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Everyone should have a Sonke

9/30/2015

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Monday morning, Sonke opened the messy food cupboard and removed everything. It's embarrassing how such a storage place can turn into a dumping ground. Sonke proceeded to organize everything. William and I looked at each other as if to say, "The German's at it again." And we approve on every level imaginable. Everyone should have a Sonke in their home! 
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Kitchen food closet after Sonke's magic!
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The Rumford UN... 

9/27/2015

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We enjoyed hosting 5 of the 7 MVHS Foreigns today. However, the highlight had to have been our dear friend Marie and her gift of Rumford shirts to the boys (thank you!)... and then the photo shoot. Now, those who know Marie, understand that she loves a good photo (or a good 250 photos). But to watch her in action posing these teenagers was the absolute best. She'd be a heck of an assistant principal in a high school. Great work, Marie... you're one in a million.
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Rumford... Our Town

9/27/2015

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Rumford at dusk. Taken from the South Rumford bridge above the Rumford Falls on the Androscoggin River.
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Go, Aunt Connie!

9/25/2015

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  • On Sunday, Connie will once again walk 26 miles in support of cancer research. The four of us down the street wish her all the best as she tears up the streets around Boston for up to 8 hours! GO, AUNT CONNIE!
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Players vs. Cancer

9/25/2015

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Click on photos to enlarge. 
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This-n-That

9/24/2015

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Today, the boys' team wears pink shirts in a national effort called "Players vs. Cancer." They're wearing the shirts to school and in the match at 2:30pm today. Bailey was up for posing and then there's a picture of the three Kent boys walking down the street heading toward McDonald's about 1.5 miles from our home. What you don't see is Bailey stopping and refusing to go farther. He didn't want to leave dad, I guess. (Or perhaps he knew he wasn't going to get any McDonald's junk food even if he walked the full way.)   
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After the Match

9/24/2015

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I drove the 90 minutes down from the university to see the boys' game on Tuesday. As you can see, I'm still wearing my professor clothes. ;-) 
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After the match. We ate at Kentucky Fried Chicken on the way home. We all agreed we don't need to do that again!
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A slump? second loss

9/23/2015

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The boys and their Falcon teammates played to a 1-0 loss against last year's conference champions who went into the game against Mountain Valley undefeated but with two ties. Actually, the game could have gone to either team, and a tie may have been the best result. But in this game, the BullDogs from Hall Dale got that one little break and found the back of the net. Next game is on Thursday vs. a very weak Winthrop High School team that was a 5-0 or 6-0 win for us a few weeks ago. Play On! 
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Vegetables

9/18/2015

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The Boys & Vegetables: They don't like them. So, I tried to pull the carrots-are-good-for-athletes' card. The thing is... the damn things tasted like dirt. On to broccoli!
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Bad bad carrots!
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Five Weeks

9/17/2015

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Last Thursday, we went to Dick's Pizza in Mexico to celebrate the boys' one-month anniversary in America. We talked about the highlights of their exchange over the past 30 days and what's different in Rumford/Maine/America from what they had expected (e.g., the soccer team is better than I had described... everyone's friendly to Foreigns). Now, the days fall into a predictable pattern and a certain normalcy settles into our days in The Fid-- local dialect twists our town's name into 'Rumfid.' 


There's homework and laundry and William needs a haircut. So do I, but few people notice. Sonke has switched most of his classes and now takes Advanced Placement Calculus (ouch!). William's back is sore from last night's match; he'll see the athletic trainer today for some treatment. He often goes to sleep before 9pm. 
 
Along with the school meal, Sonke has a submarine sandwich from home that has hard salami and cheese while William has turkey and cheese. Neither boy likes vegetables but both seem to like the power bars I buy called Clif Energy Bars. 


The boys know that Bailey will have a meltdown at about 8pm and will want to play. He barks and barks and barks until one of us chases him around the house. Most times we end up on the floor with him rubbing his tummy. Bailey likes being part of the family--just one of the boys. 


On Monday mornings, the boys pack for their overnight with Connie and Ben. They know they'll have a great meal that night, good conversations, and that the Red Sox will be on television. Ben will threaten the kids with "No dessert for you!" 

Last night, the boys played in a match against rival Dirigo High School, just five miles away from Rumford. We won 7-0 with the younger players in the match for most of the second half. Connie and Ben were there to watch Sonke go one-on-one with the keeper and in a very composed way drive the ball deep into the net; he also headed the ball "almost" out of the keeper's hands to score. William is the steady, silent defender who roams the backfield with confidence. He's not flashy and would never bring attention to himself: he's a player's player and a coach's dream. 



So now we are well into month #2. All's well in "The Fid," and we all hope it's the same in your neck of the woods.  
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Five weeks later
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