A little football

We waited till the last minute to make the decision if Batman could play football or not.  We decided to let him go ahead and try it.  We are second grade so it is tackle!

The first week was just conditioning in the heat.  And getting used to the weight of the helmets.

 Second week started full pads! Boy was it an adjustment.  But we worked through it.  I know I should say tough, but he looks so cute in his pants and compression tops.

 Coaches have been great with him and teaching him.  He has never played before but they are working with him and he is learning the game.

 Yeah so cute running the ball.

 And again.

 And they took it easy on him (at least from where I was sitting) the first night they started hitting.  You can tell they didn't hit him to hard.  Some of the big boys were getting hit so hard the coach was knocking them down.

He is in the black.  Still shying away from the tackling but he is getting better!

Should be a fun season as long as no big boys try to take him out!  This momma may not like that. 

Tired of Electronics

Our summer is coming to an end.  Not the heat, just the no school.  I have been very lenient this summer with the electronics.

There has been a lottttt of this....

 and this....

IPods with Minecraft and Computers with Minecraft.

Well I was done.  On Thursday I took it all away.  No more screen time.  No more arguing over who did what to so and so's character, no more crowding around the outlet to charge the IPods, no more tutorials in the background on the newest "mod" or the next coolest thing to build or the bad characters that want to kill you.

I guess I can say I have had enough of Minecraft.  We are going back to a very reasonable amount of computer/electronics time of an hour a day.  And once school starts again, I don't think there will be even time for that.

Hope they enjoyed it while it lasted!

Just a snap before church

I feel like we all wear sports shorts and tanks just about everyday.  So it makes me smile when the kids get a little dressy.

 My Ladybug who wore nothing but dresses for a whole year a few years back now wants shorts, t-shirt and running shoes so she is always ready to play.  But she looks so sweet and grown up when she wears her dress and boots.

And of course daddy dresses up everyday for work.  But my Batman can be found most days shirtless and shoeless with a pair of athletic shorts.  So the cargo shorts with a belt and nice shirt makes me think he is totally dressed up!

And my little man who thought he was totally smarter than me, jumped in the front seat of the truck to go to church and buckled himself up like he belonged there.  

So I totally humored him and I sat with my Ladybug in the back for the short drive.  But he is crazy if he thinks that will be a permanent arrangement.

Having a wondering Sunday!

Ice Cream Social

Hello again!  I have so missed my blogging!  I spent the last two years taking pictures for our yearbook and I have thousands and thousands of pictures that I had to process and I simply stopped using my camera.  I was way too overwhelmed and thought if I didn't take anymore pictures, I wouldn't have to process them and I wouldn't feel bad.

Unfortunately I have missed documenting our lives.  So my plans are to keep it simple and start using my camera again and only capture the things that I love.

And those that I love most had their Ice Cream Social welcome back to school last week!

They are ready.  I am fortunate that I have kids that like going to school and are very excited to go back.  I am completely torn!  I love having them with me everyday.  But I have so much on my plate that it will be a relief to get work done while they are at school and truly enjoy them when they are home!  Boy how life changes as your kids get older!

And just so we can all be honest here.  That wonderful picture you see of a brother and sister that love each other is a little of an illusion.  I had to count down and I had a total of three seconds where Ladybug's arm was allowed around her brother and where they would both smile at the same time!  But of course I got the shot I wanted and I hope someday they can really appreciate how cool it is to have a brother and sister!

And my little man doing a little golfing.

Any my Ladybug with one of her good friends.

Ice Cream Social was a success with a line around the building for over an hour!

One more week to enjoy before school starts!