First of all, Max and Clay and I had a chance to go to Doubletree Ranch Park in Highland Village today, which is a truly wonderful and beautiful public park, with so many great amenities including a large splash pad and a meeting room that looks like a barn.
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| The Doubletree Ranch Party Barn |
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| Only one part of the immense splash pad |
Our reason for being there was for the back-to-school party for the new homeschool group we will participate with this school year. This was our first time meeting the families that will make up Arrow, and we have already made some friends.
After the party, I followed up on yesterday's First by taking myself to a chiropractor who was willing to see me on very short notice. It was my first chiropractic appointment, my first time to have a TENS massage on my back, and my first time to have a spinal adjustment. My back is certainly not pain free after all of that, but it is definitely so much better than it was last night! I'll have a follow-up appointment on Monday to try to move along the healing.
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| Paying for yesterday's First |
Another First came later in the afternoon when Clay got the cooking bug. I convinced him we should make banana bread with our surplus of overripe bananas, and he convinced me we should add chocolate chunks. I never have made banana bread with chocolate chunks, but it seemed like a good move, so we went with it.
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| Chocolate Chunk Banana Bread |
Finally, we celebrated my father-in-law's birthday at our favorite conveyor belt sushi place in Carrollton where I tried a unique Japanese dessert called Cream Anmitsu--agar (red algae) jelly, sweet azuki bean paste, fruit, and ice cream. It was...interesting.
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| Cream Anmitsu |
This Year of Firsts has been so fun and educational (and occasionally painful), and I'm so thankful for all the new experiences I've had! Thanks for following along! I hope you've been inspired to try some new things as well, regardless of whether you're celebrating a milestone birthday or not.
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