Nothing but a proud mommy post..

*begin bragging*

Today was Ethan's first official soccer game. His team won...2-1...and Ethan scored 2 goals!!! The game was short..and they had to rotate two 'teams' of players from his team so he had limited time AND half of that time was spent on defense.

He obviously made me proud with the goal scoring (and the running back across the field with his hands up...giving the thumbs up to the crowd)...but he is actually a really really good defender. He was the only one on the team who actually defended the ball..stole it and then passed it up to another player. Then he would run back to his position on defense. Most of the other kids playing defense would get the ball and just try to run with it as far as possible..until reaching the end line of the other teams goal.

He totally "gets" soccer and its totally cool to watch!

When he was on the field the other team didn't score either. The boy is tenacious on the soccer field...and that will be funny for anyone who knows him because his normal personality is, well...less than tenacious! :)

*done bragging*

My wild man...

Typical, everyday Luke.

Wow. My blog is suffering...

I'm not sure what's happening! I could write about the "pooptent" story...from the Soulfest, or I could write the "intentional peeing on the bathroom floor" story...from a few weeks ago, I could write about my new drum heads that are being delivered today, I could write about how the other day was my dad's birthday and if he was still living he would have been turning 70...so yeah, I'm overwhelmed with ideas and finding little motivation to actually write them out.

But..

Today is September 25th. It was 17 years ago on this day that Josh and I stood out on the sidewalk in front of his house in Whitefield and he asked me if I would "go out with him". Funny..looking back on it, but "going out" with someone didn't really mean we were actually going to "go out" anywhere...it just meant that we were going steady...boyfriend/girlfriend.

I would have never imagined us 17 years later spending our "dating" anniversary night at open house with our 2nd grader and kindergartener!

After school snacks..

We only have about a half hour between the time that we get home from school and the time that we need to leave to get to soccer each day....but we just have to fit in a snack of some kind into that time frame.

Luke and I have been enjoying some time to bake together in the afternoons while Jessalyn and Ethan are in school and Owen is napping. Today we made cookies and J and E were super excited to walk in the house and realize what we had been up to...the aroma of freshly baked cookies gave it away:)

As I was getting them their cookies and milk I realized that Owen was not about to be left out of this snack..and not only that, but he was going to sit himself in a big boy seat and wait patiently for his cookie and milk. He was too cute.



I'm not sure who took this cute picture of Owen...I was surprised to see it when I took the pics off my camera. A little detective work will tell me that it was either Ethan or Luke...by the height of the camera. I'm thinking it was Luke:)

A small world

On the very first day of school Ethan instantly found a buddy to hang out with. I don't know what it was..but the two of them quickly hit it off..and have just clicked ever since. (Similar to Jessalyn and her kindergarten buddy, Jenny) If I get any information out of Ethan about what he did at school it will usually involve something having to do with Liam.

I was talking to Papa (my FIL) and mentioning Ethan's good buddy and I mentioned his name. Papa got thinking about it and said that "Grampa Bill" has a great grandson named Liam and that he lives here in Meredith.

You might wonder why I would be surprised by this...but "Grampa Bill" technically isn't Josh's grandfather. Josh's grandfather (who's name happens to be Charles...and yes, last name Brown: Charlie Brown) died quite a few (like more than 10) years ago and Josh's grandmother remarried Bill. They lived in Florida at the time and a few years ago moved to Meredith into an in-law apartment at my in-laws house. Since then Bill has been affectionately known as "Grampa Bill"...my kids didn't know Grampa Brown (Charlie) so they don't think of Grampa Bill as anything less than their great grandfather.

So after talking to Papa about the potential of Liam being related to Grampa Bill I just had to find out for sure. Papa mentioned that this particular Liam that he was thinking of lives on a farm with horses...so when I saw Liam's dad at school I asked him. He said that they do have horses and then I proceeded to explain Liam's "relation" to Ethan. Liam's dad couldn't believe it..and explained that Bill is actually his wife's grandfather.

We joked about how since they are "related" that must be why they get along so well!

On another note...Jessalyn started soccer yesterday. They were supposed to have started on Tuesday but it was pouring rain all day long. We got a call telling us it was canceled and that we could go to the community center to find out what team she is on and get her shirt..and I asked if we had to do that or if we could just find out on Thursday (the next soccer day). Well..apparently I was the only one who did this because Jessalyn was the only kid without a shirt! She really didn't care..and we picked one up after the practice.

She did well. She LOVES soccer...which is exciting to me!

She is getting SO big!


Trying to stay away from Coach Rick..who is trying to steal her ball!




They had to race from two lines around the cones and see who could get to the ball first...then shoot on goal.


She beat this boy twice:)


Trying to stop Jared from scoring..



This is one of Jessalyn's best friend's, Jared. She and Jared were in the same kindergarten class..and then the same first grade class. This is the first year that they are not together..but they still get to hang out at recess and lunch (although, Jessalyn sits with all girls at lunch). They were happy to have been put on the same soccer team though!







Here she is playing "cookie monster"..and she's the monster. Its like "red light, green light"..with her facing the other kids to make them stop coming after the ball's..and then turning her back to them so they can sneak in and steal a "cookie". She is in mid spin..trying to spin all the way around to trick them:)

Followers.

I added the "following" widget thing-a-ma-bob. I think its kind of cool. I checked each of the blogs that I read regularly and none of you have added yet. I was excited to become a "follower" of some blogs....so you all have to add it so we can be followers of each other!

..Oh...and don't forget to become a follower of my blog too!

We had a feeling he was going to be good at soccer...

Ethan had his first soccer practice yesterday! He was so excited and did very well! Soccer is something that he looks quite natural at. He just has the build of a soccer player. I picture him when he gets older being the kid that can run and run and run without getting tired. He seems to "get" soccer and at the end of the practice his head was completely wet with sweat. He worked hard!

I remembered a video that I have on my computer from when Ethan was 10 months old....running around with a soccer ball. He was pretty quick on his feet even then:)

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Here are some pics from him yesterday.....