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!

A little spin around a dirt track:Good contact with the ball!And then there’s usually a pause while the batter (not just Avery, all of them) watches where the ball is going, meanwhile the crowd and the coach encourage the batter to “RUN!”

Today’s task was to take dinner to Sophia who was participating in a week-long musical production at St Ignatius. The Missoula Children’s Theatre was presenting Rapunzel.Then Avery and I waited for Mom to arrive. Avery entertained me with all his best moves.

After basketball game #1 and the Little League parade, it was off to indoor soccer,followed by St Ignatius basketball.After a mishap that resulted in tears, I asked Avery if some chocolate milk would help. We walked over to Starbuck’s. As it turned out, chocolate milk AND a brownie was the best cure.

Morning:Sophia made the shot. Score!Afternoon: