Uninterested NOT uncoordinated

Owen is on the AYSO Soccer team, the Cheetahs!  His uniform is gigantic.  He refuses to wear his shin pads under the socks or even covered by the socks. He likes the drills before the games and is coordinated. 

He can dribble, steal, and boot the ball within funny game settings, like “stinky cheese” and “goose chase” but once the game starts, he’s bored.  uninterested, DONE.

The pre-game meeting.  Fine.

Running for the hell of it?  Great.

Maybe he’ll at least learn a little team camaraderie?

You know what he is interested in?  Climbing.

The higher the better.

And trees, show the kid a tree and he’ll scramble his way to the top.

Oh well.  We’ll stick out the season.

We’ve prepaid for this hour of misery each week!

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk

Matt had a brilliant idea to go down to Santa Cruz for the night. 

So we did!

We napped on the beach.

Dug a giant hole.  That really took up the whole day.

Tried to take a picture of ourselves.

And worked on the hole some more.

Happy days!

Big Boy Bed: Unplanned Decision

Nathan decided to wake us up this morning at 4:45am (4:45AM!!!!!) by climbing out of his crib and banging on his door, while screaming like he was on fire. 

It’s quite a wake up call I tell you.

I put him back in his bed at least 8 times.  He scrambled out of that crib like a monkey and wailed on his door like a lunatic.

Driving home from the gym this morning we passed a yard sale selling a toddler bed for $15.  I loaded that thing up and hauled it home, just in time for nap!

I’m not sure it’ll solve to early waking and door banging, but at least he won’t break his neck in the process!

Samantha

Owen’s kindergarten class has a pet guinea pig, Samantha.  We brought her home (for volunteer hours) over the long weekend!

We all love her!  She’s so funny.

She provides hours of entertainment.

We’ve signed up to be her “home away from school” whenever possible.  It’s the most painless way to rack up volunteer hours (we need 80!) I’ve found so far!