While the Boy was at soccer practice, I took my normal walk...
Evening Walk
Basketball Practice
The Boy is playing basketball with his church team again this winter. This year, he moves up into a much wider age bracket -- middle school players. So there's up to a two-year difference between the boys on the team.
He looks much better than he did this time last year, but he's still unsure of where to go, what to do -- how to play the game. The other boys are aware of his inexperience as well: there's a wide range of skill levels on the team. And of course, the Boy is aware that they are aware. I find myself wondering how this affects his self-confidence in the game. He said nothing about it on the drive back home this evening, and that's a good sign. Still, we have to start going back to the Y for practice again.
Halloween 2023
Thanking the Polish Community
Which raised several thousand dollars for the parish during the latest international festival...
Steve Hackett Live
It's something D and I have wanted to experience since we were just a little older than the Boy: a live performance of old Genesis music, in this case, the entirety of Foxtrot, which includes their magnum opus, the 23-minute "Supper's Ready."
The whole show was amazing -- but I obviously didn't film the whole thing...
Coming Home
The Girl was heading out to Target.
"I want to go, too!" the Boy exclaimed.
What was going to be the reaction? She's often reticent to take him anywhere, but surprisingly she simply said, "Well, you can come with me."
So our children went clothes shopping alone.
Looking for Recipes
Soccer Evening
Hits
Some the the Girl's hits at a recent game -- never published it.