May 19, 2006

  • One thing about this time of year.....i.e. the end of school...it provides plenty of photo fodder.  Case in point is Brianna's school's annual Polar Bear (the name of the school is Snow Heights, you see) Boxcar Rally.  It's certainly easy to tell which children either had older siblings who have already been through this, so they know what sort of thing will appear, or simply have creative, energetic parents:

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    Isn't the Cinderella carriage cute, and note the Batmobile, complete with Batman. 

    First each "vehicle" has to get a driver's license and inspection sticker ("Do you have your seat belt?") then proceeds along a sidewalk track, taking them past stop signs, etc. including the ever-popular Sonic Drive-thru (featuring juice).

    At last, here came Brianna, waiting her turn to proceed with a visible display of impatience.  Don't you just love the little girl's car ahead of her?  On the front of it is a vanity plate reading "2 Cute".  And so she was. 

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    One last shot of her:

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    It mayn't have been the most elaborate boxcar in the rally, but there was nothing amiss with its driver. 

    Today is "Picnic in the Park" day at Dmitry's school, so naturally it's going to be closing in on 100°.  A week from today is the last day of school, and he's down to working on his final math pack.  He's working hard to be able to advance to 9th grade, though he's being warned he'll need to spend some time this summer punching up his English grammar skills (skills???) and keeping his math.  Even at Eagle Academy, high school is different, and more challenging.

Comments (5)

  • Hi- Anne, I just had to comment on those wonderful pictures. What fun! I am looking forward to joining you all in the 21st century with a digital and the technological abilities to kut up "amazing pictures!" 

    The scene reminded me of a Mardi Gras, long, long ago when my three, Richard, margaret and Kathryn along with some neighbor children decorated bikes and wagons... and themselves ... and held a parade through the neighborhood. They had me call a radio station to announce their parade and believe it or not a family thought it was real and showed up to see their parade! They didn't even have the good sense to be embarrassed, (though mom was) and threw beads and doubloons to the two children who came as well as to the neighbors!

    Kathryn, with Heather's help, is doing very well. God is so good!!

  • LOL! I love it! What did the family who showed up do when they realized the, er, very exclusive nature of your children's parade?

    Thanks for coming by, and yes, the LORD has been good to dearest Kathryn and her girls, largely through the "means" of sweet Heather.

  • This is great!! I'm just glad I didn't have to do things like this when my kids finished kindergarten!! Whew!!

  • Our school does not do anything like the box car rally thing. That is so cute!!

  • The mom and dad who came to our parade looked a little startled, let their kids pick up their "throws" and left.

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