Strang's

CYO (Catholic Youth Organization) Cross Country

Justin, Felicity & Alex are in Cross Country. In Ohio, each Catholic parish has a sport team and you play against other parishes in the area. So, the kids run for St. Joe's parish. It's also nice because girls all run together and then the boys run together. So, Alex's team is made up of boys ages K &1st gr.; Felicity's team is girls ages 2nd & 3rd gr.; and Justin's team is boys ages 4th, 5th, & 6th gr. About 180-200 kids run per race and thousands of people are at these meets.

So, at the first meet.....Justin finished 40th out of about 200 boys. Felicity 66th out of about 150 girls; and Alex 41st out of 180 boys.

The past weekend at meet #2: Justin did awesome! He finished 29th this time! A big improvement. Felicity also improved and came in 61st. Alex came in 55th this time...a little slower than the first meet! But, after he finished he exclaimed to me, 'Wow, Mom, I beat so many boys..how did I do?" Very cute!! Above, are photos from the meet. Each parish sets up their own tent and hang-out area. Another photo shows all the boys in Alex's race lined up at the start line!

CAT
We now have a cat. We have de-clawed the cat, and since he is no longer clawing our furniture....I like him a lot more. When we brought him home we reminded the kids they needed to pick out a name for him. "Oh yeah," said Felicity, "What should we name him?" Alex was in the back seat and offered two excellent suggestions...
"How about 'Bloody Claw'?" NO yelled everyone. "What about 'Razor Sharp Tooth'?" It was a great Alex moment, and since no one else could think of a name they went with Felicity's idea...'Duke'.