Fun in the sun

Last week I decided to take today off to "recover" from all my ailments as well as First Communion preparations. It's a good thing I did because last Thursday I found out that Hannah would be off school today. I guess for her to recover from First Communion as well. Unfortunately for her, my recovery involved lots and lots of grading, which means she watched lots and lots of TV. But, we did take a break and headed out for some lunch at the park.



It was too nice of a day to spend it all indoors. We went to Helicopter Park and ate under the shelter



And then we played a little tennis. We stopped by Meijer before grabbing food to purchase tennis rackets and balls.



I had a good time laughing as she tried and tried and tried to serve the ball (you'll have to click on the picture to see her serving. Some day I'll figure out how to make these pictures bigger!)



I think with more practice, she'll improve.

I had a great time with Hannah today. I didn't feel like I should be playing out there when I have all this grading to do and interims due tomorrow, but then I thought about what will be important to me next year or ten years down the road. Will it be the kid in my class who I won't see in ten years or even in five, or will it be my daughter? I chose Hannah. It's not that I don't care about those kids in my classroom; it's just that sometimes I need to realize that there will come a day when I will look back on these times. When that time comes, I don't want to find myself regretting not doing things with my children because I was too busy working. The ungraded papers will eventually get graded. In the meantime, I'm going to try to carve out some meaningful moments that will last a lifetime.