Chess Class

Monday was, of course, Joe's last Monday of kindergarten.  For most Mondays of the year, he had chess after school, but that ended a couple weeks ago.  So this past Monday, Ted ducked out of work early to get Joe at "parent pick up."  Joe emerged from the school in a sea of kids but quickly caught Ted's eye and spied the bike with tagalong, which Joe loves to ride home.  Upon arriving home two minutes later, Ted asked what Joe wanted to do, but Joe had no ideas, so Ted suggested a bike ride to get ice cream, to which Joe was quick to agree.

So off they went along the trails for about 20 minutes until reaching the Galaxy Drive In (formerly Wagner's which was old school cool, but is now a burger drive in by the creator of Rainforest Cafe so it's overly kitchy). The boys each got a shake (strawberry for Joe, oreo for Ted) and ate in silence until the last slurp.  Joe wasn't even done with the last bite when he got off his stool and ran to go see the giant chess board.  So they set up a game and played.  Ted managed a victory, but maybe because he wasn't skipping around the tables between turns. So Joe got his chess lesson after all. 

Then they saddled back up and road back home, stopping briefly to collect Clara.

Both boys wish every Monday went like this.