Another busy week of summer vacation comes to a close for the Goldsmiths

Some of the hi-lights include Callum's baseball games which were on Tuesday and Wednesday. As a spur of the moment decision, Callum decided he wanted to play in this summer "farm league" kind of thing that the town of Fairfield puts on--his friends Jack and Tristan are playing, so Callum was 'inspired.' It is a pretty neat program: This retired Lawrence football/baseball coach and PE teacher runs the program. All for fun and instruction. No practices. Just 'games' on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings at 930...we dont keep score, etc. We kind of instruct kids as they field and bat and stuff like that. I say 'we' because I am assisting him in coaching the kids on Callum's team, which is BOB'S COUNTRY MARKET. At the end of the season, I will use white medical tape to make the shirt say UPBOB'S market....

Here is Callum on second base....kid LOVES to run, and he is damn fast. 

doing some batting practice....right now, hitting is not Callum's 'strong suit.' Usually, all we play is wiffle ball, and he kills the ball then...but I think that using the heavier bat has him stymied a little bit. He needs Zin to come up and coach him again. Like last time.

I dont mean to make this all about Callum, but he had a cool week. On Tuesday night, he ran his first 'grown up' race for the Quarry Road race series...he ran the 3K with me. He did awesome! He ran the whole thing (didnt walk once) and encountered some pretty hilly terrain on a tough course! He decided to forgo the FUN RUN that he usually does to try a 'real' race. His official time (as listed on the web site) was 19:02. He can do better...haha

Here we are pre-race together!

I'll try to make the next post more about Maira. But she and Callum are wicked excited about their new pet snails! I was teaching them about some of the herbs that we have in our back beds (lemon balm and oregano, in particular) and there were snails climbing up the wet stalks. The kids wasted no time at all getting a little box, some dirt, some 'food,' and more and making a nice hospitable environment for their three shelled friends. This was three days ago and they are still alive (the snails, not the kids...but the kids are alive too) and well....