Just another Saturday

Nothing like an 8:30 soccer game to get everyone up and moving this weekend. But I was prepared this week. Last Saturday, I was so behind and my poor family didn't get any breakfast. Not that they don't have two hands and are all old enough to go and grab something, just nobody did so we didn't get to eat till after soccer pictures and a game.

Anyways, this week I was ready with everything out to make bacon and french toast on the griddle. Yum.
Home to do a little designing on the computer. I have requested and my wonderful husband has graciously accepted the challenge of building me an open and airy bookshelf/display are for my digital photo albums and family pictures. He loves using the google sketch to plan out his projects.
Ladybug took it up on herself to do her own project. Her tool...the recycle bin. Notice all the thing she pulled out! Too funny.
Batman wanted a project too! So thanks to the Hatch's we had a perfect project in a box that has never been put together. So we made a step stool.
Batman is into crafts and creating now adays. He loves glue and crayons and markers and paint. And of course if you can hammer something he is all for that as well.

Need a little break to play some ball.

After one of the worst trips to Lowes we have ever had....we now had all of our materials to begin building.

Ok, you want to know? I witnessed the worst temper tantrums from a 5 and 7 year old that I never would have thought possible! All over the carts that are big enough to carry wood on that we let the kids ride on. So if anyone saw me dragging two big kids out by the hand with one little girl begging for another chance and one little boy screaming "I want my daddy! You are hurting me!" (which by the way I was in no way hurting that little hand but I was not going to let go in case he decided to bolt!) Well, that was just me hulling my kids out to the car so daddy could finish buying the wood. And they continued to scream at the top of their lungs in the car. I don't know what came over them and both at the same time but if that cart was putting out bad vibes we will steer clear of the wood carts for the foreseeable future!
Ok we are happy again. Back to the recycle bin and daddy gave her an old roll of electrical tape. And after some water and food coloring, she was having a great time.
And since no one bothered to tell Houston that fall has officially been ushered it, we were hot and decided a water balloon fight was in order.
So that was our Saturday!

Lovin it!

A little football playing

A few more soccer

Saturday we had another soccer game.
Water break!
Batman and his bestest friend.

More Cheer

Here's a couple from our second game this week.
This is the beginning of the dance which is looking pretty good! She is in the front row on the left side if you are looking for her.
And a good shot of my sweet pea.

Cheer has been a very interesting experience and one I am glad we tried at least once. Ladybug has nights where she just loves it and she is totally gung ho and then there are nights where I don't know where her mind in going. But if you ask her she says she loves it....and that is all that matters.

Course tonight she said she wants to play soccer next year instead. Ya just never know!

Soccer Time! Team Jamaica

Batman is playing soccer this fall. He ended up with a good coach this year who is really trying to teach the kids. He introduces them to new concepts and drills weekly. The boys are not just learning how to kick the ball in a goal but how to work together as a team.

Batman is doing very good with it. He is not getting as frustrated when he doesn't have the ball and he is learning how to play the game better!
Huddle up time.

A little footwork.
Our neighbor going for the goal.

Look at them go!

Going for the goal! Since it is just you and me talking, I can say this. Chris and the coaches are working really hard to get them to play the game and work together and set up plays etc. Which is fantastic. They are doing a great job. But it does take more time for them to think about what they are doing and planning so sometime they miss an opportunity to make a goal. So Chris is not focusing on how many goals he can score. But Boy I do love it when he scores a goal!
And a tunnel for the boys at the end of the game.

Would you if you could....

The Question is would you go back to High School if you could?

Well, our family ventured into the high school arena on Friday night for a local football game.

Wait let me back up! I am typing on Myyyyyy computer! Yes, my wonderful husband has fixed my computer and hopefully for the last time. We are not going to say anything about that THREE MONTH turnaround time it took. Yes, I love you sweetie.

Anyway, we were at the high school football game to see our friends son play in the band.

Texas style, everything is big. They built one state of the art stadium that everyone plays in.
My kids were in awe of the size and couldn't wait to look over the railing.
Ok, see the cheers from the little ones! They loved it. They were chanting Go Mustangs Go, not long after we got there.
The band coming on to the field.
We were visitor so I only got the back of the band.
But here are the faces of amazed children as they watched on..... And requested popcorn, hot dogs, nacho and sprite!
Then we went to visit T-man in the band. My kids love this boy. It was so cool to see a junior step out of his place and come give his mom a kiss and a huge hug to my kids and all his brothers and sisters. Then he played one song right in from of the kids so they could watch. The kids loved it.

We had a fun time. I took Ladybug down to see the high school cheerleaders. She enjoyed watching and critiquing.

But anyways, back to the question. As I wandered through the student section to watch the cheerleaders, I am thinking there is no way I would ever replay high school or want to go back to that time!

I mentioned that to Chris when we sat back down and he looked at me seriously and said "I would." I looked at him as if he were crazy. Then he finished his sentence "I would if I could have dated you."

I don't know, that just struck me as one of the sweetest things to say. If you knew what you knew now in high school and if it wasn't just a high school crush but you were living it out with a person that you loved, how different would high school have been. How much of a different experience would it have been.

A little happy

No computer yet..... hopefully coming soon.

But in the meantime, here are a couple pictures you have already seen. I lightened them up and then turned them black and white and they are being printed as 11X14 at Sams club as we speak. They will be going up in our bedroom. Chris hung our brown curtains and I made a set of white shears to go with it and these black and white pictures, one on either side of the window will be a beautiful accent. Oh, and he painted my frames white for me.

A little, lunch, storytime and volunteering

Wednesday was our VIPS breakfast (volunteer). Here is a shot of all the ladies, I did see one guy there. It was a time for all of the Chairs to recruit more volunteers.
Each chair had to make a display to represent their committee.
Here is what I came up with for mine. I have 6 coordinators under me, one for each grade level and then all of the volunteers that will be assigned events to take pictures at.
When it was over it was time for lunch, so I stayed and had lunch with Ladybug. She was so excited.

Then I headed to the workroom to see if they needed anything. There was just a little, so I stayed to help knock it out and I am so glad I did!
Swenke brought in a "Storyteller". A paid person to talk to the kids. She was extremely entertaining! She taught the kids about "exaggeration" and when to tell the truth and when to tell a "story" She told them the story of Pecos Bill and how he fell off the back of a wagon, got adopted by coyotes and how he found his cowboy family again, got his name and acquired his horse name Lightening.
The kids loved it! They sat and listened to her Tall Tale the whole time and would laugh at times and then just stare astounded at times as she exaggerated her story.

Plus as a bonus, I got some pictures for the yearbook!