Carson and Dillon's First Soccer Games

Saturday we had Carson and Dillon's first soccer games!  They both had an absolute blast!  

Carson managed to score a goal completely on his own and he and Joey kicked a couple in together.   At this age it's really just a pack of kids kicking each other as they attempt to kick the ball.  He tended to hang back a little, hesitant to get in the thick of it.  Towards the end of the game he was being a little more aggressive.  

 Dillon REALLY wanted to be goalie.  He got to, but of course the time he was there the defense was doing a really good job and the ball never even got to him.  He did a great job getting into the action and you can tell he's starting to get it.  

First Days of School! Kindergarten, 3rd and 4th Grades!

It's that time of year.  I start losing my babies for 6+ hours a day.  They're all super excited about school but it still makes me sad.  

Tuesday was the first day for Kayda and Dillon! 

They had a really good day!  Kayda has a first year teacher but seems to like her and Dillon has the same teacher Kayda had last year.  It's going to be a good year.  They came out with smiles on their faces and were ready to go Wednesday too!

Today was the first day of kindergarten!  Carson has been so excited to go, I have been getting more and more anxious.  I remember vividly how difficult the beginning of last year was for him and I was so concerned.  This was the first year I cried sending a kid to school.  Maybe it's because it's my last kiddo to start school, maybe it was because of how nervous I was that he would be anxious.  I love how he's "shading" his eyes in this picture!

We walk to school and Carson was super excited to ride his bike!

We walked in, got his stuff put away, switched over his name and then he started coloring.

He wrote his name, Daddy introduced him to a little boy across the table, and I asked him if he was ready for Mommy to go.  He said yes!  Immediately, without any hesitation.  So we gave him kisses and left.  Of course a couple minutes later we snuck a peek through the door to see if he was still ok.  He was completely fine and ready for the day.  Here's hoping he comes home happy!

Last week of summer

We decided to cram a bunch of excitement into the last week before school! 

Thursday, Carson and Dillon got to go meet their teachers.   Dillon has the same one Kayda had last year (Yay!).  Kayda's teacher is a new hire and couldn't be there so she got to go see her room. 

 Carson didn't want a picture but these kiddos mostly cooperate!

Then Friday Daddy took the day off so we could go to Wild Waves. It was forecasted for a chance of thunderstorms.  It ended up raining the beginning of the day which meant we didn't have to wait for the water slides at all!   We went over to the rides,  back to the water and then rides again.  We were absolutely exhausted by the end but the kids had a blast.   Carson decided he LOVES when his "tummy tickles".  Which is kind of unfortunate when he needs an adult for most rides and Mommy and Daddy don't handle it well.  We sucked it up.   Just grin and bear it!

 He didn't want the "before" picture.

 Such good photo subjects!

 This is a terrifying picture of me HATING this ride but Carson has the BIGGEST grin!

 Sunday Daddy took the kids to go boating with Uncle Greg.   Mom's Grandma and Uncle Bob both passed away in the last week and a half and didn't much feel like socializing.   I'm glad Daddy and Uncle Greg could take them. Carson rode the tube once with Daddy but mostly just wanted to crawl around the boat. Dillon could've ridden the tube the whole day happily.   Kayda was pulled underwater with the tube and was nervous after that.  They all came home wanting to do it again.

After that they got to go celebrate Grandma H's birthday, which means cousins.   They love seeing them!