Soccer ball cupcakes

Here are the soccer ball cupcakes Trev and I made for his soccer party.

Fire Trucks

This year for Trevor's end of season soccer party we went to the fire station. It was a lot of fun! The kids got to see the fire station, go inside a fire truck and ambulance. They also got to use a fire hose! After pizza, cupcakes and trophies the coach (who is a fireman) took each family for a ride in a fire truck! It was so much fun. Allie loved it, she kept saying, "Firetruck, again! Firetruck again!"

I made soccer ball cupcakes. They turned out pretty good! Trevor helped of course. Once I get the pics loaded up on the computer I'll have to remember to post a pic :)

Trevor had a lot of fun this year playing soccer. He is already waiting for the next season to begin... It will be a long 9 months. At least we will have baseball to look forward to in a few months. He improved a lot during the year. He scored a goal in each of the last 4 games of the season.

Naked November

What is it about the leaves changing color and the cooler weather that makes two year olds want to run around naked? Lately it has been a struggle to keep clothes and diapers on Allie and Kara. As soon as I get one dressed she takes off her clothes and diaper as I chase the other down to get her dressed. It is a never ending battle. As long as we have nowhere to be I let them run around in their diaper. It just isn't worth the hassle. Maybe I can save money by not buying clothes :)

Putting socks and shoes on the girls is pointless also. As soon as I start up the car the shoes and socks are off! Even though it is getting colder I put their shoes and socks in the car and finish getting the girls read once we get to our destination. Maybe someday the girls will enjoy wearing clothes again :) Until then, beware if you come over there may be two little girls running around only in a diaper.

Trick or Treat

We took the kids downtown on Saturday to do some trick or treating. We were preparing the girls for the next day. At first they were a little hesitant. Finally they grabbed each others hands and were dancing down the street holding their buckets up and saying trick or treat. Once they turned around they kept yelling BYE!! It was so cute to watch them.

On Sunday they wore their costumes almost all day. They kept chanting LADY BUG, LADY BUG!! They love their costumes, so we let the kids wear them while they were shopping. It was cute to see the girls walking down the aisles holding hands and Trevor (Buzz) right next to them herding them along the way. That night Trevor was running excitedly to each house. His sisters slowed him down so he went with Daddy while the girls and I went a much slower pace. The girls held onto each other as they went up each step, knocked on the door until someone answered it, held up their buckets and said trick or treat. Sometimes they stood their waiting for more. Once they turned away they would say bye Halloween. After a few houses the girls rode in the wagon while Trevor gathered more candy.

We brought the kids back home to pass out candy. Trevor's friend TJ came over so we went out with him for a little while. During that time the girls stayed home with daddy and passed out candy. The girls stayed in their costumes and were being cute everytime someone came to the door. They would say trick or treat, then as the kids left they yelled bye, until the other kids answered back. Trev had so much fun trick or treating with his friend. He ran from house to house I think we did as many houses in 30 minutes with his friend as we did in over the hour we were out previous with the girls.

Now to find something to do with all this candy. I think we will see if the kids want to trade in their candy for the new Toy Story 3 movie coming out.

Volunteering

Recently I had the chance to help out in Trevor's Kindergarten class. It was a lot of fun. I took him to school and we got to his class. I helped the teacher get books ready for a lesson coming up. The first 20 minutes the kids did busy work while the teacher was gathering all their folders from the day before and taking attendance.

The kids had their first science lesson and they learned about the different feels of fabric and what you would use different fabrics for. I helped kids cut out pieces of fabric and they made collages. I was able to stay for two hours. 5 year olds are very busy but such a fun age! I walked with Trevor to the playground. He knew I would be leaving at that time but he was more interested in going out to play with his friends. His teacher said I was leaving and Trevor never turned around, he just ran off! I called him back hugged him and told him I'd see him after school. He quickly hugged me, said bye, and was off and running with his friends. I'm glad he is having such a good time at school. I can't wait until I get the chance to go back and help. I just need to find some friends willing to watch the girls for me :) 

GOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!

Trevor has had a lot of fun playing soccer this year. Recently he scored his second goal (The first one was by accident as it hit off of his leg and ricocheted into the goal :)) He ran down the field keeping the ball in front of him and scored!! You would think this would cause him to be excited and do his little dance he enjoys so much on the field, but no. He just turns around and walks to the middle of the field to start over. Everyone was wondering if he was excited? All the other kids jump and holler when they score. He didn't really think much of it.

Of course later during the game he is down by the goal as he is suppose to be protecting it and he is dancing around being goofy :) Silly 5 year olds.