Here's a quick update on us and what we've been and are going to be up to in the coming months. We have all been quite busy! The kids (and thus I) spend four nights during the week at soccer practices. They both have school and homework, soccer games on the weekends, and weekly Cub Scout meetings and activites. In October, Michael has a weekend at webelos woods. He and Matt will spend the weekend at Camp Merriweather meeting the Boy Scout Troops that Michael may join. Then Matt's off to help with Boy Scout lodge clean up day another weekend in October. Our pack does this so the boys can go sledding up on Mt. Hood in the winter. Also in October, Matt has his Scoutmaster leadership training on a Saturday. Matt's looking forward to a little rest and relaxation by means of a comedian. He and a co-worker have tickets to see Carlos Mancia - a comedian. What better way to relieve a little stress :) This is yet another October event. The boys are already looking forward to their annual trick or treating get together with friends. They've chosen their halloween costumes. They're going to be Star Wars clone troopers. That should make for some great pictures.
I've started volunteering in school this past week. I'm going to spend Tuesdays in Michael's class and Thursdays helping Evan's class. I've also volunteered for some booster club events - sorting cookie dough, helping at Bingo night, helping with the spaghetti dinner, etc. In addition, I'm going to help with some TAG events during the day and after school. Whew - see, I told you things were crazy here. And I still have to find time to fit in all those fun household tasks like laundry and grocery shopping (which I normally do on Sundays), not to mention packing all those school lunches. The boys will not take hot lunch, not matter how much I try to bribe them! Of course there are also dentist appts, orthodontist appointments, haircuts, etc etc. For a little relaxation, I continue to scrapbook with friends monthly. It's great fun getting together with a wonderful group of people. Once a month I also have dinner with some moms who I've known since our youngest kids were born - over 10 years now.
Michael spent the weekend at two birthday parties. We've hardly seen him since Friday. He rode the bus home with his friend Daniel along with some other friends. We picked him up at 8pm Friday evening. On Saturday, both boys had soccer games - Michael at 9am and Evan at 12pm. We stopped by the Intel recycling event in between soccer games and picking up a teammate of Evan's. Matt left Evan's game early to drop Michael off at another friends birthday party. This one was at the Aquatic Center. It started at 1:15pm and he was home about 8:30pm Saturday night. As I type this, he's now at yet another friends house. He seems to enjoy spending more time with friends lately. I guess that's what we'll start to expect as he hits these pre-teen years.
Now back to the soccer season. Michael's team is the LemonHeads. They've played two games - one they've won (6 to 5) and one they've lost (6 to 7). In both games, Michael has played goalie. He's got a great team this year with 17 boys on it. That's a lot of boys for one coach! Evan's team is the Blue Ninjas. They have also played two games - two wins (1 to 0 and 3 to 0)! Evan rotates to either a forward or a defender. He has a natural inclination to be a defender rather than a forward. His team this year has 9 boys on it. The next several weeks, the boys have overlapping games, so Matt and I will switch off taking them to their games. I like being able to watch both games each Saturday. I guess we've been lucky til this point.
Michael and Evan before their first soccer games of the season. Michael is on a U11 boys team and Evan is on a U8 boys team.
Michael saves the ball from going into the goal. He starts to tell his players where to move to so he can either kick or throw out the ball. This is a picture from week 1 of games.
Evan moves the ball down towards the goal and prepares to shoot the ball. This picture is from week 1 of soccer games.
Michael stops another goal! Week 2 of games.
Michael boots the ball down to midfield after stopping another goal. He's got quite a nice drop kick! This is from week 2 of soccer.
Evan kicks the ball downfield to a team mate. He's got quite a long kick which will be great as he continues into soccer. This is from week 2 of soccer games.
Evan moves the ball dowfield with his opponents coming after the ball. This is from week 2 of soccer games.
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