But we didn’t get to have any kind of a get-together. Justin went to the races in Chico with a friend and I had something scheduled. The best card came from Thais and family:
So true!

To be perfectly clear, I do not like trying to put soccer socks on Avery. They are super tight and there’s a hard shell which covers the front of the calf. A few big gulps of water then he runs back, always the first one ready for practice to resume.Meanwhile …

More fun after work this week. I got to watch Sophia and Avery after school every day (except Tuesday) until Thais or Lenin got home. A couple of days, cousin Lauren was with us also! Sophia taught me how to fish.
I successfully caught a Sophiafish, but my pole broke when I tried to reel her in.
Some days, Carter doesn’t even hear me come in. Usually he’s sound asleep somewhere in the house.
Front flips on the couch – enough to make a grandmother’s heart flutter!
Avery is very interested in dinosaurs and watches dinosaur battles on the iPad a lot.Yay! Mom and Carson are home.Soccer practice happens two days/week.Meanwhile, Sophia went over to a row of trees and picked up a t-shirt-full of “chalk rocks”. She said it was a “second grade thing.” She took all the rocks to a farther-away location, dropped them on the ground,and covered them up with pine needles.She is now the only second grader who knows where the secret stash is. Time for Sophia’s practice.

School started and car-pooling schedules with after-school sports and various other activities have created a need for another driver – hurray! – that will be me! On Tuesday, Avery had soccer practice, his first team sport experience.On Thursday, it was Back to School Night for Mom and Dad.

The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in downtown Sacramento.There were about 20 children being baptized this morning. Not a single child cried!Meanwhile …Brunch afterwards at Cafeteria 15L.Carson’s feeding team: Thais the holder, Sophia the spooner, Avery the in-between-bites entertainer.

VBS was only 4 hours/day (although my mind was occupied with thoughts or preparations for many more hours), so there was still plenty of time to watch Sophia and Avery on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. Avery built a transformer Lego with wheels and wings. He demonstrated all its many functions.Carson is now able to roll over! Sophia created this sign so you don’t have to lock the bathroom door. When you go in, just pull in the sign with you. It hangs outside when no one is inside.

Meanwhile Dad practiced his chipping for tomorrow’s golf tournament.The cheering section:

This week, Sophia had golf camp at Teal Bend Golf Course. She was really hoping for an opportunity to drive a golf cart, but I think this is as close as she got.Meanwhile Avery did some butterfly stalking. Although he’s a fast runner, he’s still slower than butterflies.

Avery thinks my arms are soft and squishy, especially under the upper arm. As I buckled him into his car seat, he said, “Grandmas are squishy.” Yes I am. We were off to Old Sacramento today after summer school. I was curious how two passengers on a Yuba Mundo would work. We had to stop at the turtle place.At Miller Park, the fire department was getting ready for drills on the water.Everyone’s getting more comfortable on the Yuba Mundo, me too.Back at the house, Sophia practiced selfies with my camera.