First Run of the Season

Weather: 40 degrees F, Fog advisory and humid
Miles: 3
Route: Top of Berkey Hill and back
Afterward: Hard to breathe (congestion and asthma with no geeky inhaler)
Listened to: Smattering of songs ("We are the reason" [nostagia], "Time to Say Goodbye" [opera wanna be], a bit of "Wait, wait, don't tell me" and "iTunes Music Tuesday."

Sunday, Lori and I run in the Figid 5k in Warsaw.

Colin and Santa

Colin and Santa
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It took about an hour to get to Santa (that is, an hour to literally get from Day Road to the Mall...and then an additional 45 minutes). But, Colin had a mission to give the big guy a list: two books and a Thomas engine wash set.

Evan a part of the 12

Evan a part of the 12
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Evan and 11 other GCS students got perfect scores on the ISTEP exam. Evan got a perfect score on the Math section.

Chess Tourney Buddies

Chess Tourney Buddies
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Evan enjoys a moment with Nathan at the Goshen Scholastic Chess Tourney Dec. 3. Evan went 3/3 in his very first tournament.

This was also a first for me: the first chess parent experience. Advise to new chess parents: bring lots of change for the concession stand (candy is good) and bring comic books (Calvin and Hobbes was a hit) and don't try to grade papers during the wait.