I insisted that the kids take advantage of the perfect fall day and the girls elected to go to the Willard playground and Nico decided to join us. Although they are rapidly becoming young women, watching Maya and Sarrinagh play together reminded me that they are still children at heart. Nico elected to work on a reading assignment and also completed a science lab (ahead of schedule). I just relaxed in the sun entirely exhausted from my earlier soccer match in which we had to settle for a 1-1 tie against a team we deserved to beat. For the first time in over a year a played with no pain in either knee which I can either attribute to the 2 week hiatus or the strength I developed from all the climbing we did in Wyoming. I just missed a lob shot over the keeper but did manage to assist on our only goal.