Our new Pinewood Derby cars are finally complete, after about 1-1/2 months of work. I did the rough shaping and painting, but Kyle and Ian both picked out their designs, sanded their cars, put on stickers, and hammered on the wheels. They look pretty nice, now we just have to wait until February to see if they drive nice.
Left to right:
Skull Candy (Ian)
The Wolverine Wedge (Kyle)
The Green Streak (Me)
This afternoon we watched the John Greene Polo Invitational at Arranmore Farm. There were bounce houses, pony rides, ice cream, bad 80′s music, and of course, polo.
Katra sets up our huge spread of amazing food
The Oswego Fire Department presents the colors. A particularly poignant moment on this anniversary.
The teams gather on the field...
And they're off!
Enjoying the match
Ian poses by a goal post after the end of the game.
Kyle poses by a goal post
The Blackberry Farm Clydesdales parade the players across the field after the end of the game
Stomping divots
STOMP
Arranmore Center for the Arts held the Cabernet Cabaret event today on the lawn at Arranmore Farm. The wine was provided by Coopers Hawk winery, and the music was provided by a fantastically talented group of performers. It was a great evening, the first of many.
Katra and I also celebrated our eighth anniversary tonight (a few days early). Happy anniversary!
The lawn during setup
The stage
Another view of the lawn
Event patrons were invited to walk over to the next county for a glass of wine. (Seriously. Fortunately the next county was not too far of a walk!)
The crowd begins to gather
After a brief drizzle, the musicians came out to begin what turned out to be an incredible few sets of songs
In addition to the countless hours Katra spent working on this event, I did some graphic design. Here’s one of the posters I made up for the event:
Ian’s last day of park district preschool was today. The kids did a big song-and-dance routine, prompted by their fantastic teacher, Miss Jen.
Ian does his best Michael Jackson
A big hug for his friend Sarah
The full set of rugrats