Today was spent cleaning and minimizing. Our house is officially for sale. Only nibbles so far. We’ll list in a week or so. 35 days left until the end of school…or so my Google personal page says. I shouldn’t count down, but I am ready for this school year to be done. But that is NOT what I want to blog about today.
Yesterday, I was so glad to see Friday. It was rush rush all day. I attended a Premiere Jewelry party in honor of a friends daughter who is graduating this year. So not my thing, but I needed to go. I got a really cute bracelet out of it and Froggy found an adorable necklace that I can wear too. I’m really not a jewelry kind of gal, but I do like simple pieces that have a sweet elegance about them. After the jewelry party I rushed home so Froggy could join Tweety at the neighbor’s bonfire. It was a birthday celebration for their middle son and since he and Tweety are inseparable it was OK for the girls to join the festivity. I ventured over as well and then joined in for the hide-n-seek like game of sardine’s. If you are not familiar with this game it is really a lot of fun. You play in pairs or small groups. The first group has two-three minutes to hide. (Keep in mind this is a bonfire. It is dark and we live out with woods and trails for a backyard.) After time for the first group to hide the second group sets out to seek, then each remaining group at two minute intervals. If a group finds the first group they are to join them in hiding. Yes, everyone packs into the same hiding place- hope it’s a good one. You have to be quiet to be successful at this game, especially when it is dark out. We had flashlights but you don’t want to give away your position so you use it sparingly. We started out with 6 boys, one 14 and the rest around 10, my girls (10 and almost 7), and two adults. By the time I left at 11:30 all the kids in the neighborhood and one more adult had joined the group. You try cramming sixteen people into a single hiding place in the woods. the first few rounds were hilarious because some of the kids just didn’t “get it” and joined other groups making a ton of noise. Once they figured out how the game worked it became really interesting. The night was a great way to relax and forget the stress of the past week. Spending time with young kids also helps to bring you down to Earth and remember that there is more to life than professions, bills, and the everyday stresses we face.