Maya, who sounds like she is coming down with a cold, opted to watch Nico play soccer rather than attending her own practice. She still had plenty of energy to engage in a little gymnastics and to help photograph and videotape the match.

CBS News National Correspondent Jim Axelrod and Producer Keith Sharman flew up from New York City this morning to interview Nicolai for a piece that is tentatively scheduled to air next Monday night (CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley) and again on Tuesday morning (CBS This Morning). They were joined by a videographer and sound man from Rhode Island. Their immediate interest is in a short (2-3 minute) segment but they gathered enough footage for a long format piece (Nico’s interview lasted an hour and a half). They also attended Nico’s game where I met them as they collected additonal footage of Nico playing and interviews with coach Pavlik and some of his teammates. Later in the evening the crew came to our home for an interview with Jeanine and I. Regrettably, neither of us were nearly as poised or articulate as Nicolai and we are hoping the bulk of the coverage will be focused on him. His soccer team rolled over Wayland and remains undefeated. Nicolai got significant playing time during which he made several nice passes, unleashed a powerful shot on goal and was poised to score off this header if not for a nice punching clear by the goalie.