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At least I think that’s what those grimaces meant.

It seems I have become a soccer Mom. But with a twist (thank heavens!) Sam’s coach has asked me to help out with his rather large group of kids during the Thursday skills class. So today I had a group of 7 kids and we played a couple of scrimmage games. Very fun. And apparently I can still hold my own against 8 and 9 year-old boys. Huzzah!

Sam is the pink blur to the right of the center of the photo.

AC and Sam are not, however, standing in front of it. This is the Attorney’s office where we spent the morning signing papers. Sam paid her dollar (in four quarters) and was given a receipt. And that was it. Pretty anti-climactic, especially because the sellers will not vacate the house until June 9. So we became homeowners and landlords in one day. Let the packing begin!

His name is Buddy and he lives at the Virginia Wildlife Center.

Besides cinnamon bear pancakes this morning, my mother’s day presents included:
a clothespin woman
a clothespin man holding a French flag
a tea cup made from a plastic apple sauce cup
a pair of cardboard tube binoculars
slippers made from cardboard and felt (the felt was a nice touch!)
a goblet made from a plastic cup, an old glue stick container and tissue paper
a cardboard frisbee
a paper baseball (it worked pretty well)
and a pine cone.

We’ve moved seven times in the past ten years. There have been plenty of opportunities to purge belongings, especially books. And yet still I find books I’m holding onto for sentimental reasons. Like this copy of Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles, given to me by a student at Penn State Altoona (I think). I’ve held onto the book, but my memory of the student is hazy.

to the Bent Spoon garden is portable, since we’ll be getting ready to move house in about a month. (Thanks to Scottie and Janet for the plant and the pot!)

After breakfast, Jane read some of Sam’s latest story, “Catch that Martha,” on my Kindle (!)

Camera + tripod + everyone having had a few = some amusing group photos.

Sam wanted to quit her soccer skills class because she was usually the only girl. Then, miraculously, another 6-year old girl joined the class in April. And now, as they say, it’s a whole new ball game.

the May/June issue of Calliope, with my article in it (!)

We expected the tooth fairy to land in Tennessee last weekend, but no, she wanted to come to Virginia.

Sam is going to miss Kili, the cat next door. We learned today that he is going to be spending the summer on some rural retreat in the mountains of Virginia. That is, unless he convinces his owner that he really belongs to us, which he sure does seem to believe.

Lynchburg, VA