A Tale of Two Trophies

Lennon resides in two very different soccer worlds- Chaos and Andromeda.

Chaos is the recreational team that he has been on since he was 4. 

Chaos can play some pretty painful looking soccer, and are usually at the bottom of the league. But he gets to play with Frousin Nolan (who is another highlight on the team), and that is all that matters to him.

Here they are at their 'End of the Season' party last week. 

Lennon was named the "finesse" player, for his skills and moves on the field. Nolan was named the "ricochet" player (or something like that), because any incoming ball or player will typically end up bouncing back in the other direction :)

Lennon also plays soccer for Andromeda 08, an academy team that teaches skills and technique at a more advanced level. 

They started up last Fall, and played their first tournament this weekend. 

They claimed first place in their division and ended up winning the championship for their age group. Lennon scored 2 goals in the championship game and had an assist with a corner kick, as the team won 4-1. 

Across the whole tournament, Lennon scored 8 or Andromeda's 14 goals and assisted on half of the others.

Lennon actually likes Kassidy... when she is not terrorizing him.

Here he is with Kenny and Tyler, two of his best buddies on the team.

And here is the whole team celebrating, letting out all of the silliness that had been building up over a tough series of matches.

In the Box

Iria might not be a big fan of visiting the dentist, but the kids sure like it when she does. 

Gearbox is in the same building, so while Iria is getting worked on the kids are upstairs eating doughnuts and playing Smash Bros :)

Keira's Kindergarten Concert - "Planting a Rainbow"

Keira's kindergarten class had their spring concert last night. 

Keira's class sung "Peanut Butter and Jelly" while playing percussion, and Keira was picked out to read the song intro for the class.

I head the lady next to me remark to her friend about what an excellent reading job Keira did. This is the same Keira who started public school this year primarily to receive speech therapy. She is out of the speech therapy sessions now, excelling in school, and we are all really proud of her.

Here is the group pic- Keira is in the purple row on the top left.

Keira and her teacher, Mrs. Thomas.

Kassidy loves to sing and dance, and wanted to attend the performance with me (Iria was on dance and soccer duty).

Arboretum Snapshots

There was an art festival at the Arboretum this weekend - and more importantly sunshine in the sky (finally!) - so we went and had a visit this morning.

I snapped some random pictures along the way...

These statues were part of the art show.

This local artist paints with bees wax, and gave us a demo.

Despite the bright sun, a weeks worth of rain still soaked up the ground. 

Luckily, there were some fountains to wash the feet off at along the way.

Walking and observing in the gardens..

Iria gave an impromptu fractions lesson as she divvied out the bagels at the fish pond.

The kids then fed some bits to the fish, who nibbled on some fingers as well.

Lennon is always eager to take photographs, and he used my camera to take this one:

Lukas shot this rare picture of Iria and I together :)

We spent about 90 minutes there until we started to get tired and head back to the car.

One last photo form Lennon, taken of a caterpillar that Lukas found and rescued from the sidewalk.

And yes, I cut his fingernails when we got home..

Thanks again to the Martels for the cool Christmas gift of a family membership to the Arboretum :)

Juicing

The boys helped nah fresh juice today. The ingredients were pink grapefruit, red beets, apples, carrots and bok choy. They did a good job washing, a little bit of cutting, lots of putting everything in the juicer and bottling the healthy goodness!







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Gate Crasher

Another weekend of soccer game cancellations equals another week of soaking rain here in North Texas.

A big thunderstorm blew through last night, tipping a tree down in our backyard.

I called the city of McKinney at 9 AM on a Sunday morning and they actually had a crew out here by lunch. 

Go go local government!

The kids had fun in their "tree house" for the brief time that it lasted.

As a science experiment we counted the rings in the trunk and determined that the tree was 46 years old, the same age as me!

Everything is now cleared up. 

I don't think that McKinney is going to fix my fence, so that one will be up to us.

Together Again

Maya visited Texas this week during her Spring Break, and got to hang out with Katharine for a few days (and nights).

They picked up right where they had left off, and had lots of fun together.

Until next time!

Lunch Hour

Once a week I will usually grab a bowl of Pho at a local Vietnamese restaurant and read my Kindle during lunch.

They know me when I walk in, so my food is in front of me within a few minutes and I can get in and out of there at my leisure. 

The perfect place to eat, in my opinion :)

Biker Gang

Here are the kids, fresh off a bicycle Quidditch match.

PK

Lennon kicked his first penalty kick today. 

He has become the go-to guy for all of the free kicks and corner kicks on his team, and today was his first opportunity to drill one in from the spot.

Starpower Competition

Katharine went to her first competition this season. Both PACE teams from TBT did very well. Four first places in their categories, one 6th overall, one 8th overall, a 10th overall and a first overall in their respective divisions! Job well done with a lot less stress, but lots of fun!




The PACE junior team. Katharine just joined this team due to other dancers' injuries. Her teachers' thought she was the best choice and she had no problems learning two new dances in ten days!



Katharine's teen team. They performed their Irish Suite and contemporary dance beautifully!





Prim and proper and goofballs!


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