Wednesday after picking up Carson and Avery from school. Charlie first greets me by jumping on me, maybe taking my forearm in his jaws (he doesn’t bite or hurt me, but I still don’t like it).The boys know Charlie needs something in his mouth before Grandma goes inside the house. Once he settles down, he follows me wherever I go. If I’m at the dining room table, he lies on my feet. If I sit on the couch ..

In the evening, we went to Avery’s volleyball game at SI.

Avery and his sponsor cousin Leo:

A very long mass:

Afterwards, everyone went to Giovanni’s Pizza to celebrate. Except for me, I had to get ready for another event.

Carson:

Avery is doing 3 sports this spring: golf, volleyball, and track and field. His events: long jump, 100m, 200m, and 4x relay.

He came in 1st in the 100m.

I’ve been making steady progress. Time to check where the hem should be. I still need to sew the bustle.

OMG – good news. Sophia asked if we could just leave off the “side part.” Heck yes!

Leah, Avery, Apollo, Carson, Sophia, Leo, Holly, Brooklyn (on ottoman).

In the world of 10-year-olds who go to St Ignatius, certain nee-doh stress-relieiving toys are the hot item to have and hard to find. Today, I picked Carson and Tommy after school and we went to two stores who had supposedly received a shipment that morning. No luck.

I asked them if there was something else they might want to buy. Tommy was reluctant, Carson assured him it was ok and added, “Basically, there is no budget if you’re with Grandma.” LOL!! Later that evening, we went to Avery’s volleyball game.

Sophia play with her club team at McClellan.

Avery played with his St Ignatius team at Jesuit for the PAL championship.

8th graders: AJ, Apollo, Avery, Christian.

Carson at Ciavarella Field.

He came in to protect the lead, “the closer,” as he’s known.

Carson’s Buzzardball team got to play at Golden 1 this morning.

They won.

Carson (out there somewhere):

Another season draws to a close.