Saturday, November 5, 2011

More of Soccer with Aidan

Aidan scoring a goal.
Aidan getting his medal after the game.
Enjoying the pizza party.

Doing the end of the game cheer.
Aidan on a break away.
The whole team with coach Justin.



Aidan dribbling away.

Well Aidan had his last day of soccer today. They played a double header to make up for a rain day and had a pizza party to end the season. It was a beautiful day for soccer. It was a little cold in the early game but the sun was out and it warmed up quick. Aidan enjoyed soccer but still hasn't really figured out the whole competitive thing. He did score a bunch of goals this season including one today which was fun to see. Nick also finished his Football season today with a playoff game which they won in overtime. On the opening play of the game he ran the whole length of the field for a touchdown. Jeremy said it was really impressive. He also went to Basketball camp today to get ready for the upcoming basketball season. I am very much looking forward to the next few weekends where we have absolutely nothing on the calendar!

Pumpkin Carving






Sadly, I took very few pictures of Halloween related activities. Aidan and I went trick or treating at the neighborhood shopping center and I didn't have my camera. Nick's class didn't get to celebrate Halloween because they can only have 2 parties a year in third grade and chose to do Christmas and Valentines. Aidan didn't attend his class party and parade because he was so sick he didn't leave his bed all of Halloween day. I took one picture of Nick on my phone after trick or treating because I couldn't find my camera. So pumpkin carving are the only pictures I have this year. Aidan was Darth Vader and I will have to take a picture of him some day because he plays dress up all the time in it. Nick was a skeleton. We had a great time on Halloween despite Aidan being sick and having spent 3 hours at the doctors office with him. Our neighbors are the best and they go big on Halloween. My FBI neighbor does this elaborate scary display where he uses real meat as scattered body parts and uses his FBI car and tape and jumps out of a body bag. It was hilarious fun and the kids really enjoyed it. All of my neighbors sat in our long driveway and had a huge potluck with great food and passed out candy. Nick was rather impressed with the neighbors too because so many of them went all out crazy in the decorating department as well as candy. Nick came home with tons of whole giant sized candy bars. I guess it pays to live in a neighborhood with Congressmen and Generals. Hopefully, next year Aidan will get to enjoy it more too.

Cub Scouts


Well Nick started Cub Scouts this year and although he loves every minute of it and has earned many badges already, Jeremy is hating it. Jeremy is remembering how much work it is for the parents and all the time commitment it involves which is sometimes hard when Nick already has sports, CCD, Odyssey of the Mind, gifted homework, and after school French and Jeremy works such long hours. Jeremy and Nick went camping at the state park by our house the other weekend and despite some early morning cold temperatures they had a great time with hiking, playing capture the flag, potato gun shooters, pumpkin launching and of course Nick's favorite thing smores. We will see how long Jeremy and Nick survive in the scouting world.

Hiking in the Prince William Forest






October came and went by so fast it is all a blur to me. We were so busy I really didn't get time to take many pictures let alone post some so I am going to try and catch up here. These pictures are from a Sunday afternoon when we went hiking in the Prince William forest by our house. It was a gorgeous day for hiking and we found all kinds of beautiful leaves and caterpillars and bugs. There were tons of giant trees knocked down from the recent storms which the boys found incredibly interesting to see the roots out of the ground that were taller then they were. Hopefully, we will find more time to get out hiking because all of my boys enjoy it.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Pumpkin Patch
















Aidan's class and Ms. Malloy



Today Aidan and I went to the pumpkin patch with his school. We went to Belverdere Plantation in Spotsylvania, VA. This place was amazing and a child's wonderland. They took the class on a tractor/hayride out to the pumpkin patch first where we literally picked our pumpkins right off the vine. Then we ate our picnic lunch with his class and then we were off on our own to explore all the fun things they had to do. They had bouncy houses, a barn with rope swings, 3 playgrounds, petal race tracks, sandbox, zip line, concessions, petting zoo where you could feed the animals, corn maze, a giant slide where you ride on a sack down(like the MN state fair) and so much more as well as a marketplace where you could buy fresh baked goods and pies and other pumpkins. Aidan had such a blast playing with his friends all day. He and I were both exhausted when we got home. We will definitely visit this place again.

Aidan riding his bike without training wheels




Well we finally taught Aidan how to ride his bike without the training wheels this weekend. It took maybe one hour this weekend of me running behind him and helping him start and stop and the next day he just took off all by himself and hasn't stopped since. Every 5 minutes he is outside riding his bike now. He really took to it a lot easier then I thought he might. I have a cute video of him riding his bike but I will post it to Facebook since this site takes forever to upload videos.

Football Cupcakes



Well last week Nick played Football in the rain which he didn't seem to care about but Aidan and I were freezing our butts off sitting under a blanket and umbrella on the sidelines. It was our day to bring snack so we brought these cute Football cupcakes and Gatorade. They were a huge hit! The picture doesn't do justice to how hard it was raining.