Cinderella/Rockerfella

Iwent to see the year six play last night. It's a tradition that the class that graduates to secondary school puts on a play at the end of the school year. (yes, in England, the kids are in school into July.) The children did a wonderful job with this play. It was a musical version of the story, with a lot of dancing and singing and quite a few vocal solos. Sarah had two rolls. Her original part was just a bit as a costumer for the rock star. However, one child was absent for the final performance, so Sarah got to be a naughty kitty. I think she enjoyed that part the most. She made a very cute cat.

Today was sports day at the school. Rain had been predicted and it was spitting down rain when we got to school in the morning. However, it never really did much. All morning long the dark rain clouds swept across the sky, with the sun shining brightly in-between. It was pleasantly cood - just right for kids who were racing and throwing nerf javelins and doing other competitive stuff. The team that the North kids were on came in third (out of four) on the sports events, but they took the school prize for the year. This prize is based on all sorts of things throughout the school year - academic, behavior, etc. I took some photos of the kids, but Kate will have to help me get them posted onto flickr before I can show them on my blog.

The parents were invited to participate in some silly races too. I came in second in the 'grandmothers' race' and Kate ran in the 'mums' race'. Geoff was wearing sandals, so could not run in the 'father's race'. Perhaps this was intentional on his part? The guys seemed to take their race very seriously, unlike the mums and grandmothers. It was all in good fun.

I may have mentioned that Kate and Geoff always seem to be having renovations when I visit. This time it's the bathroom. Their handyman (and friend) Mike is working upstairs today. He's putting the new floor into the room. The tiling is done and the sink is installed, but the floor and ceiling are left to do. It's a bit odd to take a shower and then step out onto sub-flooring. I hope the work will be done by the time we get back from Scotland.