May photo dump! Blaine’s last time saying the pledge of allegiance over the PA system in the morning:
On May 3 I went to a parents’ intro night at the Hommocks Middle School. Can’t believe our baby will be starting middle school in the fall! I also snapped a pic of the lockers which seem to cause the kids so much anxiety.
On May 6 we went to the Chatsworth Carnival. They’d figured out how to keep the line for cotton candy to a reasonable length somehow. And Sarah kept getting back in line for the archery booth. But for some reason the balloon lady was overwhelmed and it was an hour wait for balloon animals!
The magic show was a hit.
On Friday May 12 we went to Hommocks for the annual STEM-tastic event. It was actually our first time attending, I guess because pre-pandemic it must have seemed a bit late in the evening for our kids.
Sarah travelled to Bronxville with her team for a lacrosse game on the 13th.
First smores of the season!
On the 20th we headed back to Bronxville, this time for a chess tournament Sarah had signed up for! This was her second tournament ever. In the photo below you can see her way in the back of the room playing her final match, which she won.
She had fun, and even decided to sign up for a week of half-day chess camp this summer with the man in charge of the tournament, Sunil Weeramantry, pictured below giving out the awards.
I took this photo one Sunday to show Sarah practicing her T-stop which she’s learning in ice skating. She convinced me to sign up for lessons at the same time, so I did! Sadly I was sitting out of class this week since I’d done something to my quad in my first tennis singles match, attempting to run down my opponents’ drop shot. I lost the match. My quad was fine in a few days, though. 🙂
Manor Beach opened for Memorial Day weekend and we were there for the first day of the season!
Another day we went for a hike at the Marshlands.
Blaine’s class also started practicing for graduation! Here’s a pic of them arranged on the stage in height order. Then they had to switch to alphabetical order (to Blaine’s horror!) for the diplomas, hence all the practicing. 🙂
