The speakers were docents from the USS Hornet, located on Pier 3 in Alameda.
We had a great volunteer turnout for the Throwdown.
L-R: Lyn Pitts, Normajean Thornton, Norma Horrell, Catherine Green, Allie Brown, me. Congratulations, Catherine!
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Avery’s tee-ball game
Waiting patiently on second base:
Running in from third while the batter watches the ball he just hit.
Cracker boy:
St Patrick’s Day
At the Grange Hall.
Delicious!
Preparing for leprechauns
Snacks after school.
After, Sophia wanted to write messages to the leprechauns who would certainly show up during the night.
I took dictation:
Then I texted Thais to bring home green food coloring.
Thursday @ Merrilyn’s
One sign of a great hostess: our wine glasses were filled with the exact amount of ice each of us wanted.
Happy Hour Mushrooms and Artichoke Nibbles – both yummy.
For dessert, Walnut Date Cake crumbled over vanilla bean ice cream.
Note: the cake had to be crumbled (instead of beautifully cut into thin slices like the picture that made me want to make this recipe) because when I took it out of the tube pan, this happened:
Gasp! I pushed it back together as best I could. Oh well, it tasted great. It made a huge amount so I decided to save it for the Throwdown next Sunday. No last minute baking – yay.
Pi Day
St Ignatius has this grade-level competition. How many digits after the decimal point of pi can a student memorize?
Sophia placed third in 2nd grade with 40. The school winner was an 8th grader who memorized 200! Each grade-level winner received a pie, of course.
Little League practice
Everyone raked the field at the end
except for this player who was running VERY fast around the bases, fell and acquired a small scrape on the arm – much smaller than the bandage indicates.
“Grandma, take a picture and show Mom what happened.”
SRTS in SJUSD
This spring I’m going to work a few days for the Safe Routes To School educational program in San Juan Unified School District. Today was my observation day at 
to watch Dan Allison do an in-class pedestrian lesson with 2nd grade
and bicycle safety with 5th grade.
An evening with Alice Waters
The first of a series of “conversations” at the Harris Center at Folsom Lake College.
Phyllis and Thais:
But no pictures of Alice who is a chef, author, food activist, and the founder and owner of Chez Panisse Restaurant in Berkeley, California.
Sophia’s Rapunzel musical
The Missoula Children’s Theatre is a company that contracts with schools to provide a complete musical theatre experience for 60+ students. Two professional actors worked at St Ignatius for 20 hours over 5 days, beginning with auditions last Monday. Today was the public performance. 
One of the professional actors:
At far left, Sophia as Bucky the Beaver, who wants to be an addition to The Three Bears. Sophia did a great job! Of course!
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