Soccer Day

We had an 8 am game. Isaac's team lost 4 to 2. Unfortunate. When his team passed the ball and stopped playing each other along with the other team, they did great. But they just couldn't keep it together. Next weekend. Isaac had an awesome assist. He was in the right position, was passed the ball, dribbled it up the field, passed the ball into the middle, it hit another players foot and Jimmy, a teammate shot the goal. They were playing their positions and thinking of what they should be doing. It was beautiful. I was happy.
Job's team played 4 games in an hour. When Job turns it on, he is a really good player. He has just kind of hung back but today, I told him that I would take him to Starbucks for chocolate chaud. He got in there and started using his body and elbow to shove players, took the ball away, dribbled down the field and shot. A boy on the other team dove for the ball and wrapped his arms around the ball to keep it from going in the goal. We counted it as a goal anyways. We call it interference.
At home, Lona quickly picked up so that she could help make brownies for Job's birthday party. We have a few kids coming to ride bikes and have a whipped cream fight. I'm going to upload photos later tonight.

I was so not motivated to run tonight. It rained almost all day. We completed school by 2:30 pm: penmenship, Awana, Math (3 grades), phonics, history, bible, latin, french, literature, lunch. Then came the afternoon: cleaned my bathroom, brought Alice inside to run around, fed the neighbor dog, a doctor's appointment, scrapbook store, DQ for after the doctor appointment, dinner, soccer practice, order pictures for a scrapbook class I'm taking and a movie with the kids. I just couldn't get out of the house tonight. I'm going to run 3 miles tomorrow. Hopefully in 25 minutes.
Less than one week until John takes me away over night!!! I'm so excited. I think I know where we are going, but I don't want him to tell me. The kids are going to a friends house for two days. This is a perfect way to celebrate turning 35. Then when we come back I have 1 day before my marathon. CRAZY. Am I ready? John says yes, I say maybe????

We finally set the date for Job's birthday party. This weekend at 2pm. Here it is Wednesday already and I have yet to contact parents and invite kids. luckily we ask people to not bring presents. It just makes too many toys and a give me attitude. We really want our kids to look forward to spending time with friends. This year we are having a bike party. Hopefully all the kids can bring their bikes. We will ride around the neighborhood and then go over to the church. I want to set up an obstacle course with cones and tires that the kids need to ride around. Then back to the house for brownies and ice cream. Then finally a whip cream fight. This is unusual and thought it would be fun. It gets harder and harder to come up with creative cheap and fun birthday party ideas. some day I'm going to have to cut it out. But for now I think I'm having as much fun planning it as they are having it.

September 24

After a year of thinking of blogging I have decided to give it a try. Hopefully I'll be able to record some of the things that humor me, teach me and humble me. I find that my memory is too full for new information.

Something humorous one of the other soccer moms told me. Apparently last Friday after soccer practice this mom went to start her car and couldn't. She called her husband and told him that he has to teach their daughter to throw a ball and something about cars; and could he come get her because her car wasn't starting. Isaac then knocked on her window and told her that her battery was dead. Sure enough the coach gave her a jump and it started fine. Isaac is 9 and doesn't know a single thing about cars. I just laughed. Where did he pick that up from.

On another note, how many times do you need to ask a child if they have washed their hands, brushed their teeth, made their bed, pick up their room before they can say anything besides uhhh.
"Did you make your bed?" "yes." "If I go check will it be made?" "oh, no." What part of that question changed?