As seems to have been the case with the weather people, we were forecasted to have a questionable weekend, and it turned out perfect for what we had to do. I knew this week was going to be crazy with First Communion prep, chess, dance lessons, dance pictures, PTA meeting, and preschool recital, but then we also had Trevor's piano recital and Sunday school to start the week off.
I was actually surprised Russ was up for going up to Derek and Kyrsten's for the day on Saturday. He was going to have to leave for the week on Sunday evening but we were very lucky to have a beautiful day so we decided to run up and take advantage of it. We headed out to a park by their house on Medicine Lake where the boys could go fishing and the girl could play at the park while the other girls watched. We had been to this park before, but with another year of practice on jungle gyms, Gwen has gotten very good at balance and having fun on all the different equipment without me having to be right under foot. I think she called at least 4 girls at the park "friend", as in "Hey friend, come here! Come and play with me friend!" But hey, I guess if they don't complain, who am I to say anything. I think that is what she really enjoys about preschool, is the social part of their playtime. And if they are outside on their equipment, they do look like they have a fun time.
Trevor tried to fish, but the other two boys were not catching anything so Trevor quickly lost interest. He also found a friend to play for a bit on the equipment, but I think having recess and extra outdoor recess on the school's playground didn't really hold his interest for long. So he saw a kid around his age (shorter, but I couldn't tell if he was older or younger) playing basketball and started playing with him. There were two different height-sized hoops, and both of them were shooting at the taller one. The shorter one was the same height that he played his YMCA games at, but he could still make some shots at the taller one, so I guess it was fine with him. It seemed like everyone was having a good time. Only problem was, the kids had an early lunch so we could head out to get some things at Target and hadn't eaten since then. I knew that they wouldn't say they were hungry, especially since they were having a good time.
Around 5:00, a group of 5-6 what looked like college kids came to play basketball, and the boys wouldn't give them the taller hoop. So they started to play the shorter one, but quickly got bored. They asked the kids nicely to let them play on the taller one, and the other kid said, "only if you let us play". So they did. At first Trevor was just watching, because he had gone over to see how the other boys were doing fishing. But then he came back, and saw that his friend was playing with the guys, so he wanted to join in. They actually would pass it to the other boy and let him take a shot or two. He might have even stolen a ball, but I wasn't paying that much attention. And then Trevor joined in. I think he was a little nervous to even really try to play with them. He would put his hands up to try to block a pass or shot, but never really asked for the ball, just ran around trying to watch or block. It was very heartwarming to see him so happy, and that these guys were letting him play.
At about 5:30, we told him we had to get going. So someone let him take the ball, let him take a shot, and he made it. At that point, he was over the moon. I'm pretty sure that will be etched in his memory for quite a while. So it was a good day.
Then on Sunday, he had his piano recital. We had to go out to Roseville for it, and this time, it was a quick recital. There were 16 kids, and 24 total songs. Trevor was in the first 3rd of the kids, and he and his teacher did a great job. There really isn't much to say about a piano recital because it is obviously something you have to hear, but he did a really great job. I'm interested to hear what he is going to pick out for the talent show.
So our weekends are now starting to get filled up. I don't think we have an entirely empty weekend from now until the middle of June. I can only hope for nice weather to get me through....it's going to fly by. Only 8 weeks left of school!
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