Do You Even Leap, Bro?

This year came with an extra day and it was packed. We definitely got our days worth on this one.

The day started with a divide and conquer - Jason took Michael to honor band practice and I took Isaac to pick up Josh's race bib and Nana and then go to Kindergarten Registration.

Yes, it is finally happening. Littlest minion is going to kindergarten. Can I get a hallelujah?

In an interesting twist, the entire district did kindergarten registration at a high school at the same time. Does that sound like a perfect recipe for long lines? Because it was a great recipe for long lines. To be fair, they did try to make things more exciting for the kids with activity tables and a balloon guy, but still.

I was thrilled to finish the process and hand over all the paperwork because we had more to do.

After dropping off Mom, we returned home to pick up Jason, Josh and Ben to head to a baptism. The two boys who live behind us were getting baptized and we were glad to squeeze the happy event into our busy day. An hour later, we dropped Josh at a friend's house and headed to Seattle. Mom was kind enough to pick up Michael and take him home to get some rest before his concert.

What on earth would possess us to do a there and back to Seattle in one afternoon? Saving money. At least, that was the idea several months ago when I figured we'd save money by picking up our race packets rather than having them mailed to us. However, by the end of February, it felt like it would have been worth it to splurge and save ourselves the trip.

Oh well.

We picked up our bibs, tried on our jackets, tasted some chocolate (of course!), bought some Girl Scout cookies, and took some pictures by the inflatable chocolate bar. Then loaded back in the car to go home.

Why so soon? Well, we had to pick up Josh at 5pm and Michael had an Honor Band concert at 7pm...oh and the people who live in our house felt entitled to eat a meal every evening. 

Then we all went to bed since four of us had to rise early in the morn to head back to Seattle for the Hot Chocolate Run.