Maya’s piano playing skills are increasing dramatically as she learns using the Suzuki method combined with large doses of practice. Looking over my shoulder as I type these words, she informs me that the piano has “very many keys”.
The children insist they have not been using the side of the house as a surrogate soccer goal despite rather compelling evidence to the contrary.
This morning I am the subject, courtesy of this photo taken by Maya. No surprise, I have a camera in hand. Last night I returned to duty on the soccer field (makeup game against Wellesley). The hamstring felt good and I was able to run at full tilt. A disappointing result with a 1-1 tie but not too bad considering we remain undefeated after six games.
Kyle peering out of his bedroom wondering why his father is aiming a camera at him first thing in the morning. Kyle is looking more like a man every day.
Wednesday means soccer practice for Maya and her friend Sarinnagh. Never has so much toughness been packed into two little girls. Maya insisted on demonstrating a proper shoulder charge for the rest of her team. Carl is enjoying coaching the team and likes it when Maya calls him “coach”.
Jeanine has taken the digital leap. She has abandoned her 48 pound paper Day Runner in favor of computer based PIM (personal information manager). Now she is after me to pick up a PDA (personal digital assistant) so she can download and go. With one glance, she now informs me that she is not getting enough exercise (the bars on her weekly calendar view for exercise time are not big enough).
Kyle and Nicolai were bored this afternoon and decided to bake cookies. I must say they have become very skilled at this and the results are second to none. It was with great restraint that I limited my sample size to one and a half.
Jeanine in fine form. This photo is a few weeks old but I thought it might cheer her up while she recuperates from her tendentious.
Last night was family night and Carl did elected fingerprinting as the activity. We captured all five fingers of each family member’s right hand and compared them to each other. It was totally fascinating. Each child has one or two fingers that closely match Carl, one or two that match Jeanine, and one or two that are totally unique.
This group of deer have established their sleeping quarters in our backyard field causing a fair amount of family controversy. Nicolai would like to refine his archery skills by using them for targets. Jeanine supports this notion because they are eating the heads off all of her flowers. Maya simply wants to play with them. Normally they lay down in the tall grass with just their heads showing. Here they are standing to better observe Maya as she approaches.
My injured hamstring prevented me from playing today. On the way home from the game, I stopped at the Wellesley Fish Way, where the most interesting photo opportunity was of these blooms.
Kyle played 90 minutes in his soccer match today. He dominated the midfield, serving up dozens of passes to the front line. Even in defeat, he was courageous to the end and never gave up.
Nicolai was invited to accompany Greg to a friend’s bar mitzvah. Both boys resisted this effort to photograph them dressed in something other than a soccer uniform.
Susan and Rose have come down for the weekend. They are being treated/tortured with a soccer trifecta. Maya scored two goals and was delighted to have her aunts, parents and brothers present.