Day 499: Almost ready

Everything is falling into place and we are feeling calmer.  There are so many personnel details to tend to at the end that we both got nervous. Fortunately, the kids are realizing that this is a once in a lifetime experience. Most have either dropped their plans or limited the time they will be absent to a few hours.

Lauren is taking care of the cakes and the t-shirts. Shane is on crowd control.  I dropped off the announcements for the rest of the week.  I called the Observer to ask where the news article is that I submitted, but they did not respond.  Ten kids came to help and we loaded all the cook bags very quickly.  All the bandanas are ironed and Doug has the picnic under control.  Relief!

Dogwood blooms

The hostas are lush and lovely.