Hi, everybody. Yes, it's been a while. Things have been a little hectic, but I'm back. Let me just catch you guys up on a few things since the last post. First, we had a great time at Tate's Comics over the holidays, visiting substitute Santas, Yoshi and Darth Vader. Here are some pics from the visits.
The first picture is Jason and his friend Lucas with Santa Vader, the second is myself, with Lucas' dad Luiz getting talked into a pic with Santa Vader. The last one is Jason's friends, Lucas and Adriana, hanging with Santa Yoshi.
Another thing that happened over the holidays was that Jason got to see one of his old swim coaches. Brandon coached Jason two years ago, but then started his collegiate swimming career at UNC-Wilmington. He came back during Christmas break and was swimming with the team for a few days, so he got to see Jason practice and was impressed with how much better he's gotten, as well as how much taller he's gotten.
Jason got a surprise Christmas present from his two "swim aunts": a mountain bike. Now, he doesn't know how to ride a bike and they knew this. They wanted him to get a bike so he could learn to ride. We got together in the park to have some riding lessons. First, his friends and "swim cousins", Gaby and Adriana, came to the park, and Adriana got to work on the lessons. She showed a great deal of patience and understanding, taking her time to make sure she explained things in a way that HE would understand.
Then his other "swim cousin", Lucas, arrived and his mom started working with him as well. Then , my good friend Noel came with his boys, my nephews. Noel, Luis and Daniel. Once the bike riding lessons were over for the day, a football game broke out. Noel was quarterback for both teams, as Noel, Luis, Gaby, Adriana, Jason and Daniel had a great time.
Daniel had a pretty good view of the game, didn't he? It was a great day for Jason and he had a lot of fun. He ended up having lunch that day at Cannoli Kitchen with Noel and Luis.
We also had a meeting at Jason's school, and got great news about his behavior. When he started middle school, he would get written up for bad behavior three times a week on average. This year? He has been written up ONCE the WHOLE YEAR! His maturity and self-control have improved dramatically. We are very, very proud. I want to finish up with a little tidbit from last night. Jason had a great time playing football again yesterday, as he played with Gaby, Adriana and his cousin Devin, with my brother as quarterback. Late in the evening, the headlights on the cars had to be turned on so he could see but he wanted to play anyway.
Hopefully, I will be back to posting on a more regular basis. See you soon.
