While waiting for their turn to be coached at the plate, Avery and teammate pretended to use the bats as many other things:

I picked up Avery from the after-school program – dinosaurs are an area of expertise for him. After we watched Sophia, Olivia, and Zada’s presentation, Avery motioned me down to his level and whispered in my ear, “Grandma, take pictures of everything.” No problem.Avery and the science teacher discussed dinosaur names. At one point, Avery sweetly disagreed with her on the name of one dinosaur. I think he was right, too.
Here is a link to a YouTube video: https://youtu.be/4MFRYbnk7tM

Good hit!Lily is one of Sophia’s best friends.The after-game snow cone line:

Leo and Lauren stayed for a while. Poor Carson was home with an ear infection and Thais went back to work for an hour or so. The antibiotics must have taken effect quickly because Carson was happy and active.I hover when Carson goes up the stairs, Avery also helped.He scrambles down as fast as he goes up.Once homework was finished,time to play outside.Kayla and Kellen, neighbors who also go to SI, came over for a while.

At St Ignatius.The SI Surgeon’s Club:A temporary cast put on by paramedics:

Waiting patiently on second base:Running in from third while the batter watches the ball he just hit.Cracker boy:

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.

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.

Everyone raked the field at the endexcept 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.”

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!