Busy weekend

- Jack had soccer Saturday morning. Their team had 7 to our 5, and one of their kids was about 14 I think. We were losing, although it was probably only like 2-1 or something, but they had more chances. During a water break, Jack said to me, "I don't think you guys (me and the other coach) are doing a good job." Thanks, Jack. I gave him the whole bit about how it was very close and he was doing great and the important thing was to keep trying. Not sure if he bought it. I also pointed out that they had more kids and one of them was probably shaving already.

- Kate, I'm told, ran around the track around the soccer fields multiple times during the game, with Grandpa once and with Emily another.

- Jack and I went to the supermarket. No great stories, but he was really good, in high spirits and helpful and funny the whole time. It was nice. The fact that I only had one minor glitch where I spent 10 minutes looking for Teriyaki sauce probably helped. Anyway, good trip to the store. He'd been asking for Fruit Loops, which we'd never bought before, and we said OK. He clutched the box all the way from the checkout lines to the car. Nobody was getting that box of Fruit Loops away from him.

- Jack asked if we could eat dinner outside, we said sure. So we ran around the backyard and played with the wiffle bat and so forth, and then had grilled chicken and orzo salad. And when milk was spilled, no cleanup required.

- I read Jack his new library book, Captain Raptor and the something something - it involved pirates and dinosaurs - twice.

- Sunday morning, Fruit Loops were a hit.

- We went to the Greenwich Audobon Society. There was a frog pond; we saw lots of frogs. Learned we need to do more nature stuff, as Kate is scared of ants. Jack thinks every flying insect is a bumblebee. After a while we settled in and had a nice walk in the woods.

- Went out to get Kate a mattress. Big girl bed for Kate! She clung to us the whole time since it was shortly after she'd woken up from her nap.

- At home while Emily made dinner, Jack showed Kate how to make a bed with her new sheets on the couch. And they made a Cozy Home, which is basically Jack using blankets and stuffed toys and various other objects and random stuff to make a mini-home. Kate listened solemnly to everything he did and said.

- Ran around the backyard after dinner, running the bubble machine. Literally ran; Jack likes to race. He generally wins, then points out that I'm running in slow motion. Although that's usually true, in this case it just might have been really hot.

- Before sleep, Jack and Kate lay on their stomachs on his bed with books. Kate read aloud, although she was just describing pictures which may or may not have been the book she was reading. Jack listened. We didn't interrupt even when it was past her bedtime.