wins!

YES! The first two days have seen two wins for Team Canada - may it continue tonight against the Cubans! A first place spot in the pool would be huge, giving the guys a spot in the semis against I'm not sure who BUT it would mean not meeting the USA until the finals, if all goes well. You can catch the games here (tonight at 6pm PT) if you're interested, and read a few articles here and here too. Hendrik has been such a good little guy (no real surprise there) and has even been cheering; I say gooo canada! and he says something like gooo caga! It's pretty cute. We'll have to see if we can get it on tape.

hendrik was loving the yellow chairs!

so so good to see these guys back in action again!

a pretty big triple block on this dude... love it!

After the game on Monday afternoon we stopped by a great playground on our way home - fun was had by all. And fun was had by all on the beach  - our views were complete with trucks and diggers and tug-boats... it might not have been ideal for just any beachgoer, it was heaven for the little one. Last night was a bit of a late one... and for our sake I'm hoping that tonight's game is a 3-setter instead of a fiver. Jet lag is still in the blood - this morning's 5:45 sound-off is much too early for me, especially if I can't be sleeping by 9:00. What else, what else.... I'm kind of (but not really all that) surprised that there aren't more recycling bins around; everything goes in the garbage, eeep. Which got me to wondering, with more than 37 million people living in California where does all of the garbage go? It's something to look up another time - mom duties are calling! Looking forward to tonight's game... go TC GO!

hendrik was big time in destructo-mode... building sandcastles was just for the big kid in this frame!