Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

We had a fun weekend!  Brian and I had a date night on Friday and went to dinner with other parents in Izzy's class.  It was nice to chat about the sometimes ridiculousness of Kindergarten with other parents.  Especially nice as it was report card day.  Isabel did fantastic academic wise.  I was actually really surprised because she's not actually reading yet.  Behaviorally she has a few things to work on.  No surprise there.  Logan did very well.  He's having a great year and I really love his new teachers.  We have his ARD in 2 weeks, so we'll know more then.  Our main focus/dilemma is whether or not we should hold him back.  It's too early to tell right now (I think) but it's definitely on my mind.

Saturday I set my alarm for 4:15am to get ready for the 1/2 marathon I was running.  It was a very small race, but a nice time up for marathon day.  It's been a long time since I raced and this one boosted my confidence.  I picked off 26 runners and had 1 pass me.  That 1 still pisses me off.  I started off slow (like I always do) and picked up sped.  I didn't have any timing devices, so it was hard to gauge my speed.  I usually run with at least 1 device, but I'm almost over my phone data plan for the month and didn't charge my Garmin.  I also ran completely without music.  I think it helped my pace. My unofficial time was 2:18, which I was very happy with as it was a hilly course.

While I was running Isabel and crew were busy with a soccer game.  isabel scored 3 goals!  I came home and after a nice long bath passed out for 2 hours.  I was so tired.  Izzy was tired too.

Brian worked until about 3am Sunday morning and then again for about 3 hours after the kids got up Sunday morning.  After he finished up what he needed to do we hit up Chipotle (it's been way too long) and thence our way downtown to a performance of 'Don't be Afraod of the Dark' by Ballet Austin.

The show was great!  It was just 55 minutes and very entertaining for the kids.  Logan really loved it and clapped super loud after each song.  Isabel loved the dancing portion where she could see the ballerinas (a lot of the show involved black lights and props).  She kept saying 'I can see the people holding sticks'.  She was onto their tricks.  She also saw a promo poster for The Nutcracker and asked if she could see that.

After the show the kids fell asleep in the car so I had Brian pull into the grocery store so that I could get groceries.  I'm making dinners for families this week and really needs ingredients.  When the kids woke up we agreed to go to the pumpkin patch near our house to get carving pumpkins.  It was late and the kids were super grumpy so we told them it would be quick.  We pull up and there is a full on carnival going on.  Ugh.  So we get it ur pumpkins and tell the kids we're leaving.  Logan is fine but Isabel decided to whine and whine and whine about how she 'just wants to go on one ride.'  No dice sister.  So being the super mean parents that we are we haul her in the car and drive off.  As we're pulling away she whimpers 'goodbye fun carnival.'  So dramatic.