Friday, April 19, 2013

Pajamas and Books

 So, I meant to make the boys pajamas for Christmas and never got to it.  Then, I thought it would be perfect to make them Easter pajamas, but Easter came and went and I still didn't get around to it.  Finally I made them.  I'm proud of my handi-work since this is first time I have ever made pajamas and I just winged it.  They turned out really cute.  I don't have a picture of Landon's because he went to bed.  The other little boy in the picture with Dalin and Braden is their friend Jeremy who happened to be over for a sleep-over and couldn't be left out of the picture. 
I love that my kids enjoy reading so much.  I feel guilty because I don't read with them as much as I want to.  But, usually before bedtime we get some reading time in.  Here is Braden reading Green Eggs and Ham to Landon.  Oh so great to see this happening.  Braden has this book memorized and it's by far his favorite.  Landon looks huge in this picture.
Dalin is a great reader and likes to read all the time.  He can read by himself and falls asleep every night with a pile of books on his bed.  Once I put them to bed they aren't allowed to get out of bed or goof around loudly, but I told them if they read quietly in their own beds then I don't care how late they stay up.  Of course they think this is awesome, but usually fall asleep within a few a minutes.  I remember falling asleep with the lights on and a book draped across me when I was a kid. 

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Soccer Season

Well, I officially know what the term soccer mom refers to.  Soccer with two kids is much more involved than soccer with one kid.  We had two practices every Monday, one of which I was in charge of since I coached Braden's team, and then two games on Thursday and two games on Saturday.  Dan works 4 ten hour shifts so he couldn't come to most Thursday games.  Sometimes their games overlapped or started at the same time and since I'm the coach of Braden's team I had to be there early and take charge of a bunch of crazy little boys while trying to point out to Dalin where his team was playing and assuring him I would be there as soon as Braden's game was over.  Then, if Dan wasn't there, I got to carry Landon around for the whole game because he would suddenly get very needy and not let me put him down.  Luckily Braden's games only lasted about 30 minutes.  Soon I will have 3 kids in soccer and then it will really get crazy.  Yes, I was the coach of Braden's team and thank heaven they were only 4 and 5 year-olds because I don't really know what I'm doing.  Dalin's team was much more involved and really got out there and played on a higher level than ever before.  It was really fun to watch them improve so dramatically over the course of the season.  Dalin's coach was Coach Leo and he was a great coach.  He's from Argentina and really knew his stuff.  Dalin's team started playing positions rather than bunch ball and they learned how to spread the field, pass the ball, and clear it.  Dalin's favorite position was defense because he likes to run up and kick it as hard as he can.  It was a busy time, but I had a lot of fun watching them play.  I can't wait for next season.




Landon and Braden wrestled through most of Dalin's games.


Braden and I watching Dalin play.