A Bunny and the Blizzard

 

Merrick started off the week with a red plate type of day.  He scored an impressive 80/80 on a school trivia contest and will be able to challenge the teachers at his school in front of packed house.  He is quite excited and I am quite proud.  The weekend also found us back at his school for a Mardi Gras fundraiser.  His room was hosting one of the two cake walks and with such collections of baked goods to be had the kids walked in circles until they took home a vast amount of refined sugar and flour.  Interestingly enough we had started the morning early with a doughnut run in which the baker also gave each of the kids a cookie and a cupcake....so Saturday pretty much ran on the far side of the healthy diet but was rounded off by all the smiles.  Sophia had gymnastics before the fundraiser and Merrick and I did hit the gym to play 'hoops' while she worked on her flips.  After couple games of PIG we did take over the entire gym space so we could play soccer.   Friday evening did find us a whole rabbit richer.  With a house full of kids a rabbit came bounding into the back yard looking to for a friend and warm place to stay for the night.  She wasn't hard to catch and spent most of Saturday wandering freely in the kitchen or just stretched out in front of the heat register.  I did ask her at one point if she was an outside rabbit and she just wandered over and laid down in front of the heat register like an old lab....I took that to mean she spoke English pretty well.  Sunday found at the season opener for the arena football team, the Blizzard.  Ella sang before the game and then we all watched what would become our second favorite Resch center sport after the Gamblers.  The game was fast paced and a good way to spend an afternoon with harsh winds and snow that was too icy to ski. We did hit Cook's Corner for some fudge, just in case the kids were running low on refined sugar and then it was back to reality as we prepared for the coming week.  Merrick cranked out some math homework and Sophia started the online portion of her hunter education classes.