All in a Day's Work

Sheesh!  A lot can happen in one day around here.  I get up at 4:58am so I can get to a 5:15am boot camp class and my day just keeps going from there.  I've got Randy going with me now so we're both waking up way too early.
Last week I went to my first Adventure Tuesday.  A friend from church started this up about five years ago when I lived here before.  She plans a fun activity every Tuesday for women and kids are not allowed!  So it's rare I can go because I have to find someone to watch my two dudes, but this one was worth it because we played bubble soccer.  It was so hilarious and surprisingly a really good workout.  Those balls are heavy!  We bounced around, rolled around, and slammed into each other, occasionally scoring a goal here and there.  I have visions of doing this with a bunch of couples for a date night, or even letting my boys do it for a birthday party.

 I've also been busy potty training Parker.  He has been my most difficult child yet.  Luckily he's happy to "run to the potty!" when I remind him to do it but the second I forget I know we're in trouble.  What a stinker!  I thought he'd be my one kid who just kinda took to it but no.  Apparently that only happens to other people.  But he doesn't wet the bed so that's awesome. 

New underwear, a new toy to play with when he's dry, and lots of juice and salty treats to keep things flowing

Fall sports are still going strong.  Randy is coaching Landon's soccer team (along with TWO other dads which is so pathetic.  Talk about too many cooks in the kitchen!)  They have a half-hour practice before the game so at least it's all rolled into one.  Landon scores goal after goal while the other kids stand there or hold their mom's hand.  Seriously, it's kind of pathetic. I went to the first game and haven't been back.  I told Randy he's on his own because I can't stand watching the whole thing and I don't want to do or say something I'll regret.

Ethan is still playing soccer and pretty much hates it even though he begged me to sign him up.  His best friend is on the team and his dad is the coach but all the other kids go to another school and are pretty good friends so Ethan feels left out.  I'm using this experience to teach him a lesson in commitment and we are toughing it out while anxiously waiting for the season to end (in six loooong weeks).

A beautiful day for soccer.  Ethan's team hasn't won a game yet but it's not about winning, right?

In the meantime, Ethan is LOVING his new friends here.  He has quite the busy social calendar with play dates schedules a couple times a week.  This is reason enough for me to jump for joy that we moved here.

Ethan and friends playing soccer in our backyard

And last, I did something very unlike me and took action.  I got the kindergarten bus stop moved from up the street to relocate to the end of our driveway.  It's pretty sweet.

Waiting for the bus and yes, Parker is wearing part of his Halloween costume.  He'd sleep in it if I let him.

Soccer, Soccer and Flag Footbal

Soccer season is in full swing around these parts.  I couldn't put it off any longer and finally signed Landon up for soccer.  He's only five years old but he's been ready to play since he was two. He gets a smile on his face just thinking about playing and puts his new cleats and shin guards on several times a day so he can go outside and "practice."  Other parents actually applauded him when he scored a goal at the first practice and the coach always has Landon demonstrate the drill to show the other kids how it's done.  It's impressive even if he wasn't my kid.
Ethan is playing soccer but can't decide if he really likes it.  He refuses to get too excited about anything Marcus does so we're still trying to figure out what his "thing" is.  In the meantime he provides plenty of comic relief for his teammates both on and off the field and couldn't care less about the score.
Marcus has broken tradition this year and is playing flag football.  He is still passionate about soccer but at his age any kid with skills/interest in soccer has stopped playing on the rec teams and plays on travel teams.  Unfortunately the travel teams play most of their games on Sunday and none of the coaches will honor our request to let Marcus play on the team even if he can't play in all the games.  It makes me so mad!  So now we are doing flag football.  Marcus is on a team with three of his buddies from church and the three dads are coaching the team.   We have suddenly become big football fans and I love it.  Football is such a great sport because there's a little something for everyone.  If you want to be the star of the show you can be the quarter back.  If you can't catch a ball to save your life then play defense.  It's great and I support it wholeheartedly.  My glory days were playing flag football at BYU so I love that I get to relive them now as I cheer from the sidelines.  Randy made me leave the field at the first game because I couldn't keep my mouth shut.   Next year I think I might have to coach.   

Friday nights=football so we ordered pizza and made a night of it with our friends