We filled up one entire pew at St Ignatius plus a few seats along the aisle.

Sophia’s 5th grade class (she is in the front row, second from left):

Avery’s 2nd grade class (he is in the front row, center, his face partially hidden by a cellphone):

This little girl kept escaping to run down the aisle until her mom found an effective strategy.

Sophia is the best puppy caretaker, but after a couple of hours, she insisted it was Avery’s turn. Avery’s preferred arrangement for playing with Charlie:
That didn’t last long, however. He decided he needed to do his homework – where Charlie couldn’t bother him.

Go #3! St Ignatius won their first game in today’s tournament.

During the break between games, Carson went to gymnastics.

In the afternoon, the girls from St John’s the Evangelist won the tournament.

Carson:

Hans was in charge of the fried turkey:


Charlie is a new addition to the family:

with Carol and Jerry,

Greg,

Justin and Jennifer.

Carson was sick this morning and couldn’t go to school. I watched him in the morning. We put together puzzles and played Bird Bingo and Dog Bingo. He picks out which cards each of us should have. We both need to have a “Carter” – a golden retriever – on our cards. He was peeking inside the bag to select a dog that was on his card but not mine (lol):

When he knows you’re going to take his picture, this is the look he gives you:

After EVERY turn we had to individually count how many dots each of us had to determine who was ahead. Despite the fact that there are just 25 spaces on each card, Carson had 38 dots! And he was always winning. LOL.

I watched Carson and Avery after school on Wednesday. Avery showed me his most recent Lego constructions

and the nests he’d made. One upstairs,

the other downstairs.

Meanwhile,

On my calendar, I abbreviate Sophia Avery Carson to SAC. Tonight Thais and Lenin went out. When I arrived, Dog Bingo was already laid out on the floor.

Avery, “Carson, get on my back while I do a pushup.”

While Carson and I went to the playground,

Avery scored a goal!

This was the last soccer game of the season.