Hasta la pasta

I had a good time hosting the pasta dinner on Wednesday. Too bad this was my last time, because I think I have this pasta-dinner-hosting down to a science. We had plenty of food and the cross country kids are good kids with good manners and a lively presence. The parents are friendly too.  

Thomas and Paul. Yes, Thomas is wearing swim goggles and a kerchief. Thomas, as a rule, makes interesting fashion choices. Paul purposely smiled like a goof for this picture.

Table for 11. I would like to point out that there is a plate already in the spot where Paul is sitting down. That is Paul's second plate. He ate lots. 

The day after the pasta dinner was the cross country home meet. The team has gone to a lot of big races that draw 15 to 30 teams. The home meet is very small, with only 5 teams on the field.

This is the entire cc varsity race lineup. Can you find Paul?

No need to caption this picture because I labeled things for you. Although, I will give 8 points to the first person to correctly guess the number of smiley faces I drew on the picture. You might have to click on the picture to embiggen it so you can see all of them. Wow, for not captioning the picture, I sure wrote a long caption.

As part of Paul's job as a CC captain, he got to hand out medals for the varsity girls race

And as sixth place finisher, Paul got his own medal! 

That's my boy!

I will miss the next race because I am going to work in the office for the next two days. If anyone would like to go see Paulie run, the meet will be at the Chaska golf course and he estimates that his race will begin at 5:30.