Friday evening we took Will to see his buddy Griffin play soccer. It was at an indoor arena in Rossford with a group called Lil' Kickers. Griffin is 5 and comes from a family of talented athletes so it was fun to see him play - and he is good! Griffin's dad Lester was there and he brought Will out onto a little side field area to kick around some balls. Will had a blast! It was so cute to see him out there and he basically ran for 45 minutes straight. He kept coming up to the glass wall and yelling "I'm playing soccer, mommy! I'm playing soccer!" And then going to the sidelines of Griff's game and yelling "Go Griff! Yay Griff!"
I had no idea Will was going to have the opportunity to play out there so he wasn't really dressed appropriately and the funny thing about Will is that once he's wearing a sweatshirt or jacket, he never wants to take it off, even when it's warm out. So after awhile I had to MAKE him take the vest and hat off. Just wait till you see how sweaty he'd gotten!
And look at this one - I hardly recognize my sweaty, little boy! And isn't Griff cute with his little surfer boy hair? :)
Much-needed water break:
When I see how much fun he's having out there, I think it would be cool to get Will involved in something low-key for his age group. But then I'm torn because he's only two, and he's away from us all day during the week. So between coming home to take a load off, getting dinner and a bath, and getting to bed by 8... I hesitate to add extra-curricular activities that will make for more chaos. That's inevitable in the future anyway. Do I really want to start it so young when having dinner together as a family is probably more important? Hmm... decisions, decisions. It hadn't really occurred to me that we'd be thinking about this so soon.
In the meantime, Craig went out and bought Will a Nike soccer ball today to kick around the house. Craig & I both hold the value of sports (and being part of a team) pretty high, so it's fun to see Will taking an interest. We hope both our kids are active in sports. But it makes me laugh that it only takes the mention of Will's interest in a particular sport to make Craig rush out and get him the ball to facilitate that interest. Craig is more of a football/basketball kind of guy, so he said tonight "I don't know much about soccer, but this looks like a pretty sweet ball!" :)
Saturday was a "hang-around-the-house" sort of day. There's so much I want to do with the kids, but if we don't take time to relax, we're going to burn out. And we had Sunday pretty well packed with activities. So Saturday we did laundry, cooked a nice meal, rented a movie and had a slow day.
Getting ready for bath. Sophie LOVES her feet. :)
Sunday morning, the kids and I were up and out the door by 8 a.m. for the annual Susan Komen Walk for the Cure. My mom and I do it every year and I love including the kids now. This is Will's 3rd year. He always rides along in a carrier and now that he's nearing 30#... I'm pretty sure this was his last year of that. Strollers are just ridiculous at the race amidst 18,000+ people (another new record this year!) so I think next year we may do a little "training camp" and see if he can't do the 1-mile family fun walk instead. It would be a dream for me to one day participate in running road races with my kids. I'd love that! So anyway, I carried Will on my back and mom carried Soph.
After all his "hard work", Will has to stretch it out before we head home. :)
He even got a cheese stick at one of the booths to "refuel". :)
Okay, so we headed home, got lunch, Will went down for an early nap while Sophie and I cuddled up for a nap too. Then we headed out to MacQueen Orchards in early afternoon to check out the "apple farm". Nana gave Will a pre-K Weekly Reader from her school that was all about apples. So he did a little research on the way out to the orchard.
What a BEAUTIFUL property they have out there! With rolling hills surrounding the house, a farmers market and gift shop that smell like apple fritters and cider, a vast orchard and activites for the kids... it was a fun little trip. With Will still so young, we opted not to actually pick our own apples, but we did walk through the orchard and check out the trees. Then on the way out, we just purchased some honeycrisp apples and cider.
One of the first things Will saw upon arrival were the ponies for the kids to ride. He immediately wanted to go see them, said he wanted to ride them, stood by that statement as we waited in line for our turn and paid the nice lady... then promptly changed his mind as soon as Craig placed him in the little saddle. Craig did his best to reassure him that he'd walk right beside him, but in the end there was no pony riding to be had. One day maybe...
Instead, Will opted for something a little less scary... the little, colorful "train" that drove us for a few loops through the trees.
Then we took a stroll through the orchard...
My favorites:
Leaving the orchard, we stopped home to pick up a dish for the dinner we were headed to. Will immediately spotted the combine in the field and HAD to get out and watch it for awhile.
Both my brothers have September birthdays, so we celebrated with a family dinner for both of them. Steak and twice baked potatoes - mmm! Will ate a good size chunk of steak and 3 servings of broccoli, cauliflower and carrots.
Their gift from mom and dad was a set of hand-painted Notre Dame cornhole boards for each of them.
Casey with Stella, Amanda with Mya, and Grandma with Sophia
Silly Sophie :)
Stella & Mya will be 4 months this Friday!
For awhile now, I've been meaning to get a picture of my grandma with both my kids. My grandma is very important and close to me and I love this picture with Will looking at her and Sophie in her arms.
Dessert - "Mud pudding". Happy Birthday Zach and Taylor!
No comments:
Post a Comment