweated through their clothes while Ariel was calmly dabbing away whatever perspiration she’d generated, courtesy of her towel. Suddenly they weren’t so snide anymore.
We then went down to the playground where Caroline ran around like a little nut. After that, we went bowling. Caroline has actually become proficient in Bumper Bowling. She takes a six pound ball, sprints toward the foul line, stops right where she should stop and flings the ball out onto the lane. The major mishap occurred when she raised a very vocal protest over having to return the bowling shoes, which she’d become quite enamored of.
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