Whirlwind of a Week

Last weekend we met TJ's new baseball team - the Indiana Prospects. The coaches hosted a get to know your teammates dinner at Monical's Pizza. They seem like an entertaining crew! TJ seemed to fit right in. They will start with Fall conditioning soon.

In the meantime, TJ's football team played another great game on Saturday. They won 7-0. TJ made a terrific interception to stop the oppositions advancement to the goal line! Following the game, five of TJ's teammates gathered at our house for lunch and an afternoon of capture the flag, tag, and of course, more football! While the boys played, Todd sodded the area around the fire pit and I cleaned out the flower beds. So many leaves have already fallen. We also cut down several low hanging branches. Around 6 p.m. we rounded up the boys, made them wash up and headed to the school for a spaghetti dinner at which time we returned each to their respective parents!

Today, we attended the St. Simon vs. St. Matthew 5th grade football game since between the two teams - we knew most of the players from baseball. Then we headed to IBA for TJ's basketball games. After being down 25 to 5 at halftime,the Aztecs won their game with a last minute shot. The other Aztec Team was short players so we stayed and TJ played with them. Unfortuantely, it was not much of match with the opposing team being atleast 2 heads taller than each of our players! It is a 4-5 grade league and we are hoping the opposing team was ALL 5th graders.

Between all of this, TJ attended school, aced his spelling test, managed to escape any conduct cuts and received several As and a few Bs on his work papers! He had his piano lesson on Friday and we signed him up for the school's basketball team and chess club.

Now we are home, TJ is showered, we have had dinner and we are ready to pull up the couch and the remote control - Whew!