Training for World Cup 2030?

Well ......... not exactly. Kyle started 2-3 year old soccer 2 weeks ago, and while his skills are definitely improving, his attention span and behavior, is well, not exactly gaining much momentum. At his first practice he really did not kick the ball once, preferring to throw the ball (albeit the soccer throw in way which was good) and run, in no particular direction or as the result of any particular direction from the coach (he wins the gold medal for most energy on the team). Many of the 3 year-olds are really almost 4 year-olds, and since Kyle literally just turned 2, that makes many of the kids almost twice his age. I have to keep reminding myself of that when they follow directions and listen to what the coach asks them to do. Today Kyle made some progress in that he did participate in a good 15 minutes of kicking the ball to me, and running to the ball and kicking it. After that, his attention span apparently had enough. He spent the remaining half hour not paying any attention to the teacher, running around the gym while saying "listen to the teacher", and picking up other kids goal cones and balls. Nice. Let's just say Mommy got her work out. Again. Well he does talk about soccer when we get home, and he likes practicing with Chris one on one in the basement, so we're going to keep at it!

Ants Coming From?!?

Yesterday's rainstorm brought some major unwanted visitors around our kitchen sink ... ANTS! Sick Rick. I spent about 2 and a half hours trying to deal with the problem, including squashing ants with Kleenex, washing everything down, driving to Home Depot for ant spray/traps, and spraying everything down. Apparently I kept saying, "Where are all these ants coming from?" as I killed one after the other, because soon enough Kyle was running throughout the kitchen shouting, "Ants coming from?!" and laughing. I had to get a video of this during lunch :)

Typical Summer Morning ...

... not complete without a trip to the pool and park! Even when it's about to pour! Kyle and I met Uncle Kevin at the park by the nursing home. 5 minutes after he showed up, so did the rain! We had to book it to our car ... #soaked :)

Super Swimmer!

Party Time!

Bounce House!

The Toy Story bounce house we ordered for the party arrived at 10am, so Chris and Kyle got in tons of morning bouncing time, hours before the party even began :)

That little boy sitting at the table and waiting for his lunch is Kyle :)