Soccer, Baseball, etc.

The boys continue to make us laugh. The phrases or words that come out of their mouths sometimes just crack us up! Gavin is winding down with his school year as he finishes at the end of the month. He has bike day tomorrow, beach day on Friday (I think) and then he has a performance and class picnic on May 28. Ian's teacher, Mrs. Harris, is back tomorrow after her maternity leave. Ian is pretty excited to see her!

Cailean has worked a lot last week that included a last minute trip to fix a plane in Miami followed by some OT and night coverage. Unfortunately he had to miss Gavin's soccer game on Saturday and I had to miss the breakfast our department puts on for the student athlete graduates on Saturday morning. At times I wish he didn't have these certifications so they wouldn't call him.

Gavin was once again a rockstar on the field. He scored the 2 goals for his team and was just loving it on the field. He is so into it and looks forward to playing soccer all the time! He was playing defense at one point (the last few min of the game). He kicked the ball up and nobody went to it, so he ran after it...dribbled it the whole length of the field...cut in and kicked it in the goal. At this age there isn't much passing going on. There are some players out there who like to dig in the dirt, run to their parents in the stands or just look up in the sky to watch the planes. LOL Not Gavin. He is focused on that ball!

Ian had a baseball game in the afternoon and he pitched just over 1 inning. He is still figuring it all out with getting the ball 45 feet away and over the plate. His pitches are outstanding when there is no batter, but he gets a little nervous when a player is right there. He doesn't want to hit him! He had some nice strikes and some opposing players struck out a few times. Not bad for a new 7 year old. He played outfield for one inning and stopped a kid from getting a homerun to a triple. Ian definitely hustled to get that ball and throw it in. He even ran someone out and tagged 2nd base to get an out for his team.

Saturday night we went to the Nelsons and joined in on the neighborhood party. The kids had a lot of fun running around, getting squirted by water guns and playing with all the other kids in the area. We left just as they started the movie. It was pretty cool and would have been fun to stay, but we headed home. They had a sheet on a wire between 2 trees and a projector. They were playing a movie outdoors for the kids! How fun!!!

Well, we're off to another funfilled week! Both practice Monday night...we're helping out the Allens this week since they'll be expecting boy #3 on or before Wednesday...Ian's wellcheck appointment and figuring out summer coverage as I increase to 30 hours. The good thing about this is that when I'm home I don't really need to focus on work because I'll be in the office longer. I get all the FT perks even though I'm not really FT. I can still volunteer at Kingswood and I get a pay increase. The big change will be my summer schedule. I'm used to working 3 days a week and spending 2 days at the pool with the boys. :( LOL Life is rough...I know!