The Reitz Stuff
Our 2010 Family Christmas Newsletter
Kicks and Giggles from 2010
As Told By BUDDY THE ELF
North Pole Media Services
LITITZ - Hi! You look great! Are you
feeling great? We should sing. Singing is
a happy thing to do. Let’s sing. [Sings] I’ll
bet you’re just fantastic and happy. And
I’m singing a song. A song about Christmas. [Stops Singing] You don’t want to
sing? That’s OK. Isn’t Christmas the best?
I’m here to tell you all about the Reitz
family’s sugar-fueled fantastic year of
splendor. They wanted to make sure this
year’s newsletter had just the right amount
of joy sprinkled with bright colors, candy
cane dreams and peppermint rainbows.
So they asked me to write it for them this
year. I sure hope they can read my Etch-aSketch handwriting!
So if you’re ready for a journey more fun
than a walk through the Holland Tunnel at
rush hour, then let’s begin!
SNOWSTORMS - Boy, I sure do love
snow, and last Feburary they had two
snowstorms that made the North Pole look
like a tropical island. You can’t work when
it snows like that; you can only build snow
forts and go sledding and throw snowballs
and make pretty snow angels... well I
guess there’s shoveling, so some work is
involved. Did I mention that I love snow?
GIRL SCOUT COOKIES - Mmmmm.
I love cookies, and apparently, so do a lot
of people who live near Hannah. She sold
over 400 boxes, making her not only the
top seller in her Brownie troop, but one of
the tops in the whole Council! If you ask
me, she’s the World’s Best Cookie Seller. I
would’ve bought 400 boxes myself to take
a Samoa/Thin Mint bath! Hannah has now
stepped up to Junior Girls Scouts.
SOCCER - Hannah tried out for the
Lititz U-10 girls travel soccer team this
spring and made the team. It’s a highly
(Top) Hannah on her first day of 4th grade; (Above) Enjoying some
popcorn at Teddy Bear Day. (Below) Dylan at the Strasburg Rail Road.
competitive league and though they only
won one game this season (a 5-0 win at an
overnight tournament in Wilkes-Barre in a
game that Hannah won the team’s “Hustle
Award”), they had some good performances and have something to build on for the
spring season. (See Page 2 sidebar for
news about her spring soccer season.)
PRESCHOOL - Dylan hit some big
milestones this year... his “big boy” bed,
finishing his first year of preschool and
starting his second this fall. He has impressed his teachers with his love and skill
with numbers, big and small. I love numbers too! What’s your favorite number?
My two favorites are 4,765,454 and 8.
OCEAN CITY - I love vacations.
Vacations at the beach are fun. I wish sand
was made out of sugar, because then I’d
See 2010 on Page 2
An awesome show!
Tournament Champions
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one game during the regular
season. But when it mattered most,
Hannah’s U-10 soccer team played
like champions... and won their Group
at the Lancaster Area Girls Soccer
Festival in June!
They finished the season with a
1-5-1 record. But going toe-to-toe
with skilled teams allowed our girls
to sharpen their game. On tournament
day, they were ready.
After losing a 2-1 heartbreaker to St.
Anne’s in the first game, the girls regrouped and dominated Hempfield in
the second game 1-0, thanks to a fast,
strong defense (including Hannah) that
allowed very few shots on goal.
The girls knew they had a shot at
the title, playing another Lititz team
they knew well and beat in the regular
season. However, they were down 1-0
at halftime. “Coach Rick” rallied the
team, and they responded in the second, scoring two goals to win 2-1.
They still needed Hempfield to beat
St. Anne’s, so they anxiously awaited
the results. When the announcer
declared St. Anne’s had finished 2nd,
their eyes lit up and the cheers began
as Hannah’s team suddenly realized
that they were tournament champions!
Afterward, they celebrated the first
place medals by dousing the coach
with water. It was an awesome finish
to a fun and fantastic season.
Above: The Reitz family at Ocean City, Md.; “Li’l Victorino” fields a
ground ball. Below: Monkeying around after the Easter Egg Hunt.
2010: A YEAR IN REVIEW
Continued from page 1
make a sand castle, and when I was done,
I could eat it. The Reitzes spent the week
before Labor Day at Ocean City, Md.,
where they like to go every year, and did
a whole lot of fun stuff... playing on the
beach, going to a water park, rides on the
boardwalk, lots and lots of great food,
miniature golf. It sounds like the second
happiest place ever, after the North Pole.
VIOLA - Hannah has started to take
viola lessons at school. She really enjoys
it and her skills are coming along nicely.
Soon maybe she can play a Christmas
song and I can sing along with her, even if
I don’t know the words. I can pretend.
OTHER FABULOUS STUFF - Rick
and his Dad and Uncle went to see two
Phillies baseball games this year, including one where 47-year-old Jamie Moyer
pitched a 2-hit shutout--the oldest person
to ever do that. But that’s not old. It’s not.
No it’s not. No it’s not. No it’s not. Santa’s
a lot older than that. And he can pitch
perfect games... For Halloween this year,
Hannah and Dylan dressed as a leopard
girl and Buzz Lightyear. They were adorable. I want to hug them right now. Can
we have a group hug?... They went to fun
places this year: Port Discovery in Baltimore (Hannah went twice), Hersheypark,
Dutch Wonderland, Dylan went to Strasburg Rail Road, Dutch Wonderland again,
Park City Mall where I hear SANTA IS
COMING TOMORROW! Oh my gosh.
I love parties, and Hannah and Dylan
each had one this year for their birthdays.
In March, Hannah and her friend Jakey
went to Port Discovery for the day, and
then had family over for a 9th birthday
party. Dylan turned 4 in October and had
his first big party with friends at a place
called Kidmazium, which has tunnels and
rope ladders and ball pits and climby thingies and crazy stuff. I love it! What’s your
favorite color? I like green.
OK, I’m hyperventilating a little bit
so I’d better go sit down with a cookie
and hot cocoa now. We all wish you fun
tidings this holiday season, a very Merry
Christmas, and a superfun 2011!
The Reitz Stuff
Christmas 2010 Edition
Rick Reitz............................ Lead Elf
Lisa Reitz..........................Master Elf
Hannah Reitz......................Super Elf
Dylan Reitz.........................Giant Elf
Dagwood Reitz..................Feline Elf