Rodeo time!

There is really nothing to say…

Except that our tickets said starting time of 7 pm. We arrived at 6:45pm.

Rodeo started at 5pm that day.

We did get to see some bull riding – Jake & Nick were disappointed in that…but had fun watching anyway!

I know...

I’ve been slacking. AGAIN.

Let’s see what I can fill everyone in on while Jake is at school and Nick is out running errands with Daddy. Daddy still doesn’t get why schools are open when the Army is off. They just don’t – and it’s probably so we can have an entire week off at Thanksgiving. I never had that….

First up…is soccer.

We signed Jake up for soccer but were told Nick was too young. Dang that end of October Birthday. I ended up signing up to be his coach because Fort Bliss has grown almost over night. They normally had under 200 kids sign up for soccer – this year they had over 600. I yielded to the plea, figuring this was the time to do it since I know exactly TWO things about soccer:

1. NEVER use your hands

2. Kick the ball in the goal…preferably the one that scores you points…however, I learned at this age even THAT is not critical…

I knew that I’d have Nick playing with us since Matt would likely be at work. So, I bought him the cleats and shinguards as well. I managed to convince the Sports Director to let Nick play since one of the kids on the team was not yet 3 either. Nick, I pointed out, has the natural ability. Jake has the desire, well most of the time.

We have a pretty good team. It’s entertaining, I’m told, to watch the games. I’m on the field with the kids, so my perspective is a little different. Just a couple more weeks…

One of my favorite pictures - the soccer game is still going on and they are watching a double rainbow.

Doing things right...

Usually on school mornings, the boys wake up before I get up and functional and they join me in bed where we watch TV or just snuggle back down for a few minutes.

This morning, Jake came in just as I was pulling up the bed proudly proclaiming he waited until Mr. Sun got up before getting up himself. He snuggled down on my pillows, so I laid back down with him.

Then Nick came in looking pretty groggy. So, we were all laying on the bed trying to greet the Monday morning. I was talking to them about the day, etc.

Me: I love you, Jakey Bakey!
Jake: I wuvz you too Momma!
Me: I love you Nick Pickle!
Nick: I know!

I kind of chuckled...so he kept saying it.

Then we drove Jake to school. I unbuckled Jake's seat and he climbed over to Nick and said "Bye Bud, have a good day! I love you!"

Ahhhh...I'll hold on to that forever, if I have to. I know they'll be fighting again when they get home!