Thursday, April 30, 2015

circus strong man

such a busy day, which, if i clarify, only means a decent amount of running around today and not a whole lot of energy to do it with.  i feel like i'm still paying for last friday's adventure to town with henry.  as much as it felt (and was) do-able at the time, i feel like i've been worn out since.  still going and moving and doing what needs to be done, but feeling like an old lady doing it (no offense to any old ladies out there).  i enjoy taking advantage of the times when i feel good enough to expend a lot of energy, when i feel as strong as i think i should be, but it can be frustrating when i learn afterwards that what felt right at the time was actually overdoing it.  and that overdoing it can mean a week of a seriously worn out body.  

but no matter.  it was still a good day and it's been a good week.  greg was home today and we went into town, ran some errands, and then got caught in the rain biking back to william's parent-teacher conference.  and a cold rain it was.  but a nice conference.  and then to the grocery store, still wet and cold (which was uncharacteristically crazy busy, which, we quickly realized, was because tomorrow is a holiday and so the stores are, presumably, closed).  home to make a quiche for the potluck at henry's school (greg), hang laundry (me), and to take care of nana peter pan (the dog) for the last time (me).  then we picked up william and headed to the circus at the preschool.  

when we got there, i couldn't believe that they'd set up a real, outdoor stage. in my mind i'd imagined it inside the school in a little common room they have, but this was much more impressive.  

behind the stage... a sneak peak at the performers...  


 the stage...


waiting for the show to start...

the strong men coming up on stage.  henry is third from the left, in black...


while i'm pretty sure he spent two-thirds of his time on stage standing in back chewing on a piece of grass, eventually he lifted up a house...


here he is with us after his act was over...


next, the magician and the elephants...


 the acrobats...


the high-wire act...


and finally, the clowns...

and then a huge potluck dinner.

a good way to start the long weekend.

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