Soccer Finally 09

Eric(Jason's bro), Cousin Rylee & Jason, Meran

Team huddle

Sutty takin' 'er for a spin

Award's Time

Thank you Coach Daddy & Coach Uncle Eric

Well, another soccer season under Meran's belt. Though, she is not the least bit pleased to see it done. The Lady Dragon's had their final season game on Saturday morning against the Pink Diamonds. The girls played great and it was a good note to end the season on. We had our team party on Sunday afternoon at the Zwart's home, very gracious hosts indeed! I never thought I'd say this, but I LOVE SOCCER (when my kids are playing, anyway!). Jameson's turn is coming in the late winter...stay tuned...he will be playing his first team sport. T-Ball. Play Ball!

They Tickle Me...

I am going to use this blog as a journal right now...because I have started and stopped so many paper journals that I lost count. The kids have been very entertaining lately. I guess because as they grow, so do their communication skills and it is oh so fun to listen to!
Jameson has had some really good questions lately...but the one that sticks in my mind is when he asked yesterday in all seriousness and wonder,"Mommy, does chocolate milk turn into poop in your tummy?"
Sutty is learning to pray. When we hold hands at the dinner table he jabbers away in a quiet, sweet little voice with whoever is praying for our meal. We all like to peek at him doing this! It is just so cute to watch a 17 month old mimic prayer!
On the way to school, on Friday, Meran was reading the boys one of Sutton's Bible board books. Each page has a very brief (like 3-4 sentences long) Bible story.
Meran was reading the story of Moses. The picture was of Moses as a baby in a basket in the river. After reading the brief summary on Moses, Meran closed the book and said," Okay, Bubba, do you want to know why baby Moses is in this basket in the first place?"
Jameson, caught up in awe of his sister's storytelling, said "Why?"
So, Meran goes on to tell Jameson about how Pharoah wanted all Hebrew baby boys to die, etc, etc...then before hopping out of the car to run to class she said,"Jameson, ask your teacher to tell you about it during Bible time!"

Harvest Festival

We went to our Church's Harvest Festival tonight. Sutton was our little Train Conductor, Jameson was a Pioneer and Meran was a Flapper.

There was lots of friends, candy and games. On the way home we stopped by a friend's house because Meran was dying to try "real" Trick-or-Treating...since our kids have never experienced that. One house satisified them, for now anyway!

Monsters vs. Aliens (the movie) Scene Flashback

Sutton's new thrill is to climb onto the train table in Jameson's room, when no one is paying attention. He use to just sit there, but now he finds it much more fun to destroy the table-pulling the pieces of track that have already been glued multiple times. The other morning Jason took both kids to school and Sutton and I just stayed home all day (a rare and wonderful treat). I went to check on him and this is the sight I found! It reminded me of a scene from the recent animated movie, Monsters vs. Aliens. And you can tell by the look on his face that my scolding him was taken seriously!

2nd Grade Animal Project

Meran presented her animal project yesterday in front of her class and did a great job! It was fun helping her. She had chosen the Swan for her project...did you know that a swan has around 25,000 feathers on their body (to keep them both warm & waterproof) and about 15,000 of those are on the neck alone!? We also made a diorama, using cotton and a Q-tip to create a very cool swan, if I do say so myself!

"Suttina"

Last night i guess i was extra tired because i let the kids stay up a little later due to the fact that we were busy laughing at Sutton...or should I say "Suttina". Sutton was quite pleased with himself, wearing his sister's sparkly red headband and heart hairclip. I love laughing with my kids!

Mr. Potato Pumpkins!

This Weekend at Grandma and Grandpa Lozano's house the kids made Mr. Potato Head Pumpkins...a fabulous idea, because the idea of giving a carving knife to my 4-year-old-boy-with-pirate-on-the-brain is not such a good one! We got them at Target (ahh, my home away from home). They come in 3-4 designs, Meran has the Princess and Jameson has the Pirate (ofcourse!). You just stick the parts where you want and voila! a cute pumpkin without the mess or the danger...plus, you can reuse the pieces in the future! Thanks Grandma! Kuddos Mr. Potato Head company!

Sutty was happy enough to get to use crayons on his baby pumpkin...but, he is enjoying pulling off the pumpkin's arms when no one is looking!