A Very Busy Day

Last Saturday was very busy. On Saturday morning we went to a picnic at Hopkinton State Park. It was an end of school party for Joanna's preschool.

There was a ton of food and Joanna had a great time hanging out with her friend Abigail and playing with the other kids,



You might notice that in the last picture she had a long weed in her mouth. When I asked her why she said she was doing the tango.

Joanna, Abigail and Abigail's mom and older sister went to splash around on the beach by the lake while Rick and I picked everything up. When we went to go get her she really did not want to leave. Rick had to carry her. I told Abby's mom I would give her a call to arrange some time for the girls to get together this summer.

We then went to Rick's office so he could meet with some clients and I could write the church bulletin. Joanna was not doing too well at working on her own so as soon as the bulletin was done I took her to a nearby bookstore. She picked out a Father's Day card and she saw a little globe she thought daddy needed. We got a gift bag and some paper, wrapped the gift and headed back to the office.

The work at the office was done so it was off to the next event, Missy Newman's graduation party. There was another great lot of food and kids to run and play with. Just after dusk the host set up a ice line of citronella candles in the yard. Soon after Joanna and Mariah went along that line blowing them all out.

After all this we thought for sure that Joanna would fall asleep on the ride home. Nope! We got home with a keyed up, hyper-tired grumpy kid who did not want to go to bed. I guess car ride magic doesn't always work.