Sports weekend

Soccer

Trevor really wanted to play spring soccer with his new friend from school. So we decided to sign him up. It was only on Saturday mornings and they practiced right before they played. He has done really well this year! Last week he scored all 3 goals and this week he got another one and 2 assists! He really has become more aggressive and now that understands the rules he is playing smart. That doesn't mean he doesn't stop to pick flowers or do some Star Wars moves...because Battle Droids are everywhere, right?

 

Baseball

A few weeks after we signed him up he decided he REALLY wanted to try baseball this year. Practices were twice a week and games on Saturday. Since Soccer was only once every Saturday morning we decided to let him do both sports at the same time. So we had soccer games early Saturday morning and around noon he played baseball. He has really caught on to baseball. He has a great throwing arm and is improving on fielding and batting. When he does make contact, he hits it pretty hard. He has had a lot of fun doing both sports.

Tooth fairy makes a visit!

Not only do you see his missing front tooth, but you also get a nice view up his nose.

Trevor came home from school the other day with a paper towel in his mouth and I noticed a little blood on it. I thought he had gotten hurt, but my friend who dropped him off didn't act like anything was wrong so I calmly asked Trev what happened. He said while on the bus he was eating an apple and his friend told him his mouth was bleeding. Trev hadn't even felt it. He then discovered his tooth was loose. We had no idea it was loose!

So when he got home he went to look in the mirror. Sure enough it was loose! I checked the others and they were not loose. He tried twisting it and within 10 minutes it was out! He was so excited!! Tooth number 3 has finally come out! Upper front tooth. And this time with no help from the dentist and no permanent teeth already there! He has a cute gap when he smiles:)

The tooth fairy made a visit that night and Trev was happy that he got money!

"Summer chips"

That is a phrase we hear often around the house these days. Sometimes we hear, "summer tacos", "summer cheerios" or perhaps "I want summer cheese, please".

Have you figured it out yet?

Allie and Kara are not asking for summer, just simply some more. So this is the ongoing gag at our place when someone wants more of something. The kids can't ask for "some more" without smiling.

ABCs

Enjoy the latest episode in the Life with Twins video series. As always, crank the volume for total enjoyment.

Those of you with accute hearing will pick up on the girls saying "leave a message" when they are done with the alphabet song. Here's the background on that...when Trevor was little, we had him sing his version of the alphabet song as our answering machine message. We also had him say "leave a message" when he was done. So now, of course, that phrase has been ingrained into the alphabet song in our house.

Can they really be ready for preschool!?!

Allie and Kara have had so much fun checking out preschools! They are anxious to go now. We were going to put them in this year but after seeing how much we would spend for two years and two kids at the same time we decided this year we would work at home and next year they will go to Pre-K. It has been hard to find preschools willing to let them in Pre-K as their birthday hits right after the cutoff, but we have found a couple willing to make an exception!

Each morning the girls do their calendar and are doing a great job memorizing the days of the week! We are working on letters too. The girls surprised me by writing their names! I will post pics later. They can recognize most letters now and know most of their sounds. Thanks to their AWESOME big brother who likes to play "Teacher". He loves to teach them everything he knows and they LOVE listening to him and soak it all in! I can't believe my babies are growing up and going to school next year!

All 3 kids have been enjoying swimming lessons. Trevor can now swim the short length of the pool! He has come a long way from his first lesson! The girls took to the water with no problem at all and have WAY to much confidence in the water for a 3 year old :) Trev is excited to start spring soccer and the girls will continue with swim lessons.

We had a rare snow event a couple weeks ago and had about a foot of snow! It was a nice week off staying home all week. Scott was able to work from home and luckily I stock up on food when it is on sale and we did not have to leave our house. We went sledding with our neighbors and the girls had a hard time walking in the snow so Daddy had to carry them to and from the sledding hill. Only down side is we are in school for a week longer. But we sure did enjoy the snow!

Cardiology update

Trev had his cardiology appointment last week and as expected he was awesome through the whole appointment. He is after all, a Rock Star!! He is in the 75% for height. Way to go Trev! He gets to continue to play sports and swim just like any other kid his age.

His heart function looks great. His right ventricle has been growing with his body and currently is not enlarged... Yay!! His body is still excepting the fact that he does not have a pulmonary valve which is wonderful news. His cardiologist expects that in about 2-3 years we will start doing the treadmill tests to see how is heart reacts during exercise. As of now they can not put in a new valve via the cath lab. But who knows what they will be able to do when it comes time for Trevor to get his new valve and conduit. Technology is changing daily and they can do some pretty amazing things! Not many kids with his diagnosis have a patch on their pulmonary artery, so Trev is kinda paving the way for kids born today with pulmonary atresia :)

We moved to a wonderful new neighborhood with awesome neighbors! They watched the girls for us so we could focus all of our energy and time on Trev during his appointment.

Thanks for all the prayers for Trevor! It is amazing how far he has come!

There's a first time for everything...

Have you ever been doing something fun then all of a sudden an accident occurs you hear the crunch and no immediately you broke something? Well, that was Saturday night for me. We were at a Christmas party with the kids. We were in the middle of playing a dice game for Christmas gifts and my sweet little girl came up to me while I was in the middle of playing. I was sitting on the couch while she walked over into my arms. She started bouncing and CRUNCH! Oh the sound! The pain! I knew immediately I had broken my nose. I do not think I will ever forget... But just in case I have it here now as a reminder :)

She knocked me out. I remember feeling light headed and seeing spots as I lay on the couch. I do not even remember who I was sitting by... I heard voices around me. They were still playing I knew that, but I do not remember much else. I was dizzy and my nose and head hurt like nothing ever before. I think everyone felt sorry for me so they did not "steal" my gift. It was a movie card so I am sure had that not happened it would have been stolen :)

I got up and looked in the mirror. My nose had started to swell on one side and started to bruise around my eye. The headaches started right away and for the next couple of days I was taking medicine, but it just did not seem to reach my headache. My nose ached too. Especially when I tried reading at night with my glasses on. Finally I was free enough to go to the Dr. and they confirmed I broke my nose... Now to keep the kids away from my nose for the next few weeks while it heals. Oh yeah, he gave me some Vicodin... To bad I can only take it when Scott is home. Is it 6:00 yet!?!

My first broken bone... At least it was my daughter's head that connected with my nose and not someone else's child, right?