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Aaron back in town

Olson Meadow Park and an update for last month

It has been a while since my blog was updated last time. Too much has been going on that dad couldn't squeeze enough time for it. Our Olson meadow park just renovated soccer fields. It looks awesome.
OK. Let's start from Ray's swimming. We are so spoiled with Texas summer warm pool water, which essentially feels like a spa. We almost go swimming every day. Ray's breast stroke is fairly competitive now. Free style is still a little bit struggling. Back stroke comes naturally. Butterfly scratches a little surface. Every day, four laps of breast stroke, four laps of free style, one lap of back stroke, one lap of butterfly. Then it is play time. Let's see if Ray could join Nitro team this fall. It requires all four styles passes.
Sunday soccer is going strong. Coach Gang Li relocated back to China for a job change. But the system he created is still functioning well. We got big player Daniel, who really spiced up our game. Now it is really competitive and hard to score.
Our turtle passed away. She has been sick for a while. We could tell from her behavior change. She was not interested in food any more. She was buried in our backyard.
To reward Ray's excellent soccer field performance, dad took Ray to a creek to catch some fish. Actually the reward came ad hoc, right after the game, so we didn't have any tools prepared. Dad managed to catch a little mellow with his bare hands and settled it in a disposable water bottle. Be specific, Tony's water bottle. Ray caught a tadpole with that bottle, purely with unbelievable luck. It sounded like a perfect ending. Here came Tony, who had to hold his bottle as it is HIS bottle. Then here came Ray: You can hold your bottle, but you can not watch my fish. Wow, it sounded so familiar with Ba Yi Baron and Afanti story.
Ray has been doing great in his Kindergarden class. Teacher said Ray was one of the few kids who had a smooth transition to K-class. Ray often bragged at home that he and someone were the only kids who earned free play time today. Well, he must be doing all right.
Tony really hated nap time, which could be as bas as an excuse that he didn't want to go school. These days, we couldn't be late for school as Ray's K-teacher put a big sign in front door to show CLASS STARTS AT 8:30AM. ON TIME. Every morning it is a little bit rushing. Tony became a real piece of work every morning these days.
Aaron came back in town. Big deal. We need to address this respectively.
Ray started having field trips in this K-class. One time to cedar creek zoo. Twice swimming in an elementary school per week. Mom was fortunate to be the only parent accompanying them to zoo with teachers. It was a great trip.
Somehow Pokemon came back to Ray's life as a key note. It has something to do with Aaron's return.
Oh, well. Another big news was Ray was admitted by UT kids string program. Ray was put into waiting list since he was a few months old. Now we got in. Tony might be in at an earlier age thanks to be Ray's sibling. We can either choose cello or violin. As popular as violin is, we can not say no to it. This is an outstanding programm. It is lucky to be part of it. Well, this also put an end on our route to piano.
The fig tree in our neighbor's backyard is quite a grower. It started having serious fruiting this year. The figs falling down to the ground were completely ripen and tasted so well, if you could get them before ants and birds.
Overall, it is a busy summer start. Oh, my, how many days more than 100? Just a summer start?