And so it continues. I cannot emphasise how important it is for us and our kids to have proper goodbyes. Maybe the amount of parties we do at this time of year speaks to that.
This afternoon was their chance to say goodbye to their friends. We invited 27 children - each of our kids had the people they would miss the most. Of course, Rose had the greatest amount - in fact, when we were doing her list she asked if she could just invite all of Elementary.
No, Rose! Narrow it down to people you will miss the most.
Unfortunately rainy season has arrived this week and about 15 minutes before I left the house we had "hard rain" and thunder and lightning. Unfortunate because the majority of the party time was planned for the swimming pool - easy entertainment!
We had planned a couple of games first so we did those and, thankfully, the rain had blown over and the requisite amount of time had passed from the lightning so that we could still hit the pool. There were some Middle School baptisms going on so we vacated the pool for 20 minutes while they took place - the younger kid were fascinated to watch.
Then we had cakes and popcorn and time to disperse.
Perfect!
We hung around school for a while and them attended the despedida of another family leaving to change assignment to Thailand.
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