Time to clean off the phone! I have pictures going back to January!
Have a great day!
Goooooalll!
Well, not really a goal but still a great soccer game all around! Spencer might not have scored but he’s still a soccer star in my book because he hustled, he played, and he had fun!! Such a big difference from the first games of the season!
Maxwell was a huge help to Robert getting the balls out the net and grabbing them as they went out of bounds. He got his workout in!
Samantha was actually very well behaved too! Thanks to a cup of goldfish, she sat in the chair and watched for a long time! When she was up, she was just walking around to everyone making new friends! 🙂
When the game was over, the team huddled up for one final cheer and baby couldn’t help but get all up in there too!
I’m so, so proud of Spencer! Especially when Robert looked at the roster and realized he’s the second youngest on his team. He’s doing his best out there and we loved watching him run his heart out! Thumbs up for this soccer stud!
Check mate!
We had a great weekend. On Saturday Robert took Maxwell to the end of the year Chess Tournaparty! Maxwell takes chess up at school one morning at week and has really liked it. I was a little surprised – and very pleased! – when he said he wanted to to go the party. They were supposed to wear their t-shirt and all of the bands they had gotten through the year on their arms!
If you collect all 25 of the bands you get a special black t-shirt! Only 11 black shirts have ever been given out so it’s a pretty big accomplishment. The first hour of the Tournaparty was just for the “Little Genuises” which are the pre-school aged kids. Like in his weekly classes, they played games and sang songs and made chess lots of fun.
Maxwell made it all the way down to the last group in “Chessmaster Says”…
and visited “Junk Food Mountain” a few times too!
He also won his match up! “I wish you the best of luck!”
Maxwell has been lucky this year because the head of The Knight School, Dr. Brooks, has been the teacher of their class at IPC. As Robert was leaving the Tournaparty with Maxwell on Saturday, Dr. Brooks stopped him to tell him how impressed he’s been with Maxwell and said that he is one of his top 3 preschool players in the state! whoa! He said Maxwell really should be playing a level up and competing with 3rd graders to really challenge him. That makes me so proud!! A few months ago I had emailed Dr. Brooks to tell him Maxwell would miss a class and he emailed back saying “He is awesome in chess! Clearly plays a lot at home. Good job!” I wish I could say that was true but Robert had only played about 2 games with him at home at that point! ha! We’re definitely going to encourage him to keep taking chess next year and will do even more of this at home this summer…
Go Chess Master Maxwell!
Allergies
Ever since Spencer was a baby, his allergies have given him issues. Evidence here and here. His eyes get super red and itchy but, the worst part, is that he can’t breathe. He has allergy induced asthma and he’s been on Singular for over a year to manage it. We also started a daily inhaler recently. Dr. Walley said that, at this point, we should get him allergy tested and check into the possibility of weekly shots to try and reduce his symptoms and get him off of some of these meds.
Last week we went up for the testing. We stopped off for a cake pop on the way…I thought he deserved a treat before we even got started!
The allergy doctor has a good waiting room which entertained Spencer plenty…
then we got into the cool dinosaur room and waited…
and waited and waited and waited.
A full hour and 15 minutes after our appointment time, the doctor finally came in. They tested Spencer for a variety of trees, grasses, dogs and cats. He really was so brave and did so well for all of it.
But, when those allergens started to react – poor, poor buddy. He just wanted to scratch them all so bad!! I spent the next 20 minutes trying to distract him and blowing on his back.
The nurse finally came in and recorded the “scores”. He got a +4 (the highest level!) on all the trees and grasses. Whoa. The allergy doctor – who has been doing this for years and seen has 1000s of patients – was even a little shocked at how inflamed they were and the fact that he was only 3 years old! He definitely recommended starting the allergy shots asap. The idea is that the shots will hopefully help him wean off of the daily meds he’s having to take now and hopefully eliminate the issues with asthma.
We went back up this week on Wednesday for the first round of shots. Spencer was incredibly well-behaved and did SO well during the shots. Here he is showing me his 3 bandaids….
and saying, “Momma, I was re-wee brave!!”
Yes, he was really brave. I hate he’s having to do this but am just hopeful it will help. One round of shots down…only 3 to 5 years to go!
Have a great weekend!
Spectators
Playing baseball is fun…watching baseball is maybe not as much fun. At least not when you’re 1 and 3!! I had my work cut out for me entertaining Spencer and Samantha during practices and games this t-ball season. But, we made it. Luckily we had some extra spectators with us for the final game to help entertain the crew. We love getting to see baby Margaret!
This is how it all looked from the cheap seats…
I’d say Maxwell had some pretty good cheerleaders up in the stands! Goooooo A’s!