Nicolai will be playing soccer again this fall for the CCHS JV team and has been elected co-captain. I traveled to North Andover for his first preseason scrimmage. Nico had a nice assist on his team’s only and winning goal. In this photo he towers over his defender to win a header at midfield. While I am looking forward the soccer season, I was half hoping Nico would try volleyball this year. He has a natural gift for the sport the potential to be an exceptional player. Perhaps next spring.

I wonder if the inventor of the cell phone ever imagined it would be used to enable weeding while talking on the phone. This is how I discovered Jeanine when I wandered outside the house this morning to investigate a bicycle built for FOUR that was left here overnight by friends of Nicolai. Apparently several of his friends arrived via this unusual form of conveyance but wisely called parents for a ride home after darkness arrived.