Another busy week last week. Evan had benchmark testing the first half of the week and it sounds like he did really well. He then invited MB and Grammy to a Mother's Day Tea in his class on Friday. He had written a couple of poems and got up in front of the class and read them. He did a good job with all of them, but our favorite was the one he wrote about the color red. Graham made his mom a nice gift at school - a picture of him hugging himself with the word "Hugs" written across and another picture of him blowing a kiss with the word "Kisses" written.
Saturday brought the Danny Fox Lacrosse Tournament in Burlington. Evan had games at 8:15, 12:25, and 1:30. I think even Graham knows that there are 3 hours between 9 and 12. MB and Graham stayed home for the first game, but my cousin Jackie and her daughter Skylar came to watch as they live about 5 minutes away. The Eagles played well against a Raleigh team and came away with the win. Evan had a goal and some great passes. After the game, we hung out for a little while at the field with Evan's teammates, then grabbed lunch with his friend Connor and his dad. My aunt Joan came to the second game with my cousing Katie. It was so nice of her to come out and watch Evan play. They played a big team from Raleigh and ended up losing this one. It was great to see Joan though. She's turning 80 in a couple of weeks and we're going to come back up for a big birthday bash. She still looks great and always brings the boys some M&Ms. MB and Graham made it up for the second and third games and Jackie and Skylar came back too. The Eagles took game three and Evan must have set up half of the goals through some great passing. After the game, the season came to an end and Evan turned in his jersey. Whoever wears number 30 next year will have some big shoes to fill.
Mother's Day started with breakfast in bed for the mom and then we headed down to Apex for a soccer game against another U10 team. Our b0ys thoroughly controlled the game but could only put one goal in and ended up with a 1-1 tie. Evan had some good runs and passes and banged one off the post on a bullett from 15 yards out. We rushed back to Durham and had Mom and the McDaniels over for a Mom's Day cookout. The moms hung out and rested while the kids had a great time playing outside. Dinner was good and we had a wonderful day. MB and I will enjoy her Mother's Day gift this Saturday when we go see "Wicked" at the DPAC.
Evan has tryouts for YDA on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. The big question for us is whether he plays U9 or U10 next year. We're confident that he'll have a great experience either way, but I just hope he gets to play with some friends again next year.
Jimmy
