Surprise---A Soccer Game!!!

Today we went to C's usual weekly soccer practice and none of our team members were there. I called Zach to see if he knew what was up, but he didn't. Just as we were getting ready to leave, our coaches showed up, along with their kids. As I made my way towards the nearest open soccer field, (and as I realize that I am getting my feet nearly stuck in the only mud anywhere in the area--no mud anywhere else) I start to wonder why our coach is talking to another coach and all of that team is in their game uniforms. It turns out we had a make-up game today that had been rained out last week! The first thing I did was an internal panic--we didn't bring C's uniform! I relaxed as I noticed that none of our team was in uniform--Phwew!!!

The game turned out to be a lot of fun and they "won" 13 t 3, as reported by all of the kids who were very careful to keep score. J and E were so well behaved (up until the very end when E insisted that he needed to go play with C on the field) and a good time was had by all!

I am off to some very long overdue sleep! Last night was a long and sleepless one for some reason at our house. Two of the boys kept waking up and we all had a hard time getting back to sleep. Tomorrow is my sweet J's 4th birthday and I am in denial! We will have a "family party" tomorrow, consisting of the dinner of J's choice prepared by his loving mother, cake and a few gifts. He will have his Spider-man "friend party" on Saturday!! Really---I am so blessed!!

Rough and Tumble Boys

Here is the most recent picture of the boys, taken right before C's last soccer practice. You might be able to see E's black eye....he fell down the stairs last week and now we are getting to see all of the lovely colors that follow! It scared him, but he was OK and thankfully the black eye was the only injury.

Caleb loves playing soccer, which is new to us this year. He has lots of great kids on his team and wonderful coaches, which always makes things so much more fun. J is all ready to play next season--so tired of watching big brother and not getting to be on the field himself! He is being very patient, though!

This week we have a lot going on.....Friday J and E have thier first Trike Derby! Friday night we have a Harvest Hoe Down at Caleb's school and get to work the dunking booth! Saturday night the older boys will have their first sleepover here. They saved up their "dad dollars", which is a reward system that we have set up, and get to have a sleepover party. They are beyond excited! We will take lots of pictures of everything and be sure to post them!