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!

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.