"Mom, I think I'm a better cheerleader"

Sorry the last post wasn't full of stories, just had to catch you up on our early April happenings. This'll make up for it!

Delaney, the awesome reader she is, saw a sign at the Y that was advertising soccer sign ups. Of course, not really understanding what soccer was, she decided she just HAD to sign up. So we trotted over to the desk after a workout and signed her up. Then we trotted to Walmart to buy a soccer ball so she could have some idea of what she had just signed up for.

She caught on quickly and loved her first practice (the ONLY practice before the first big game. However, even if they'd had 10 practices, NOTHING can prepare you for the first game of the 4/5 year old league where everyone and their brother comes out to see everyone and their brother play soccer so there are people everywhere and you aren't totally sure you know what you are doing and you inherited the "If I can't do it perfect I'm not doing it" personality trait from your father and the "I'm going to disappoint someone" personality trait from your mother....so, you decide it would make more sense for you to just stand in front of your mother and bury your head on her b/c you're shy and not sure of yourself. Then, when you don't get the reaction you want there move on to your dad, who has zero sympathy and tells you to get back out there and be a part of the team, after all, you asked to sign up for soccer.

I'm happy to report though, that the initial reaction is gone and she is one "on fire" soccer player. I hope to get some action shots this week...last week's game was at 9am and she had pictures before the game...I wasn't exactly awake enough to grab the camera!!

April in review

On Wednesday of Delaney's spring break, Matt took the day off work. We went to the Old Spaghetti Factory for lunch ~ we even got to sit in the trolley car!!! Then we headed to the zoo to be wild animals for the afternoon.
I think he's way too cute to be a wild animal!!

Maybe goats for our next house aren't such a great option...she really liked posing, but wasn't too sure about petting.

On Friday of that week we surprised the kids with a trip to see Sesame Street Live. Seth also came with us (well, and Dave and Cara too). The kids had a great time. They loved the show and got to eat cotton candy at the intermission....what's not to love about that?!?

Odds and Ends

Okay, first of all, nothing in this post really goes together.

This is what I walked into the other day when the kids said they were going to go to Carson's room to play with some odds and ends. Our children are "honored" enough to live with two control freakish parents that like things in their place, so each bin has an assigned toy or group of toys that go in it. Well, one of them in Carson's room has the "odds and ends" in it, like McDonald's toys, seasonal items, and other toys with no partners....isn't that HILARIOUS!!! Delaney is participating in Book It in school. She is required to read 10 minutes everyday that she has school and earns a Pizza Hut certificate at the end of March and April. We decided to expand on it a little and told her that she had to read for 10 minutes every day. She has filled out more than her fair share of crayons (they are paper and they have to write the title of the book on it) during the last month. She has taken in so many that with the last batch her teacher actually said, "More crayons from Delaney, I'm shocked" in a very sweet, sarcastic voice. It was pretty cute!! This week is her spring break, so she ran out of crayons to write her book titles on on Saturday, so she just has piles of books that are waiting to be logged!!!

The next two stories have no pictures, although they could. One would be inappropriate and the other wasn't snapped that night, so it has lost it's look by now.

First, we have started making the kids wash themselves off on nights that they don't take a bath, I know, they probably should have learned this skill a while ago, but they are my babies!! Well, Carson will sit on his Cars stool in the bathroom washing his feet with his washcloth giggling for the LONGEST time...actually he'd probably sit there until he fell asleep, but we have to encourage him to stop, put on his pajamas, and get into bed.

Second, Carson fell on the bricks in our front yard last week and he scratched up his knee and hand, requiring a Batman bandaid on the hand. Later that night when I was putting Delaney to bed she said, "Boy, Car sure does have a clam dragon nail scrape." I commented that is was pretty yucky looking. Her response, "I'm so glad that's not on his face, ewww." Maybe my girl doesn't dig scars!!!!