I have spent the last few weeks subbing just about everyday in the Middle School at ISB. Spending the day in a 7th grade Humanities class last week made me really miss my own classroom, but Monday did provide a bit of satisfaction as I was named varsity baseball coach for the ISB Dragons' upcoming season. We initiated off-season training right away and should be installing our bunt D and 1st and 3rd D this week - feels right!
Last Thursday and Friday were the MS and UES Track and Field days and I was hired to help facilitate both of those events. I got to watch Parker and Devon compete in various running and throwing events, and this Friday Bennett and the rest of the Lower Elementary School take there shot at it - I am on for that one as well.
The sunburn I acquired at the track meets was aggravated by another day outside on Saturday(and Sunday for that matter). Our normal Saturday at the baseball field was postponed to make way for the zip lines at the ISB Spring Fair. The Spring Fair was great, candy, games, water guns, friends, but the rousing response, and one I have not really ever prepared myself for, was "soccer" when Joanne asked the boys what their favorite part of the fair was. Parker and Devon played in the first organized soccer matches of their lives and both did great. In fact, I ran out of explanations when the, "so, how long have your boys been playing futbol..." questions turned to, "...why not, they absolute naturals..."
"Eh, because I am baseball coach," was the best I could come up with.
Devon and the Yellow team - Madrid - won "the ship".
Sunday, after coffee in bed, we took mommy to the baseball field for a full day of cheering her sonny's on. Unlike our normal Saturday schedule, in which Bennett and I go to the recreational T-Ball practice, then coach the recreational Little League, followed up with the 11 and Under and 12 and over Dynasty team practices concluding at about 6:00, today was the first day of league games for the inaugural season of the Beijing Baseball League. This is the league that helped organize with Coach Wang. Coach Wang brought three teams over to ISB and Devon and Parks' team swept a double header while our older teams brought home the win as well.
Looks like more of the same this week with PE jobs Mon, Wed, Thurs and Fri, Chinese class Tues and all kind of baseball practices Tuesday, Thursday nights and all day Saturday.
Highlight of the week though is that we booked our tickets for home leave this summer. See ya on or around June 25th!
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