Sandcastles

We did it! Nerves were high and excitement was low, but we managed to make it to Sandcastles for the first time. And we survived. We started with eating pizza all together. It is funny to make connections with people you are meeting for the first time. One of the volunteers lives in the sub across the street from us! The kids split off from the adults into groups by age. The girls did an activity using the giant Jenga blocks, and Caleb did a parachute activity with stuffed animals. I'm sure there was some kind of learning thing with it but the only thing they came away with at this point was, "Every other kid in our group had their dad die too." I came away with their same thing. No great insight or lesson, but maybe a sense of not quite being the only one. And for now, that will do. 

The major downside- we didn't get home until 8:45pm. By the time bedtime routine happened and kids were in bed it was 10pm. 😖  Tomorrow morning is going to be rough!