the last day of primary work...

The kids did a "honk and wave" that was, fortuitously for them, organized to be at the end of our street. They set their alarms to go out for rush hour at 7am! They'd been wishing to do one, but I wouldn't drive them.


Later, Eleanor spent some time by herself(!) working at the headquarters. When we picked her up, Calvin took this picture. These are some of the very nice folks who work there. They said she could use them as references. :-)


As we drove home from the headquarters, we replaced the four Hillary yard signs stolen from Ludlow yards last night. The kids were taking turns taking them from the trunk and putting them in the yards. It turned out that the last turn was Calvin's. He unbuckled his seatbelt, paused, and asked Eleanor if she'd like to put the sign up. She hugged him and said she would. While she was outside the car, Calvin asked why she loves this so much. I told him I didn't know. When she got back in the car, I told her that I was so happy for her to have had this week and so sad for her that it was over that I thought I might cry. Calvin said that he might cry too. To save herself from crying in that moment, she told us both not to start.