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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Magic Birthday Party, Yay or Nay?

More kudos to South Bend Parks & Rec. Magic Camp was a hit with DT. He came home every day wanting to practice and show his new tricks. Rope tricks. Card tricks. Ball tricks. Illusions. And he's even able to run a knife through your finger without cutting it off. I have quite the little magician on my hands.

Still fresh on his mind, while mine reels from trying to plan a decent 9th birthday party, I think 'Magic Birthday Party.' Reasonably priced and we could invite as many people as we want... maybe his whole class and parents too (if they want to see a cool show). All I need is a decent indoor venue. How could this possibly go wrong?

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Kids' Triathlon: Take 3

Thanks to the city of South Bend's fabulous Department of Parks & Recreation, DT completed his third Kids' Triathlon on Saturday! It is always very-well attended. This year with 347 participants, coming from across St. Joseph county and neighboring counties, as well as some hard-core competitors trekking in from out-of-state.

I wouldn't consider DT a serious athlete, but he has participated each summer now since he was 6. And while it thoroughly exhausts him, he keeps wanting to do it again each year. Better. With a faster personal time. And he did it again... beating last year's time by 9 seconds. And might I add, he had moved up to the swimmers division (making it even more challenging). This kid just constantly amazes me!

To learn more about the South Bend Parks & Rec Kids' Triathlon, go to: http://sbpark.org/activities/special-events/kids-triathlon/

Ben and DT trying to stay warm before the race. It starts at 8 a.m., but we have to be there by 7:00 to park bikes and line up (so, there's still a chilly nip to the morning air).