Wednesday with Sophia and Avery

I didn’t work on Wednesday, it was a shortened day at Regency Park Elementary. This was also Spring Break for Sophia and Avery so I spent the day with them. I met the window coverings person at my new house in the early afternoon. Sophia and Avery were excited to ride in the golf cart – Ethan in the Lennar office needs to unlock the door for me when I visit.Much to my surprise, after the appointment, I discovered Sophia and Avery had liberally made use of the colorful permanent Sharpie markers I had in the back seat. Oh my!Mom scrubbed Avery (mostly) clean for his tee-ball game.

Project Ride Smart

at Regency Park Elementary. I worked 4 days this week. Five classes of fifth graders, one hour/day for each class. My teaching partner is Doug Williams. The 40 bikes are stored in an unused classroom:This week: 3 days of classroom instruction, 1 day of blacktop drills, and 1 after-school coaching session.A favorite for the kids – the melon drop. Jill and Jack went for a bike ride. Jill was wearing her helmet when she crashed.Sadly Jack refused to wear a helmet and he also crashed. His poor watermelon head cracked, juice dripped out, and everyone oohed and ahhed. Always wear your bike helmet!

Happy 40th Birthday Lenin!

No need to walk when Cousin Lauren is there to push you around.Leah, Holly (due in June), Rita and Lino. Jeff is standing up and Leo is snatching a candle from the pie.Carson took all the loose candles out one by one, put them all back the same way, closed the drawer and walked away.

Tee-ball practice

Compliments to the adults coaching Avery’s team. There are usually 4 adults working with the boys at every practice.Look who’s walking! Avery rearranged the pieces over and overto find the best crash path for the car.

Masters Party in PV

I snuck out of church early to drive up to Penn Valley to Maria and Tim’s house. Eyes generally on the final round of the golf tournament – there was $$$ on the line!Maria and Val – Val recently sold her Rio Linda house and bought one in Lake Wildwood, a few miles from Maria and Tim.There’s Sergio Garcia in the upper left corner and Tim with newest grandson, Liam:When the party wound down, it was time to walk up the cart path to the new clubhouse.It was a great party, Maria! And thank you Val for letting me spend the night at your house!

Palm Sunday

Leone does a great job of taking pictures, then printing and creating photo bulletin boards of events in the hallway.Everyone gathers in the courtyard:Rita, Gabby, and Vi:but then I snuck out a bit early to …