Just Some Catch-Up

This is the first year of playing soccer for Boy 1. I knew soccer was big for the Rec Department, but I didn't realize it was this big. Boy 1 plays on 1 of 14 teams of 5 and 6 year olds, each team has 8-9 players. It's a very tough team to watch.....well because Boy 1's team isn't very good. I'm sure thats why the slogan came along "winning isn't everything." It came from parents who were subjected to watching this. But he likes it!

Carey calls these the varying degrees of cool! Friday was a little on the chilly side and they were each told to put something warm on if they wanted to go outside...........this is what they came up with.

2nd Round of SweetPeaz

Boy 2 started pre-school a couple of weeks ago. We were a little nervous of how hard it would be to leave him there. Once he would be there he would be fine, but the continious hugs not wanting us to go was our worry. First day, smooth as pie. He just went to the window after 1 long hug and waved to me. There were no issues until yesterday, Carey said she picked him up and the teacher talked about the wonderful day he had and everything was fine.

Oh they don't hear his little voice once he leaves. He says to Carey, I hate this school! Walks to the stairs a little more, I hate those flowers! He always has some great under his breath comments that nobody sees coming. There's probably no reason for the comments and he will be fine, but he is pretty funny.

The Girl with the Golden Hair

Just for fun, if you ever want to embarass Boy 1 ask him about Rose, the girl with the golden hair. It's pretty funny........he doesn't wanna talk about it.

They both went to pre-school together and the picture is from soccer camp this summer. Yeah, he digs chicks!

The Creepy Neighborhood Kid

Boy 2 has a fasincation with watching all of our neighbors through the windows or even in plain view and when someone starts mowing, everything else stops.

This has gone a step further now. Boy 2 asked for a drink and snack and then walked outside. He had pulled out his camp chair, set it in the driveway and watched John mow his lawn for about 15 minutes. Just sat their the whole time and made sure he did a good job I guess.

First Day of Kindergarten

This day has snuck-up on us so fast. Our oldest child in going to school. Boy 1 has been counting down the days for about 3 weeks. Everyday..........Daddy, how many days until school? He is so excited to be going to school, which is awesome.

This morning we got pictures done outside of the house, Carey's Mom and Grandmother came over to get pictures and to watch Boy 1 get on the bus. Then we rushed over to the shool and saw him get off the bus. He didn't even hesitate going to school, gave everyone hugs and kisses and never looked back.

Tonight, I told him that he only has 2 more school days until he gets 4 days with Mommy and Daddy. He was so disappointed, "I wish I could go to school everyday." Wow.........keep studying buddy and get lots of scholarship money.

This Year, It's Story Land

We had been tossing around the idea of just going back to Santa's Village again this year, the kids had so much fun and we really liked the park. Instead we decided we should give Story Land a try. It was pretty good, no complaints but certainly did not measure to the level of Santa's Village.

This was the kids favorite ride, they had all the controls. Pull the lever back and it raised our shoe.

This is a giant bubble room with thousands of foam balls that you can suck into tubes and then they get shot out of a box in the ceiling. Boy 1 also really like the cannons that you can fill with about 10 balls and shot them down onto others below.

This is a great picture taken by Carey, the only bummer is we now have 2 of them. We purchased this same picture from Story Land for $12 not knowing Carey's picture came out so good!

Time in Rangeley

No real stories during vacation in Rangeley, just alot of swimming, moose watching and seeing the greatest parade float ever!!!

When heading to Rangeley we went to Sugarloaf and rode the super-quad to the top with plans to walk the trails. Due to poor planning, nobody slept in the car and they weren't walking anywhere.

We really gotta work on just taking the pants down just a bit

We had one night of rain so it was a perfect time to check-out the new "Moose Alley" bowling alley. This place is very cool and should do well in Rangeley.

Boy 2 cross dressing in mom's P.J.'s

Just south of Rangeley is a set of falls and hiking trails called Smalls Falls. Very nice are and easy for the kids. The water was still surprisingly very cold.

Boy 1 had predicted we would see 10 moose and on our very last trip through we spotted a very dark spot............and it was our 10th moose! Thank God!

On Saturday before we headed home we stuck around for the Rangeley Logging Museums Parade. It was a very cool parade with lots of big truck and some cool floats, but none greater than the local Porta-Potty business. Presenting the best parade float I have ever seen!

I also found out today this guy works with my dad at the Ship Yard. Probably lots of time hiding in the bathroom!