Our rock wall climbing plans didn't work out as the gym delayed their opening date until July... so that birthday present from Mom and Dad and Nini and YeaYea for the three is still yet to come.
Instead, Imma's contribution went to an afternoon of exploring archery... research for the books the girls are writing, right? :) It also happened to be a very fun afternoon, another "extreme sport" for that HS credit, and something that has been desired for some time. And this time no age restrictions holding us back!
Although, we did cause a pause when we showed up with three left handers out of the four of us... especially Aiden, who should have used a kid's sized bow but they didn't have any lefthanded bows that size so he managed an adult bow! It never occurred to Mom to tell them ahead that we had 3 lefthanders... but the modern bows have a notch to rest the arrows on so handedness matters.
It surprised us how easy and how hard it was to shoot with relative accuracy. Jasmin, who has never held a bow before was the best of us, even getting a perfect bullseye! Both girls had the strength to shoot at the far targets, but after the first hour (we were there for 3 hours!), Mom and Aiden stuck with the closer targets. Aiden persevered and managed some very passable rounds, even including a bullseye!
Jasmin and Mom suffered the results of the common mistake that snaps the bowstring along the inner elbow... ouch!
After biking the 28km roundtrip and 3 hours of archery, we were all pretty tired - and hungry! So the evening of watching The Fellowship of the Ring while eating shepherd's pie, chocolate covered sponge cake, and orange Andes chocolates was just right for the end of a great birthday. It was a delight to watch a movie (the first in nearly 4 years!) and listen to the commentary from the girls who's career paths and interests intersect with cinematics.
And while we were watching, a neighbour stopped by and left us a whole jackfruit as a present for Jasmin! Yum!
