Hannah's birthday gift

This year for Hannah's birthday we decided to do things a little different.  Her gift from us was a party at Wine, Paint and Canvas.  We scheduled a private party for 10 friends and arranged for them to paint Olaf, from Frozen.  

On party day we had two open seats, so David took one of them and painted Olaf too.  

Big Hannah and Billy, in usual form: non stop hilarity.  

Hannah and Vivian, birthday buddies from day 1.  

Vivian, and Jared and Kadence in the background.  

Here you can see Sara Beth, the little girl in the front left.  Beside her is Logan, beside Logan is Aria and her dad Paul.  On the other side of the table is Ashley, Logan's mom.  

Here you can see Aria and Logan again.  Across the table is Alayna, with her mom Karen.  

On the right side is Alayna and Karen.  Then Iris' head and her mom Ashley.  On the other side is Aria, then Sara Beth beside her.  In the far back, on the left, is Big Hannah, Billy and Grandpa Bob.

Hannah and her Olaf. 

Vivian and her Olaf.  Jared, fixing Kadences' Olaf.  My understanding is parental fixes were needed in all of the kids' paintings.  

Hannah, with all her friends.  

David said the party went well, but he thought the 2 hour time block for that age group was a bit too long.  He also said all the kids had to have some kind of parental recovery with their painting.  However all the kids had fun, and they all liked their painting, which is what mattered.  

Cinco de Mayo 10k & 5k

This past Saturday, Hannah and I ran the Cinco de Mayo 10k and 5k.  I signed up for the 10k and Hannah up for the 5k.  Our friends, Ashley and Ty, and their two kids, Logan and Iris, were also running in the race.  

The day was yucky.  It was cold, windy and rainy.  Unlike many 10k/5k combo's, the 5k for this even started 50 minutes after the 10k.  So 10k runners could opt to run the 5k as well.  This was basically my plan, to run the 10k then catch up with the 5k and finish with Hannah, who would be with Ty and Iris.  At the last minute, David decided he would join us and walk with Hannah and push Riley.  

I did pretty good, considering how miserable I've been feeling.  I was certain I would lose my breakfast somewhere between miles 3 and 4.  I finished at 57:14, a whole 6 minutes slower than my 10k just two weeks ago.  But it was better than I expected to do.   

I caught up with them a little past the one mile point.  Hannah was doing pretty good. She ran when she wanted and walked when she wanted.  

Logan, who was running the 10k, ran with Hannah for a little while.  

There is not a photo finish because Hannah had a rough finish.  I finished with Logan, while his mom Ashley stayed to motivate Iris.  When Hannah reached the finish line, she was ready to be done.  As soon as she finished, she bounced right back of course and said she would do it again.  I'm proud of her for sticking with it, even when I know she wanted to quit at the end.  

We survived

Roller skating with kids.

This is the day before.  You might be surprised to know that at one time, David was quite fancy on roller skates.  So he broke out his old skates to "stretch them out." That was his quote, not mine.  

Here we are, at the skating rink on Sunday.  We got there as soon as they opened.  

Practicing with Ryan.  We put Hannah in regular skates at first.  

After about 30 minutes, and some discouraging falls, we went to the plastic skates that go over your shoes.  She kept trying, even after one hard fall in which I think she jammed her elbow.  

We went roller skating to celebrate Iris' birthday.  That's Iris in the pink, with her dad.  Her mom and brother are next to her.  It was quite experience.  There was definitely some "Mommy, I don't want to skate anymore!" Which was followed by a "Too bad, let's go again!"  

Logan, Iris' brother, crashed into the wall so hard one time that his glasses went flying and he got himself a pretty big knot on his forehead.  Yet, they all skated still.  

Riley was beyond ticked off that she could not be out there with everyone else.  Ryan would skate around on the carpet with her a little but she seemed to lose interest in that after awhile.  All she wanted was to be where all the other kids were.  

I don't think I've ever seen David so patient with Hannah.  At least, positive patience.  

My big crash involved Rebecca.  We feel together, and I landed on top of her.  No really, ON TOP OF HER.  My butt was on her hips.  A little kid maneuvered in front of me and I tried going around and Rebecca was responding to me moving.  It was just a big mess.  That resulted in us both on the floor.  Although, it wasn't so painful for me.  ; )

Iris went through every type of skate option the rink had, multiple times.  But we all kept trying, through forceful means at times.  

I'd say Hannah got the hang of it.  She kept trying and by the end of the afternoon, she laughed when she fell.  She got smoother, gliding more.  Most importantly, she wanted to keep trying. 

The next day, Hannah complained about her thighs being sore.  

There's a slow rollers time at our skating rink every Saturday afternoon.  David and Hannah are going to start making a date of it.  At least once a month.  Maybe she'll surpass her dad's talents!