Halloween 1998

Halloween 2003

Halloween 2008Man, times have changed.

Zach had an incident with the goalpost at the soccer game this morning. The goalpost came out of nowhere and clocked him in the head. Everyone heard the “ping!” and the crowd all gasped “oh!” He was a trooper…cried for about 5 minutes and then played the rest of the game. He came “this close” to scoring two goals after that…both times the ball hit the goalpost! You can't really see it in this picture, but he did have a goose egg on his forehead.

We had another interesting political conversation. Adam informed me that George Washington, President Bush and John McCain were all running for president. When I questioned him he said “oh yeah, I forgot that girl.” So I had to explain that George Washington was the FIRST president a long time ago (to which he said…”like in the olden days when they didn’t have color”) and President Bush is the CURRENT president. Then he remembered the “other guy” who was running too…Barak Obama.

Wow. It’s been a while since I posted anything. I guess we’ve been busy. Zach had is five year appointment this month, and received five shots. Yes, five shots. The first two were fine. Number three and four hurt and little…number five did him in. “I never want to come to this doctor again!” he said. He is 40 ¾” tall (12%) and weighs 37.5 lbs (30%). His favorite thing about preschool is recess ("I like the monkey bars and tire swing") and painting.

We’ve had several soccer games…one game we got creamed by a team whose coach liked to yell “Shazam it!” when her team was near the goal. Rumor has it she has practice three times a week. Both Zach and Adam scored goals this week. Scott is out of town at his own “old man” soccer tournament.

Yesterday we went to the pumpkin patch at Prairie Pines. The boys enjoyed riding the little train, going through a kids haunted house (the boys told me there were funny green space men in there), and playing on the playground, which also had a little wooden playhouse.



We rode a hayrack ride out to a corn maze. Then we picked our pumpkins. We had already picked some pumpkins for carving about two weeks ago, but someone stole them off our front porch. So, I let the boys pick whatever pumpkin they wanted to carve (within reason). I didn’t realize how heavy they were going to be. As we were walking back to the main entrance, I dropped one and it split in half! Luckily, there were no tears, and we all laughed about it.



Adam asked me “how come everyone is so excited about this presidential election?” I asked him if he knew the names of the candidates running for office. He did, and pronounced them perfectly. I asked who told him about the election, and he answered “I just know.” Either he picks it from the news, or they are teaching politics in Kindergarten.

Two more birthdays have come and gone. Zach turned five on Friday and I turned…well, let’s just say I’m closer to 40 than 30 now.

We had our soccer team pictures this morning, and then a game, our second game of the season. The Wacky Wildcats held their own this time...it was a close game and action packed. Zach came “this close” to making three goals today…he would miss the goal by just inches. Adam scored two goals.

After the game and lunch, we opened presents and ate ice cream and cake. Tonight we’re grilling out…Scott’s specialty…steaks!

For his birthday, Zach got two cars – an ambulance and school bus - a rocket balloon kit and, of course, more legos. He got a lego kit to make a fire engine, which he promptly turned over to Adam so Adam could read the instructions and make the truck for him. He also got a big box of just “bricks,” square and rectangle legos in all sizes, with no instructions. THAT was the one Zach dove into.

We always let the boys pick out gifts for Scott and I…things they think we would like. They can choose anything they want. And somehow, it always turns out to be something THEY would like too. What a coincidence. Watch below to see what I got for my birthday today.

The Wacky Wildcats had their first game today. They didn't fare so well against the other team...who looked like giants compared to our little boys. There are five boys on the team, including Adam and Zach.

Here's Zach, taking control of the ball. He is not the one kicking the ball in...he's standing by Scott at first. Before you watch these videos you might want to turn your volume down a bit...I'm kinda loud.

And Adam...he does have the ball first...then loses it and then gets it back. Again, the volume. Also, I'm trying to watch the game AND tape it at the same time...so sometimes the camera is not aimed exactly where it should be.