We had an adult-only trip to watch the Durham Bulls the week of Jason's birthday. We decided to attend that game because the Bulls' were retiring the jersey of former Atlanta Braves' star, Chipper Jones. Since we lived in Atlanta and Jason grew up a Braves' fan, this was a special treat for us all.
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| The fancy car that rode Chipper around the stadium prior to the ceremony behind the pitcher's mound |
After coaching last spring, Jason decided it was better than he thought and offered to do it again this fall. We moved Chase up into the Kindergarten league even though he is still in Pre-K. We figured he was ready to up his game and face some different competition. We now have 1 hour practices on Friday nights and 1 hour games on Saturday mornings. We have some friends whose boys played with Chase in the past along with some new teammates and Jason's first impression is that we are going to be a tough team again. I sure hope so because Chase has NEVER lost a soccer game (even though we don't keep score at the Y) in the 4 seasons he has played and he doesn't intend to lose any this season either.
Jason's mom came to town for a few days the week of his birthday as a preview of her duties Labor Day weekend (more to come on that). She watched the boys while I took Chase to his 5 year doctor appointment and then she and Jason had lunch all by themselves on his actual birthday. The boys and I decided that pizza was a good plan for his birthday dinner and we ordered a special chocolate cookie pizza for dessert and sang to him. All the while, we are still in the midst of the remodel downstairs remember! (Hence the pizza for dinner).
The following Monday Chase started transitional Kindergarten at St. Francis of Assisi Preschool (the Catholic church where we are parishoners). Even though he made the cut for Kindergarten by 6 weeks, Jason and I made the decision (after months of conversation) to keep him out for one more year. While academically we are sure he would be okay, it was the sitting still in a desk all day that had us worried. We, no it was really I, was a little hesitant the first day of school but Chase rocked! He walked into the classroom like he owned the place and got right to business. When I picked him up that afternoon, I asked him a couple questions. The first was what his favorite thing was and his answer: the playground and centers in the room. The worst thing answer was: the yucky PB&J that I made him like the day the men were working. You see, it is a tree nut and peanut free school so I thought it would be smart to have a few trial runs. The result was 50/50. The first day I made it with sunflower butter he saw me making them and declared that it was awful and he couldn't eat it. It happened to be one of the few times that we were home for lunch during the remodel. The next attempt, I made several of them without him watching. Some with real peanut butter, some with sunflower butter and took them to the pool. All of them were eaten and no one complained so I thought I would give it shot on the first day of school. Oh well, the best laid plans. Lunch for him no longer has a sandwich but crackers and cheese. There is no rule that says it has to be a sandwich, right? I took pictures but can't find them. Will have to make a note to upload them soon.
After Chase's first day of school, we had some downtime and then headed to his final ice skating lesson. He had gotten them from Meme and Popi for his birthday and as Jason and I both admit, a natural he is not. He may be athletically gifted in all other areas of sport, but ice skating is not it. We will keep at it if he wants but I don't think hockey will be in his future.
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| Working on swerving his feet in and out |
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| Push, push, glide |
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| He did it! |
We survived the first day and then the stress really kicked in. Why? Because Jason and I were leaving for a long Labor Day trip to South Bend to watch Notre Dame's season opener against Temple. More on that shortly!
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