Chess Enthusiasts

This fall has been about new adventures for all of us in the family.  While Iver has been busy gaining weight -- up to 10 lbs 4 oz at yesterday's 4-week check up! -- the twins have been getting immersed in kindergarten.

One of the reasons why we moved to our current neighborhood is that all of the public schools (K-12) around us have great reputations.  In addition to good test scores, teachers, etc., their elementary school has lots of extra programs for the kids to participate in if they want.

We didn't want to overwhelm the twins with too many things after school, but we did sign them up for one: a chess club. It sounded a little early for me, but apparently lots of kids in this elementary school get started in their chess club in kindergarten.  I picked up the twins yesterday and found they were playing their first "real" chess game already.  I'm fairly certain that within a few more weeks, their chess abilities will surpass mine (which isn't hard to do).

Also this week, we celebrated KLC's birthday.  The twins "helped" by placing the candles on the cake ...