Today was a busy one! Quincy had to take off bright and early this morning for a 9 to 5 lifeguard certification class at a pool an hour away. He is taking this 30 hour class with two buddies from his swim team so they had a good time and are envisioning some good summer jobs at the end. While he was going in one direction, the rest of us were heading to Cincinnati for Tabitha's regional spelling bee.
She participated with the 69 other finalists from the district bees for this regional bee. The winner of today's competition will go on an all expenses paid trip to Washington D.C. for the National bee. Tabitha did a great job and made us very proud but got out in the second round. She was given some very difficult words which the moderator seemed to have difficulty pronouncing, so she did not have an easy go of it. She enjoyed herself though and was not too upset with the end result. Here are her two rounds.... Her first word was babushka...
Her second word was sevruga...
After the two and a half hour competition, we headed across the river to Johnny Rockets for a fun lunch. All weekend, we have two extra kids in tow. We are watching the sons of our French friends while they discover a long weekend in Las Vegas for Valentine's Day. Quincy is doing the bulk of the babysitting but when he is not available, Theo and Esteban just hang out with us. They are great kids and great friends of Max and Calvin so it couldn't be easier. We introduced them to the giant hamburgers at Johnny Rockets today and they had a ball.
We then all went to Jungle Jim's, the incredible and huge grocery store in Cincinnati that sells all sorts of ethnic foods. There, we were able to get the very special cheese for our new raclette maker.
After picking up Quincy from his class and urging the kids to get some play in the snow time in, we invited some other good friends over. It was time to introduce Jane and Greg to the pungent smell but delicious taste of raclettes. They loved them and we got in some good visiting at the same time.
Now, it's time for bed!
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