Soccer Pictures!

Yesterday morning (Satruday) was David's last soccer game. They lost 2-0, but they played well and had fun. There were 7 kids on the team, but only 5 showed up yesterday, and one was late enough that he missed the first quarter. And since there are only 4 on the field per team at a time, all the kids played the entire first quarter. David was the defender (of the goal). He really enjoys playing defender. Here are a few pictures of the final game.

David is the one with the ball.

David kicking the ball after the other team scored.

Here's the team after the game.

The team & their coaches.

And David.

After we got home yesterday afternoon, David asked what he could sign up for next. He said he wanted to play badmitton, although I'm not sure where that came from. I think there is a spring soccer league, so we'll probably sign him up for that. And maybe ragball in the summer. We'll let him choose. We're not going to let him do so many things at once that we're never home.

Snow?!?!

They are predicting a snow-rain mix tomorrow, around an inch. We'll see what comes of it, but it would please Nathaniel to no end. He's been asking when its going to snow for at least 3 weeks now. He desperately wants to build a snowman and play in the snow. It was so difficult to get him inside last winter that I'm not really looking forward to this winter in regards to that. I do love the snow, though.

Well, our team did it again. The Broncos beat the Patriots in OT 20-17. It was a good game. Did you know their new coach is only 33 years old?

David had a soccer game yesterday morning. Boy, was it cold! The team played hard, but the other team won, 3-2. No one from our team was very pleased with the other coach though. He was constantly trying to influence the ref's calls (She was an 8th grader & not much taller than the tallest kid playing), and his team was constantly pushing, shoving, grabbing, etc. And the ref wasn't calling any of it. Our coaches were going to have a talk with the guy in charge of the league about the coach and the ref, since she wasn't calling anything unless the ball went out of bounds.

David finally goes back to school tomorrow! He had a lot of school work to do after missing a week of school, and he got it all done today. Spelling & Math, mostly. He's pretty good at math, he just doesn't want to sit and do the work.

He Shoots! He Scores!

Twice! David made 2 goals today during his first ever soccer game. His team won, 6-2. They dominated (can 1st, 2nd & 3rd graders dominate?) the first 2 quarters, then the other team scored 2 goals in the 3rd quarter and both teams didn't score at all during the 4th quarter. Both teams played really well for only having 3 practices.

Other than that, it was a pretty leisurely Saturday. I baked chocolate chip cookies while Nathaniel napped & David & Richard did their own things. Which included looking at 1980's Transformer toys on the internet. David's idea, of course. He is obsessed with Transformers. That's almost all he can talk about. Its almost annoying.

The boys (all 3 of them) just came in from shooting their bows. Time for snacks and then bedtime.

Soccer Practice!

David had soccer practice tonight. He was really excited to go, and Nathaniel was too, but mainly because he got to play on the playground equipment. I spent the hour chatting with a mom whose daughter is in Nathaniel's pre-k class. She is a 4-5th grade teacher. She gets the kids in 4th grade and has them through the end of 5th grade. Anyway, before we started chatting, I was watching Nathaniel play, and all of a sudden he says, "I pee, Mom!" and heads away from the play equipment and starts to drop his pants. I was like, "No, not there!" so he moves. "I pee on grass, Mom!" and drops his pants. So I kinda blocked him so he wasn't totally exposed, but there wasn't anywhere for him to pee, and not any trees close enough for him to hide behind. Oh well. He's 4.

Nathaniel threw up on the bus again today. He's not sick. Just motion sickness. They got him cleaned up at school, and I picked him up when class was over so he wouldn't have to carry the dirty clothes & backpack home. I was able to wash everything, including his backpack, so that's good. No more milk before school!

Today was a dreary day....

it was cloudy and cool, but not cold, and very humid. Everything feels damp. I hate that. I had to dry my bed linens in the dryer because they never would have dried out on the clothes line. It did rain a little, but not too much, but we're looking at rain for the next few days. Hopefully it won't rain during David's soccer practice on Thursday, or during his game on Saturday.

Richard spent most of the day deer hunting since a class he was supposed to teach was canceled. He didn't even see a deer the entire time he was in the tree stand. He might go tomorrow. It depends on when he gets done with work.

Fresh Salsa!

I made my first attempt at fresh salsa today. I searched around the internet looking for an easy recipe and found one. Of course, every recipe calls for jalapeno peppers, of which we have none. Didn't plant any this year. So I substituted garden salsa peppers, which are milder. Instead of 2 jalapeno peppers with no seeds, I used 3 garden salsa peppers with seeds from 2 of them. The result was an awesome flavored, very mild salsa. But since I was really making this for Richard, at his request, I added 3 more garden salsa peppers, with all the seeds. I'll have to get his opinion a little later on the revised version.

David had another soccer practice this morning. He had a lot of fun. They had a practice game at the end of practice, and he really enjoyed it. They don't play with goalies, and only 4 from each team on the field at one time. They have a half circle close to the goal that they can't go in unless the ball strays accidentally. It'll be fun to watch a game next week.

A Big Day!

Today was a big day for David for a couple of reasons. One, Daddy is home! Yeah! And two, it was his first day of soccer practice! He was so excited he could hardly eat dinner! I took the camera, but then realized that the battery was dead, so no pictures tonight. They have a practice on Saturday morning, then for the next 5 weeks its just practices on Thursdays and games on Saturdays. He's so proud of his new soccer cleats and socks & shin guards.

Home Again & Bows & Arrows & Soccer

We home again. Finally. Well, I really shouldn't say finally, as we've been home since about 12:30 this afternoon. However, I feel like I've done nothing but be gone for the weekend for 3 out of the last 4 weeks. Oh, wait. I have. :)

Within 20 minutes of us getting home, Richard & David left to go to a bow shop in a little town about 30 miles away so Richard could pick up the new bow he bought on Friday. And to let David shoot a youth bow to see how he liked it. David liked it so much that Richard bought it for him. Its a left-handed bow, since David is a lefty, and David is very, very proud of it.

Richard & David spent a good part of the afternoon shooting their respective bows, while I went and picked the dogs up from the kennel, fixed dinner & cleaned the kitchen up after dinner. We just got the kids into bed about 15 minutes ago (Nathaniel took a long nap so I wasn't in a hurry to put him in bed), and now Richard is packing to leave on a trip for work. David is devastated that Richard is leaving although it'll only be for a few days. The one bright spot is that we're signing up David to play soccer this fall. Practices start next Thursday, and games will be on Saturday mornings. I'll have to get some pictures of the practices & games. He's really excited.