Good news for Ottawacker Jr

Ottawacker Jr. was all smiles as I picked him up from school: he made the intermediate school soccer team. He'd already been told by his gym teacher that they probably wouldn't take him as he is in Grade 4 (the team is for Grades 5 & 6 usually), but he invited himself along to the practices anyway and, when he went to the notice board to see the selected team, there he was. On top of that, he was the only Grade 4 and there were only two Grade 5s. So it was a big achievement and one that we will have to celebrate with a little more panache than taking him for an ice cream.