Max's "End of School" Party

Max's "End of School" party was a big success this year with large turn out - 7 kids and 3 parents. First, they went to see "Toy Story 3" and after the movie they had water fight on and off the trampoline (fourth, in the backyard history, all assembled by Leon this time) and played ball. Comparing to last year, all kids got much better in the game. It was actually fun to watch. Of course, kids wasted first 10 minutes yelling at each other over who's playing on whose team until Leon decisively divided them into two teams. He is great with kids and they love him too. We had a good time too, sitting and chatting with parents for a while. This is it for Max at Columbus School - Tuesday is the last day. No more late long school buses and lazy late mornings...

More pictures from the party...

Dana the Gymnast

Check this out - likely the first gymnast in the long and proud Lyakhovetskiy-Lakowsky-Batlin athletic history...



It's all awesome, but the true fun begins at 0'35".

Leon Wins Cat 4 Criterium in New London, CT

For the 1st place, he got $80 and flowers(???).

Misha and Irina Vladimirovna

Misha and Ira were visiting with us for a week. ... It went by too fast and we had so much fun that they were late to the plane. Of major accomplishments - criss-crossing Manhattan, tour of the Intrepid, Mia's party at Andrey's, trip to Mystic and having NKK paperwork done for Olya.

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