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Party Pardee

Always a fun event put on by Bike Hikers. The first good organized ride of the season. A patriotic theme this year. Far right, Larry, one of my favorite people to run into!!

First rest stop.

Paul and I drove up together and rode the 28-mile route.

Fun ride. Great weather. 28 miles.

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Nee-doh

In the world of 10-year-olds who go to St Ignatius, certain nee-doh stress-relieiving toys are the hot item to have and hard to find. Today, I picked Carson and Tommy after school and we went to two stores who had supposedly received a shipment that morning. No luck.

I asked them if there was something else they might want to buy. Tommy was reluctant, Carson assured him it was ok and added, “Basically, there is no budget if you’re with Grandma.” LOL!! Later that evening, we went to Avery’s volleyball game.

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Sports Sunday

Sophia play with her club team at McClellan.

Avery played with his St Ignatius team at Jesuit for the PAL championship.

8th graders: AJ, Apollo, Avery, Christian.

Carson at Ciavarella Field.

He came in to protect the lead, “the closer,” as he’s known.

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Greer – week 2

Another busy week at Greer – more doubled-up classes for bicycle skills course for 4th and 5th graders plus the second pedestrian safety lesson for 2nd and 3rd graders. Fewer staff this week as Spring Break gets closer. On Friday, it was just Lorge and me for one 40-minute lesson with about 60 kids. Ugh.

About 200 helmets, name tags removed, reboxed by size, and ready to be picked up for storage back at SABA headquarters.

Time to decompress and think about how to make things better at the next school we are supposed to go to.