Max and Esme

Season 2 of  Little League baseball has begun and Max has earned his way into playing infield positions.  I didn't get a shot of his double play on Saturday, but here he is during his successful stint on first base.

Esme was my commuter buddy yesterday, joining me for a day at work.  My office ran a full program for the kids with parents meeting up again at lunch time.  Esme quickly made a new best friend and we shared a restaurant lunch of meatballs (and some grown-up food) with Ava and her dad.  Esme enjoyed her day in the office and was good company on the train.

We spent a weekend in Baltimore over February break, with a total of 10 hours at the National Aquarium. Can you say "Fish Geek?" We watched a dolphin show, had a front row view of the scuba divers feeding the rays, and saw everything there was to see at least twice.  It turns out Max already knows pretty much every kind of fish and Esme loved learning from her brother. Max took about 300 photos (all better than this one from my phone) and we're just waiting for a rainy day to sort through and share them.

Esme's 1st grade class performace was a narrative/song/dance called One Big Happy Family. I only have a blurry shot, but our star is in the middle back of this photo.  Esme had two lines to deliver and a short solo in one of the songs - she was loud and clear and is obviously destined for Broadway!  (Or maybe that's just her proud mommy talking...)

Class 4D presented Only Love is Spoken Here during an in school musical performance on Thursday. The kids did a great job with their lines and songs, but as you can see from the expressions in this photo they weren't too crazy about the subject matter.  I have to agree that it was pretty sappy stuff for a bunch of 9/10 year olds. Max has been working on a parody that features zombies and beheadings.  While I can't say I approve of that subject matter either, the kid does have a good ear for rhyme.

Max at the beginning of his snowboarding day.  6 hours of great fun until he got ran over by an adult skier and fractured his elbow. Max handled it all amazingly well and has headed off to school this morning with his arm in a splint.