In the middle of all of it all, there are the children.
The kindergarten teacher asked if I had any ideas for "Blue Day"?
Seventeen kindergarteners surrounding a bucket of indigo did not lend itself to a lot of photos, but trust that there was a lot of excitement and thrills as they bundled, dipped, unfolded and watched the indigo magic of green becoming blue - while I chanted "The Jumblies" for them.
I enjoyed the shocked exclamations when, fed up with the leaking awkward gloves, I pulled them off and plunged my hands in.
For a couple of days they would call out to me, "Are you still a Jumblie?" and squeal as I held up my blue hands.