Pool Fun

Although we didn't move in for about four weeks after we bought the house, since we were having the wood floors redone, we did enjoy hosting a few pool parties during the month of September.   And then once we moved in, I was able to enjoy the lap swims I had dreamed about!  Thanks to lovely weather and the pool heater, we were able to swim until the second week of October.  When the pool company came out to close the pool, it was a cold, windy, sad day.  Already counting down the days until our May reopen!

In short order, we all became experts at cleaning leaves off the covers and in the traps!  There isn't a lot of chemical maintenance for the water since it's a salt water pool, but we'll learn more next season when we have 5-6 months of pool season instead of two.   Closing day involves the pool company draining the hot tub, lowering the water level to flush all the pipes, removing the diving board, basketball hoop and stair rails, and plugging up stuff so it doesn't freeze.   I'm getting used to seeing the pool covered.  It "helps" that it quickly got cold and we haven't been in the back as much.

Cross Country and Soccer

William participated in his first season of ASCA sports.   Cross country consisted of 5 Saturday morning meets.  7th graders run two miles.  I loved it!  Pretty fall mornings at golf courses or parks; in and out by 10 a.m.  It was great for me.  William thought it was ok.   He said next year he wants to play volleyball with his classmates.   Only William and one other 7th grade boy ran cross country.   More of them played volleyball.  But they have the flexibility to do both, so perhaps that's what he'll do. 

First meet (at our home course):

First "away" meet.  

At the championship meet and then celebrating the end of season and end of 1st quarter grades at hibachi:

William also played soccer for the first time in several year.  He was asked to join a team by his buddy, John, since they had room for several more players.  William's skills - or his concentrating - or his endurance - or all of it were much improved from those earlier years.  He had a great season and demonstrated a lot of hustle on the field.  I was very proud of his effort for both sports.  Especially since some Saturdays he had both a morning meet and an afternoon game.