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Goal!!!!!!

September 23, 2014

Well, here we are again. Soccer season! Maxwell is playing Sunday soccer for the second year in a row and, man oh man, what a difference a year makes. Last year was rough at the beginning of the season to say the least…lots of tears, not a lot of playing soccer!  This year though? Maxwell is all about going after the ball and getting it in that goal!  Robert is the coach again this year and we had a great – and HOT – game 1!

Getting warmed up with little brother there to help!

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soccer

Maxwell got his soccer shirt (blue team again!) when we got out there so had to change shirts.  Spencer kept trying to take his shirt off too because he wanted a special soccer one like brother!

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Maxwell sitting on the line ready to get started!

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After a little practice, the game got started and Maxwell was ready to go from the first whistle!

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soccer

soccer

There were casualties right and left the whole game.

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But, the good thing about 3 and 4 year olds is that they don’t have very far to fall!

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Pretty soon, Maxwell got the ball and started heading down the field!

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and GOAL!!!!

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After a good smile and a thumbs up to me he was back at it again!

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soccer

I love how he’s trying to block that other player out and get the ball…

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soccer

soccer

He got control and started heading for the goal again!

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soccer

GOAL!!  No picture but he was pretty happy and took a water and Teddy Graham break.  🙂

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Then he hopped back on the field to score one more goal!

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soccer

GOAL!!

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Maxwell was super happy he got “3 balls” which I explained was actually “3 goals!” ha!

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And while the 3 goals he scored were great, I was most proud of him for playing so hard and for getting back up after he got knocked down several times!  That’s what we’re hoping to learn in soccer, for sure!  I will say, 3/4 year old soccer is a hoot to watch – it’s barely controlled chaos – but they’re all so cute and trying so hard. I could not be prouder of my soccer player out there trying his hardest!

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Go Blue Team!

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Two Wheelin’

September 4, 2014

On Sunday Maxwell decided he wanted to give his new bike a little test ride.  So, we took him out in the alley behind the house and went for a quick little spin.  He was pretty trepidatious at first but warmed up and did great….on what was a VERY short trip!  🙂  But, it was a great first start and I see many afternoons of bike riding in his future!

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bike

bike

bike

bike ride

bike ride

bike ride

bike ride

bike ride

bike ride

bike ride

One loop down and back and that was enough for day one!

bike ride

“Phew. My head is sweaty, Momma.”

bike ride

Go Speed Racer!

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The more the merrier

July 25, 2014

You know how you envision your life a certain way? Well, I always envisioned my life with 2 kids. Just 2.

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Guess this is one of the few times I’ll admit I was wrong.  🙂

big brother

big brother

We’ll be a family of FIVE in late January! Bring on the chaos…it’s gonna be fun!

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The 4th!

July 11, 2014

Finishing up the Naples pics with the 4th of July! We started the day with a trip to the beach!

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Spencer was dressed especially patriotically! (is that a word?)

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We then went back to the house and enjoyed our last full day by taking it easy on GJ who had a broken rib.

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They’re so gentle with the injured.

GJ and Maxwell then baked a cake for America. They knew he was coming! 🙂

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Cheers!

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Then the cousins showed up and we had – what else? – another tea party!

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This time with cake!

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We played trucks and princesses…

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and decorated the house for the holiday!

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We played outside in the hot, HOT weather…

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and cooled off with a popsicle!

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After plenty of outside play, the kids were pooped…

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So we chilled out with some lunch and some Frozen (for about the 253rd time that week!)

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It was a great 4th all around. I have to say though, Robert and I were the most patriotic of all…

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a living flag for goodness sake!  🙂

Hope you all had a great week.  Happy Friday!

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Summer Vacay part 2

July 10, 2014

More Naples…more fun!

Robert got to play golf while I drove the cart…

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The boys had another tea party…

tea party

We rented a bike for Maxwell to practice on all week.  He wants one for his birthday so we thought this would be a good introduction. He was so excited about it he rode it out of the store!

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He was pretty proud and rode it all around the courtyard for a while…

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bike

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But then he managed to fall off twice and got a little skittish about the bike. He really spent more time on the tricycle which was fine.  We’ll get him riding that bike with a little practice!

Spencer loved his bike ride!

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gj and spencey

We went to the beach some more…this time with new trucks!

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beach

beach

And we spent lots of time swimming in the pool!

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pool

I wish every day could be vacation day!

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See you tomorrow!

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