Activities

As you can see, June is a busy time for me. There are multiple family and friend birthdays, not to mention the last week of school. Things are crazy!

Jim is an avid Star Trek fan. He has a picture of the crew on a refrigerator magnet; when his little boy saw them, he said, "Look! It's Daddy's Wiggles!" (Here's a link to The Wiggles for anyone who hasn't been around young children in the past three years.) So Jim decided to have a Science Fiction costume party for his 40th.

I love sci-fi and anime, but I've never cosplayed. I briefly toyed with dressing up the whole family as The Wiggles, then decided to try to stay on-theme. Melissa and I were going to go as The Fly, but we didn't know how to make the bug mask. We considered several other things, and thought we'd have to be lame and go without costumes because we were running out of time. But then Eri had a brainstorm.

We went as The Magic School Bus.

No, there are no pictures.

My high school friend Valerie had her 40th birthday today. Yesterday, for her party, she rented a skating rink.

That was a blast from the past. There was music from the 80's that we all remembered. We skated, we ate, we had a load of fun.

Kayla learned to skate, and by the end of the party she was doing okay. One of her falls involved smacking her chin on the step. That left a mark.

Tatiana only fell once, and Melissa fell two or three times. Even Eri fell once. I managed to get away unscathed, although I had a couple of close calls.

Maybe this is the exercise activity I've been looking for. I'm sure sore today.

Happy Birthday, Val!