Scooter Rides

You would think every little boy would love to scooter to school. Well this particular little boy doesn't always love the idea of it in the morning, but being the mean mom I am I make him do it anyway. I'm sure it is because we always have to wake him up for school, but lets be honest once we get going he loves it especially when the sprinklers are on. I love it because it makes me get some excercise in. 

School Papers

Due to Carter's Therapy schedule I am not able to help out with centers in Boston's class so I volunteered to do at home help. I ripped 10,000+ papers out of work books and separated them in piles and put them in a specific order. It really wasn't that big of a deal and I just did it at night while Trav and I watched TV. 

It sure is fun to see the work come home. On this paper he was supposed to write all the letters he knew. He took it to the next level and wrote a full on sentence that he sounded out himself. It say "I see a Dad I see boy dog" holy smokes I was so excited. This whole beginning to read stage is so fun. Now if only he would actually let me help him learn to read ha.

Pirate Day

My friend texted me that Krispy Kreme was having Pirate Day and if you dressed up like a pirate you would get a dozen free donuts. Thank goodness we had some pirate gear on hand. The boys loved eating way too many donuts and spending time with their friends. 

 They sure make pretty cute pirates!

Creepy Smile

This is Carter's creepy smile or the smile that says "busted"! Usually it comes after he pulls all the pillows off the couch for the millionth time that day. Little stinker!

Clubhouse

Boston is going through a major clubhouse stage. It seems everyday he has a new clubhouse that we can join. This one in particular lasted a good week. He spent a lot of time outside in that box making it just right only for it to get destroyed in the rain. He is turning into such a good little artist. He loves for me to draw something side by side with him. He copies the lines and they are to die for cute!

Uncle Ed

We were lucky enough to have Uncle Ed stop by for a quick visit while he was in town for work. The boys were so happy to see him, but of course were wondering why he came without their cousins.

Soccer for the Save!

Because of the move and broken arm Boston wasn't able to play a sport last spring. Needless to say he was So excited for fall and to finally be able to play baseball again. We got him signed up only to find out the week before his first game that all games were on Sunday. We believe that Sundays are for Family and a day that should be different than the rest and kept holy. Baseball definitely didn't fit into that category. He was sad at first mostly because his new friend in class would have been on his team. He understood completely and made the choice to not play.

I searched high and low to find something for him to play. He said he didn't care what he did he just wanted to play. 

Baseball- in both leagues and all three cities all games on Sundays

Soccer- Season already started and the league was too full in our city and the two neighboring

Basketball- all games on Sundays 

Football- too young and we really don't want to go that route anyways

I literally spent hours and made so many phone calls trying to find something for him. Just as I had finally given up I met a friend at the park that told me about Mighty Tykes Soccer. It's not much, but boy does it make him happy. They meet every Tuesday night for an hour. The first 30 minutes they do drills and practice and the last thirty they have a game. 

 Yesterday they had their first meet and it was perfect for him. We put him up in the 6-7 league which was a great fit. They got to come up with their own team name and I might be biased but he is definitely the cutest member of the Orange Fire Pumpkins!

 We were surprised with how well he played. He was much more aggressive than the last time he played and stayed right in the pack the whole time. He did complain a couple times about all the running. Good thing it's only an hour ha. 

 All the complaining stopped when he scored his FIRST goal!!! The look on his face was probably the cutest thing in the whole world. I should also mention that he was very particular about his cleats, socks, and shin guards. All of them happened to be neon. His cleats are black with a neon orange Nike swoosh. His socks are black with neon red stripes, and not shown are the neon green shin guards. 

Now let me introduce you to the cutest little side line soccer player there every was. He kicked that ball around the entire time and had so much fun. He thought taking a seat on the ball was the greatest thing ever!