RF: Soccer

Our little town of Rineyville has it's own youth soccer league. At the age of 4, there's not a lot of things out there for him. So when I found out they had a U6 (under 6 years old) team, we signed him up. Jack was so excited to pick out spikes and shin guards. I was excited because it's another way for him to meet a few kids that would probably be in kindergarten with him this fall. Plus all the other good stuff that sports bring. Well, a few Tuesdays ago, he had his first practice. It was right after we had a parent meeting for the whole league. This is when I found out they even had a U4 age group. I was surprised that Jack was old enough to play soccer in this league, but Ty could play too?!?!?! This was great news because Ty was pretty sad when Jack got to go play soccer with the other kids and he had to hang out with me and Bodie. So I contacted the soccer league and Ty's age group still had openings so we got to sign Ty up for soccer as well. He was one happy kid!
   Our weekends for the next 6 weeks will be fully consumed by soccer. Jack has a game every Saturday AND Sunday. Plus we even have away games for Jack, which cracks me up. Then Ty has a game every Saturday afternoon. Jack's on the Wildcats and Ty's on the Sugar Babies. :-) Their first games were this past weekend. Since our families weren't here to to help cheer on Jack and Ty, our amazing neighbor Tonya came out to help us be loud! (We are so amazingly lucky to have her and her family in our lives!!!)
    It was a long Saturday! There was an opening ceremony at 9, Jack had his first game at 10, then we were back at the field at 2 for Ty's game. Jack's game went as one would think a group of 4 and 5 year olds playing soccer for the first time would go. Hahahah! But they had fun!!! Jack seemed to play with the string on his shorts more than the soccer ball, but he had his moments of greatness. We played a team that had played together for 3 seasons, and knew a lot more about what they were doing. Our team....not so much. We had one practice on a field that didn't have any lines painted on it. Our coach was a little frazzled at the end, but Jack had fun and that's all that matters. It was pretty entertaining. For Jack's second game on Sunday....there was a big improvement! The Wildcats seemed to understand a little bit more about where they should be and what they should be doing. At one point I turned into "That mom" and had to yell to snap Jack back into the game since he was standing IN the goal with his face pushed through one of the holes in the net. HAHAHAHH!!! I must have yelled his name 6 times before he heard me, he was in his own world. :-) After the game we told him that he can't stand in the goal and squish his face through the holes like that, and asked him why he was doing it. His repsonse....I was making silly faces. Well, OK then. I should have known! He did score a goal in Sunday's game, it was for the other team, but it was still him kicking the ball in a goal! :-) We were so proud of him!! He did great! (other than the squishy goal face episode)
   As for Ty, he did great too. The Sugar Babies didn't have a practice or anything. We just show up 20 minutes before the game and they practice then. So Ty's first game was his first time meeting his teammates and coach. His coach is really sweet, and in this age group, the coaches are on the field helping direct the kids on where to go and what to do. (Personally I think that's how it should be for Jack's age group too) It took Ty a minute, but then he warmed right up and had so much fun! The smile on his face was HUGE! He did so well too. I actually got to capture my favorite moment from Ty's game on video...it sums it all up..... (Ty's the blondie in the orange tshirt)

The boys are loving soccer, and it gets us out of the house with something new to do on the weekends. Fun for all! :-)
My soccer boys

I LOVE this picture because Jack is the only one running away from the ball! :-)

Jack in action.

Prom date pose.

Ty's team

Multitasking. Soccer and thumb sucking.

Ty's action shot

Bodie supporting his brothers

RF: The Climber

I know it's just natural instinct for kids to climb stuff. Bo gives me anxiety though. Here he is doing his best impression of a monkey at the gate on the stairs. The funny thing is he's mastered his dismount and gets down from there with no issues! Impressive.

RF: Big Bro

Ty is a great big brother! He loves Bodie and is trying to mold him into a mini Titus. The other night while I was making dinner I had Bo in his high chair having a snack and Ty took his garbage truck over to him. Ty played in the table next to Bodie for almost 30 minutes. The whole time Ty was examining how the garbage truck worked and what the workers do, and where everyone would sit if our family went for a ride in this garbage truck and how it dumps out the load at the landfill. I regret not videoing this because it was so sweet and hilarious! :-) I wonder if Bo will have a natural, not at all weird, borderline obsessive, love for all things garbage like his brothers????

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RF: Monkey See

Bodie is just rushing through his infantdom. I guess having 2 older brothers, that he watches like a hawk, give him these ideas that he's a big kid too. I noticed it with Ty at this age too. It seems like Jack was able to be a baby much longer than Ty and Bo. He had to figure it out in his own, Ty and Bo follow the motto, "see one do one".
The other day we were out front playing and Bo wanted nothing to do with his toys, he was all about the rocks, and trying to knock Ty off his bike. Jack was drawing a family picture with chalk and Bodie was all over that too. He's pretty quick, and was all over the place. Not sure how I'm going to wrangle 3 of them when we're out somewhere and Bo can walk. :-)

This is my favorite piece of art from Jack yet! He was drawing our family. This was totally on his own. The rectangular thing in the upper left is a garbage can, then there's a spider. (these are his 2 favorite things) Then there's a little baby Bo, a slightly bigger Ty, and then a medium Jack. After Jack, there's a large Mom, and of course next would be a very large Dad. He wrote everyone's names by their heads (w/o any help from me) drew a box around all of us and told me the story of his picture. It was all of us in a house then we caught the spider and threw him in the trash. :-) What a family we are, hot pink, über long stick people, with a dead spider and a trash can! :-) Love it!!!!


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RF: Tough Mudder

A huge amount of fun for such a tiny puddle!

RF: Boys = Mess

I'm starting to wonder if the messes find my boys or if they are just lucky enough to always find the mess. Jack and Ty found a teeny tiny mud puddle in the back yard the other night. This night was already a messy one since we had spaghetti for dinner. It was 80 degrees outside so we enjoyed our spaghetti dinner on the deck, a spaghetti picnic if you will. Bodie LOVED his dinner! He's getting pretty stubborn when it come to dinner time too. Not about the food he's eating just about how it's getting in his mouth. He would much rather feed himself! After a few times of us feeding him, his arms start flying and he's done. He wants to do it himself. This equals a mess, but it's working for him! Of course I don't help the mess when I give him a full sippy cup of milk and forget to put the valve in the lid. Ooopsie!! In that case the I helped the mess find him. :-)

Ty's Mud splatter from watching his feet while jumping in the puddle

Their clothes had their own little laundry load after this.



Double Forks!!


Pre mud puddle


Big mouthful of spaghetti hand


I wanted to cry over this.


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RF: Soccer

We signed Jack up for soccer. He had his first practice this week with the Wildcats. He was a little overwhelmed at first but came around quickly and loved every minute of it! He actually did pretty well too. I'm guessing it was all the practice running in his spikes that he did earlier that day. Hahaha! I wish I videoed that....he would run really fast, back and forth, across the back yard all while watching his feet in his new soccer shoes. :-)
Ty of course was totally bummed that he couldn't play soccer with Jack at his practice. But little did we know they even had an age group for him. They still had openings so Ty even gets to play soccer this year too. I thought Jack was in the youngest age group. A group of 2 & 3 year olds playing soccer could possibly be the cutest and craziest thing I've ever seen. Ty's first practice is this weekend, the pictures of him will follow. :-)

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RF: Visitors

My cousin Lexie and her boyfriend Chris came to visit us for their spring break. We had such a great time! The boys loved the extra attention, endless games of hide and go seek, and getting to show Chris and Lex some of their favorite things to do. We took them to our "must go to" place....the zoo. We went to our favorite playground, got ice cream and even took them bowling. I'm not sure who was more worn out, the boys or the grown ups. :-) We had an amazing time with them both and hope they had as much fun as us! Thanks Lex and Chris, for a great couple days!!!

On the way to the zoo.

Wonder what the orangutan is thinking. :-)


They love the snakes !!!


Jack and one of his favorites... A huge creepy spider.


They got to pet a baby boa.


Bodie holding on. :-)


Num num!!!


Taking a break.


At our favorite playground.


Everyone enjoying the swings


Boing, boing, boing


Ice cream snack


That blur is Chris. :-)


Lex and Jack watching their pins



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RF: Bolt

Jack got Bolt the Big Puppy from Santa this year. They are best friends and Bolt takes many road trips with us. He always has to stay in the car, but enjoys the ride.
I guess with all the attention Ty's been getting with potty training, Jack decided Bolt was a big boy and got his own pair of big boy undies. This is how Bolt woke up from nap yesterday. The comedic highlight of my day and the main reason I had to post this picture is that what Jack told Tom and I last night while putting everyone to bed, Bolt included. Jack, very nonchalantly and out of no where, told us how he made Bolt anatomically correct by putting his tail between his legs. It took everything in me not to fall to floor in laughter. The random stuff he comes up with and just blurts out for no reason cracks me up and scares me for what future phone calls I will be receiving form his teachers. :-)

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RF: Door stopper

Who knew a little springy door stopper would bring HOURS of entertainment??

RF: Goldeners

This is a blog about our furry babies. Our dogs have huge personalities. Sadie spends most of her time on our bed or the guest bed, Lola prefers the couch and her dog bed at night. Lola joins us every time we read to the boys before bed. Sadie will do anything for her tennis ball, Lola's all about the food. They play and wrestle with each other just like the boys do. Sadie loves to go in and out all day long. Her favorite spot outside is on the welcome mat, basking in the sun, even if it's freezing. Lola has to be dragged outside and really just would rather stay on the couch. If she is outside you can see her removing the rocks from our landscaping and destroying Tom's pear tree. Lola's a snuggler, always laying on you as soon as you sit down, Sadie scampers off if you sit any where with in 3 ft of her. They both love giving Tom's hiding place away during hide and seek, Lola makes it her mission. Hahah! They are the beat cleanup crew after a meal with 3 messy boys. They're both amazing with the kids and we love them both so much!

Most of these are of Lola. She is the crazy one. :-)

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RF: Costumes

Jack loves dressing up! I have not been able to store his Halloween spider costume yet, he wears it at least 4-5 days a week. We have a Batman costume that gets a lot of action too. My cowboy hat seems to be a regular accessory item as well as his snow boots and anything pirate related.
Last week when the Puss In Boots movie came out, he had some thing new to dress up as. We were watching theories and jack disappeared upstairs and came down wearing his snow boots. This costume only got better as the day went on. He Put on his jeans so he could wear his spiderman belt so he could have a place to tuck his sword. He also gained my cowboy hat. Then Jack started to really get into character. Jack wanted to just wear the hat, belt and boots so Tom had to tell him that of he was going to be Puss In Boots he has to at least wear his skivvies even if Puss doesn't wear pants. Oh yes, that is a conversation Tom never thought he'd have. :)

Bodie is the Joker.

The Dark Knight


Giddy-up


The clothed Puss In Boots


I wonder if this is what Tom Sellek looked like as a toddler.


Arrggghh


It really glowed.


My spider, outside, drawing a chalk spider. Obsessed?!?!!


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