This weekend, Sophia had a birthday brunch for her friends.

It was fun to hang out in the background, help out wherever needed and watch Thais rubber-band five little ponies in specific places on Carson’s head.

Avery had a volleyball game this evening and it was a bit of a rout. In fact when the other team scored their first point late in the first set, the entire room clapped. Thais and I joked it took longer for me to drive one way to the game than the game itself.

Only one parent available to get three children to three different locations at almost the same time. Grandma to the rescue. I took Avery to Ciavarella Park at 4:00 for pre-game practice followed by a 5:00 game.

Spring sports at St Ignatius: boys’ volleyball. Avery is serving, Lenin is line judge.

Posters for Avery (who would not divulge his jersey number until game time-lol), Rama, and Christian:

But they brought a marker and soon added #3. More dads wanted photos, including Lenin.

I picked up the boys from SI this afternoon and was treated to another new song:

Carson had a game later in the afternoon.

All this was followed by a community meeting to oppose a warehouse development planned to be near the Westlake and Westshore neighborhoods.

It’s playoff time for these two sports. Carson’s Buzzardball team won this game but lost the next one.

Avery’s flag football team won their game. Avery caught 2 touchdowns and one pick six.

The season begins.

No pitching machine this year:

Avery #23 at Jesuit for flag football:

Carson #1 at Arden Middle School for basketball:

Avery played a song he learned recently, a lullaby. He can play quite a few songs, all from memory.

He’s also really good at Block Blast, a currently popular video game, and learning to speak Japanese using online resources and tutoring from a bi-lingual friend. Flag football and basketball are winding down. Next comes golf and volleyball. And finishing 7th grade.