It's been an exciting week for Liesl: ears pierced, invite to varsity soccer, 16th birthday, and to cap it off, she passed the driving test and got her driver's license. Watch out world!
We celebrated Halloween in various ways: Steve ordered chocolates from LA Burdick and we ate dinner at Canard in Beaverton; Jasper and I dressed up for a work event; both kids went to parties.
Basketball season has started at Gonzaga, and Seb and his friends have joined the cheering section. He sent me a video; it's incredibly loud as all the students jump up and down and wave their arms and chant. It looks so fun.
It was so exciting to see Liesl's name published on the official roster for the Lincoln varsity soccer team. She got to take the field in the second half of their friendly match vs Central Catholic. She played 10-15 minutes; she played center back, very high-stakes position; the team won 1-0.
Our Liesl turned 16 on Tuesday. Happiest of birthdays!!!
It turned out to be an unusual day, for a couple of reasons. One, she had a huge exam in IB Chemistry on Weds morning, very stressful, so she needed to spend a bunch of time on Monday and Tuesday reviewing. So that was distracting in an unhappy way. But two, on Sunday she got called up to play with the varsity soccer team during their playoff run!! So exciting!!
So that meant we had to reshuffle plans a bit, because she had Monday practice and a Tuesday game this week, instead of being entirely free. And we had to reschedule her birthday party because she has practice instead. Still, we made time for presents and stromboli and chocolate cake on Monday night.
