Jude finishing his first cross country race for his school team

On Tuesday afternoon Jude had his first cross country race for his school. It was a meet with about two dozen other private schools so there were probably more than 500 kids there. I was flying home from a conference in Miami and this event just happened to be close to the airport. So, I was able to make it to see the last part of his run. He pushed himself really hard and came in the top half of finishers, not bad considering he was racing against all middle schoolers (up to eighth grade).

We had a pretty quiet weekend. On Saturday I made my first batch of green chili for the season in preparation for our neighborhood block party today, a chili cook-off. Anna played soccer on Saturday afternoon and then we came home and tested out the chili for dinner. It was too spicy for the kids but I liked it and it was a hit at the block party.

The neighborhood kids at the block party

We enjoyed the block party this afternoon. It was good to spend more time with the neighbors and the kids had a great time playing all afternoon. There was badminton, spike ball, jenga, soccer in the park and the climbing of trees. The food was really good too, with some good chili choices.