Another Weekend Come And Gone

Once again, we were scattered to the four winds. Friday, KyKy has a sleepover with some church youth at one of the leader's parent's house in Minnetonka. She didn't get to sleep until 4 am. Madster and 'Nika stayed overnight at the neighbor's house. The Other Younger Half and I collapsed at home. Saturday The Other Younger Half hosted a party for her school chums to celebrate the end of the term. She had it at The Massage Parlour, so who knows what kind of shenanigans were taking place there. KyKy did a little babysitting duty for a church friend in the late afternoon/evening, and I dragged the younger two up to the velodrome in Blaine to go watch bike racing on the track. It was cool. Literally. When we left home at 5:30 in our shorts and t-shirts it was 85 degrees and sunny. By the time we left the velodrome at 7:15 it was about 69 degrees and windy. It was too cold to hang around to watch all the races so we left early. The girls seemed interested for a while, but they decided to run around in the grass to keep warm, cuz sitting and watching races was getting uncomfortable.

Sunday morning, I met up with a "Nerds on Bikes Parade" aka Twin City Bicycling Club ride. It was 45 degrees and windy. The ride was really fun though. On Sunday afternoon the female contingent went to go spend money that we don't have and I fell asleep in a chair. When they got home 'Nika finished up her Colorado project. Last week she and I tried to make a relief map of the state out of cardboard, clay and a limited supply of paint. It's a good thing she was working on the project because when I made the mountain ranges, it started out looking like a bunch of wieners laid end to end running north and south. We painted it up, added some rivers and figured out how to make the mountains look more mountainous. There was no white paint for snow-capped peaks, 'till wily old dad figured we could use Elmer's Glue instead of paint. Very clever, I thought. Sunday, 'Nika and The Other Younger Half labeled some landmarks and voila! a masterpiece. My big accomplishment this weekend was getting the "Share the Road" stickers in the windows of the cars. Now we have to drive like cyclists matter.

The Other Younger Half has a couple of weeks off. You should expect copious posts from her in that time frame. All complaints about her lack of posting can be directed to tkstocking@gmail.com. Thank you for your help.