In honor of his 9th birthday, Akiva requested that I attend his first softball game.

Akiva takes his scooter down to the skate park.

He hops over the jumps

and off the jumps

and on the rails.

Then, without the scooter, across the playground

and up the slide.

Iris and Brook go down the slide.

After a brief lecture on how to walk the x-wave,

Brook goes up,

across,

and down.

All together now! Up,

across,

across,

across,

across,

get down!

Now that we have eclipse glasses, we can wear them any time we like.

For example, some people find them good to wear while playing board games after dinner.

Some people disagree about the utility of eclipse glasses for after-dinner games.

Able to see what she is doing, Iris contemplates her final tile

and wins the game.