Monday, September 28, 2015

Beckett's Birthday Party


Saturday after Blake's soccer game, we came home, changed, Aaron checked the BYU game and then decided to come with us to Beckett's Super hero birthday party. We saw Beckett and family at the soccer games (Kelsey was playing on the field right next to Dylan) and Cambria (mom) told us that Beckett only wanted Blake and Dylan at his party. I warned her that they were going to dress up....and they did. They first made masks.


They pretended to be Hulk and smash down a brick wall.



They got silly string and got the bad guys. Cambria got Dylan, but it got in his mouth by accident, so Dylan now hates silly string.

They had nerf guns to shot some more little bad guys.


They pinned the light on Iron Man's chest.

We sang to Beckett and he blew out his candle.

It was super hot, so we ended up going inside and doing puzzles. Then the kids went back outside. Sean (Beckett's dad) got water guns and sprayed the kids from the upstairs balcony that overlooks the backyard. The kids were drenched but I don't think they cared because it probably felt good. It was a fun birthday. Happy birthday Beckett!

Soccer


Saturday morning we had Dylan's soccer game. The team was tired..all of them. Weird.


But Dylan did fine. He still isn't super aggressive, but he dribble the ball and almost made a goal.

We then ate some lunch in our car, had some team pictures for Blake, which Aaron got on his camera, then we had Blake's game. He started and played goalie the entire first half. The poor kids had the sun blazing in their eyes and it was hot.


The second half he was on offense and he loved it. He went after the ball this time and was actually following the ball the entire time.

He also almost scored...he was running down and going to the goal and then his teammate took the ball and scored. They won. Blake came home loving soccer. We will see what next game has in store.

Kenny


As previously mentioned, Blake's buddy at school is his teacher's son. Friday after school, I picked them both up and we headed to the park.



I hadn't ever really talked with Kenny before, so it was fun to get to know him. He is a great kid. Kenny calls Blake his best buddy, which I think made Dylan a little jealous. They had a great time playing together...all of them. Then we took Kenny back to his mom.




Spider Man


The boys really wanted to be Iron Man and Spider Man for Halloween and they loved the costumes at Costco, but I didn't want to spend $20 per costume. I found them for $6 at Target, so I bought them. Well, Dylan had to wear it when we got home...but then he started sticking to the walls...or so he claims.

That night we were getting ready to go to soccer practice and I couldn't find the boys, so I went to the car and found  them.

Monday, September 21, 2015

Soccer Pictures


Saturday morning before Dylan's game, they had team pictures. I didn't want to buy them, so I took my own picture.

This is the picture of him if I wanted to buy it.

The team picture, with everyone except Sanders. (Clara, Daria, Carter, Coach Jamie, Dylan and Tila--Aaron asked her sister how to pronounce her name)


Silly picture.

More individual pics.

Then Dylan being silly Dylan.

This was the only picture I got during the game...a nice big yawn from Dylan. He played most of the game and almost scored a goal.

With about 6 minutes left in the game, it started to rain, but we finished the game. Blake's game was scheduled for 3 hours after Dylan's finished, but it was cancelled because of too much rain.

The rain stopped about 3pm and was about 90 degrees. Crazy weather.

Our ward had a luau. It was well attended. We started with food, then  they had Polynesian dances performed mostly by some folks in our ward. We had 2 dances where YW and YM performed and it was awesome. The boys loved watching it. After some dances, we had some ice cream. We took off because it was late, but they then had a fire dance. Super cool.

Friday, September 18, 2015

Pictures


Yesterday we picked up Kelsey from school and she played with us for awhile. They had a water leak at their house so the insurance company kicked them out of the house and put them in a hotel since it isn't a good idea for a little baby to be around that (well, not good for anyone really).

They found some old cell phones and tried to reverse rolls and take a picture of me...

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Soccer


Last Saturday, Blake had a game at 9am. The weather was perfect. It was in the low 70s!! Dylan was cold watching. Blake's team played the Strikers. Blake was a defender in the beginning. We need to work on him being aggressive.


They won again and Blake loved playing.

Between games we went over to the park.


Then we got ready for Dylan's game by warming up. Dylan's team is co-ed and it is 3 vs. 3 with no goalie..and the coaches are on the field. Here are the boys warming up.


Dylan played most of the entire game and he did great. His teammate, Tala had the ball most of the time. She was fun to watch. She is aggressive and there was another girl on the other team who was also aggressive. These 2 went at it the whole game, but they are 3 and 4 years old. They would pull on one another's jerseys and when the ball went out  they both would chase after the ball. The best was when Tala scored a goal (I think she scored all our goals) she turned around, put her hand on her hips and just gave her "buddy" the look. It was hilarious.

We are the green team, but our coach wore the other team's colors. Our coaches volunteer their time to coach, so it makes me even more sad that coach's son doesn't ever play or want to practice.

This shows Tala and other girl.



They don't keep score, but Aaron does (and so does Blake) and we won. Dylan did much better this game. He was sometimes in lala land, but then he would actually focus and dribble the ball all the way. What would you think is the favorite part of the game for these kids? The tunnel at the end. The kids give high 5s and then the parents make a tunnel for the kids to run through....they love it.

Later that night we had a baptism and the entire family went. I do these baptisms all the time now so it was fun to have the family with me this time. Later that night I started the BYU game, but didn't make it very far. Why must they have late games?

Monday was Dylan's second day of school. He was excited to go to school and he was super happy when I picked him up. So far he loves his school. His teachers love him, they say he is good at following rules and being kind. It's amazing how they can be when siblings aren't around :) I was able to paint the downstairs bathroom while the boys were at school.

Last week was Grandparent's day at Blake's school. It is a big deal because a lot of grandparents come to eat lunch with their grandkids. I asked Blake if he wanted me to come to lunch with him that day or come the following week, he said next week. (I later found out that him and one other kid in his class didn't have any family there...he was totally fine about it though.) So Dylan and I went today. Blake was surprised and he loved it. Mrs. Sias came up to me and talked to me about Blake and her son, Kenny, who is also in 1st grade. Blake and Kenny play at recess all the time together. Blake plays with others too, but Kenny only plays with Blake. She said that Blake is Kenny's best friend and is super sad that he can't sit together at lunch because he is in a different class, etc. So, she was talking to me about a playdate. I love playdates and Blake was excited for it. I will be chatting with Blake's teacher now about some playdates...along with some school stuff too.

Friday, September 11, 2015

Cowboy Park


The rain brought slightly cooler temps, which made it possible for us to go to the park Thursday morning. It was in the low 80s instead of the low 90s at 10am, which made the park doable. It was still super hot though and went swimming after we picked up Blake from school.





This kid loves to climb. It stresses me out. There was a 9 year old boy that came up to Dylan and started to play with him. Dylan started climbing up the playset and the boy was afraid. How many times are we going to end up in the hospital with this kid? Later that night we went to Blake's soccer practice. While Blake was practicing I took Dylan to the park right next to the practice. We saw Ms. Shannon from last year (Lacie's mom) and then we saw some folks from church. It takes so much to get all of Dylan's energy out, but we did it yesterday.