Sophia’s team won the tournament.
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Happy birthday
Number 4 for Carson.
Lunch with friends
Peter and Suzanne Price invited me for lunch and shopping in Winters. We ate at Putah Creek Cafe.
It’s not often when you find a croque madame on a menu. Definitely a must-order.
And the shopping was a quilt shop a few door away. And a yarn shop across the street! Suzanne also sews and loves fabric as much as I do.
What a fun outing!
Open House
at St Ignatius on Sunday afternoon.
Carson met the teacher he’ll have next year in transitional kindergarten.
Sports
A sample of the Del Castillo sports schedule. Thursday:
Saturday morning:
Saturday afternoon:
Sunday morning:
I didn’t go to Avery’s Sunday @ 7pm game. Busy kids.
Walking around the lake
This is my most recent attempt to capture bird activity when I walk around the lake.
Thursday @ Merrilyn’s
On Tuesday. Phyllis has been staying with me since January 12 – really just spending the night in the guest bedroom – she’s been visiting LOTS of friends and family. Today was reserved for Thursday at Merrilyn’s. Bacon cheese pull-aparts and Garlic buttered grilled shrimp:
Surprise: Jack Nolan came by, looking for Merrilyn’s husband Bob:
Dessert! Homemade raspberry sherbet and brownies:
A now-rare reunion of the three of us! We miss you, Phyl!
Later that evening, I moved my towel collection around which meant I had to climb to the third step of a ladder. Thanks Phyl for being there to call 911 if needed … lol ..
School holiday
Martin Luther King Jr Holiday. Lenin dropped off Sophia, Avery, and Carson mid-morning. Sophia and Avery immediately went to their winter nest:
Carson and I put together a puzzle:
Then he watered plants.
All the plants.
We went to Chipotle for lunch.
Basketball x 2
In the morning:
Then the Chiefs and the 49ers won their respective football games, followed by Avery’s basketball game:
Lenin practicing with Carson:
Swimming and gymnastics
I hadn’t been to one of Carson’s swim lessons in a long time and I was amazed at the progress he’d made.
It was a short drive to Carson’s next activity. Avery asked if he could “ride with Grandma.” Of course! As soon as we left, I began to hear subliminal messages coming from the backseat. Slowly the messages became louder – Starbucks … Starbucks … Starbucks. Avery, should we go to Starbucks? “Yes!” But you have to finish it before we get to gymnastics, I don’t want anyone to feel left out and it’s only a couple of miles away. “I can do that!” So we got his favorite, a caramel ribbon crunch frappuccino, and he began drinking it very fast. Avery, don’t drink it so fast, you might get one of those ice cream headaches. I’ll drive slowly. “That’s a good idea.” Maybe I should put some gas in the car? “Yeah, you should do that.” LOL. We parked, but didn’t go in right away so he could finish. I love these Avery moments!
Carson graduated from the Mini class to the Kinder 1 class and he got to ring the bell.
