This Saturday the boy got his first Trophy, when the baseball coach went above and beyond his volunteer duties to the YMCA and he got all the kids on the team trophies. After their last game of the season, he had us all gather round and he handed out the trophies one at a time, saying something about each kid as he handed them the trophy. What made this especially wonderful was that he wasn't handing out empty praise - what he said about each was true and highlighted the real accomplishments they had made during the baseball season.
And then another first - a first ever game of chess. Carbon has been asking to play chess for awhile, and he really enjoys checkers. I thought he wasn't ready for chess, but his first game with his dad he was catching on pretty quick. We don't know all that much about chess, but my husband was very impressed by the boy's quickness (which of course pleased Carbon - it's always nice to impress your dad).
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