N is playing soccer again this fall and is having a lot of fun. N is not a very aggressive child, so he very rarely actually makes contact with the ball, but he has a good time. He loves practice and does very well at dribbling and kicking there, but I think he gets a little intimidated at the actual games. He told me that he likes the practice a lot better because at the games noone would give him the ball! He does not seem interested in trying to get it away from them, but has a good time running around and playing with his friends! We are wondering if team sports is really going to be his thing, but as long as he is asking to play and having a good time, we are going with the flow. Daddy has been helping out with some of the coaching and we have been trying to teach N the importance of helping out your teammates and obeying the coach.
M has just as much fun as N and is ready to play!
The parrots called "hello" to the boys which they all thought was very neat. Afterwards, M called "heyo" to every bird he saw. Here is a picture of him trying to get another one to talk!:
N sat out from the petting of the goats due to a tiny scrape on his knee that caused him a lot of drama!:
Here are some pictures of all of the boys at the Rose Garden. The garden was in full bloom and beautiful, but the boys were not too thrilled... the grown ups enjoyed it!
M was all smiles until we tried to take a posed shot...
This is about as good as we could get...
Actually, N was not in a picture taking mood either...
Here is a picture of Aunt Julie, Raines and Davis at the pumpkin patch!
N had fun getting his face painted:
I just had to take this picture of his foot... He has the cutest little feet... They are like little bricks!I know this sounds like an engagement announcement, but around here we are all abuzz that M now says, "Yes!" He still tries to sneak in an "Uh-Huh" from time to time, but this is a huge milestone in our family. He also says "Joosh" a.k.a. "Juice" which is another big deal. He has been calling it "How" for months, so needless to say this is improvement! He is trying so hard bless his heart, and I know that many more words are to come!
We have had beautiful weather this week, so I decided to let the boys paint their pumpkins outside. They had so much fun! N painted his very meticulously and gave it stripes like a rainbow, while M's looked like he had just dumped all the paint on the pumpkins and smashed it around! They had a great time and it was a fun fall memory... except for when I washed M's shirt and realized that the paint we had used did not wash out! Oh well, it was worth it!
These are the boys' "concentration faces":
M purses his lips and N sticks out his tongue!
M is absolutely nuts about our Golden Retriever, Lucy. She is the first thing he looks for when we get out of the car and the first thing he looks for when he walks into the playroom in the morning with his juice. He is always letting her in when I don't want her in and getting her to sit with him on the couch when I am not looking. They are two peas in a pod! A few weeks ago I accidentally left the gate open one morning and Lucy got out. I told the boys that we needed to go look for Lucy because she was not in the yard. N looked at me and said, "Mommy, I tink she wan away. I guess we haf to get a new dog!" He didn't seem phased at all and went about his morning business. M on the other hand, immediately put on his rain boots and pulled my hand to the front door. The little munchkin walked up and down our cul-de-sac with me calling out, "Yu-Yee!" in his big voice until she came barrelling up to us. He was beside himself with concern and kept holding out his little hands and asking for her.
