The Boy is Athletic

I don't post as much, now that the kids are older, now that they could read or even write their own entries.  But I posted much longer for Abigail than for Joseph and Joseph is a pretty great kid.  At the end of his Montessori education, age 5, the amazing teacher duo of Mr. Jay and Ms. Kelly gave awards to the kids and Joseph got Most Likely to be in the Olympics. 

But Joseph has a very American trait that will seriously hamstring his ability to be a world class athlete:  his not-so-inspiring work ethic.  *shrugs*  But hey, he is happy and well-rounded and I'm okay not having my almost 7 year old on a travel team.

Last weekend, we took the kids to a batting cage for their first time to try to bat anything than a wiffle ball at close range with a fat plastic bat.  Here is the boy on one of his first pitches:

Here is the boy at a recent soccer game (photo credit to Abigail)



















And, just because I miss summer, here is the boy dock jumping at the lake house this summer.
(no, we do not OWN a lake house)

This winter he wants to try basketball. 

Freezing February

The pond at my parents' house froze this week and my mom bought skates for the kids so today they learned to skate.  Abigail was really doing very well by the end of an hour and Joseph was mixing gliding with walking (his skates are double bladed).