Was worked..........turned to kids

I love my job. Having a daycare is so rewarding. It's naptime but because it's raining cats and dogs again the kids get to curl up on the couch with a blanket and watch kids shows for a little while. Chances are they will be sleeping fairly quickly. We just watched the end of Winnie the Pooh and now they are watching Mickey Mouse. They are adorable as they hug their sippy cups and tiggers. I have a little me time before getting lunch ready for them, if they crash they will both be out for a good 1 1/2 hours usually.

I get to watch my own son grow up, be here for him every day and have fun. I'm home when the big kids go to school and i'm here when they come home to hear about their day. My baby girl is 5 and just about done SK and her stories are who she isn't friends with anymore, but then by the end of the day they have made up again. They usually stop being friends because one wants the blue marker the same time the other one does or one child doesn't like the picture the other one coloured. She did achieve 100 good listening dots and brought home a certificate yesterday which she was so proud to show everyone.

Zachary is almost done Grade 2 and will be moving onto the Grade 3 in the fall. He goes to me last week and says "wow mommy, i'm sure smart. And to think they didn't think I could handle Grade 1 even" See he isn't the fastest of workers but he always gets it done and he doesn't care if everyone is playing and he is still working. He sets his mind to it and does it. He does it well usually too.

Alex is my sports kid. Anything to do with sports that he wants to do he does, and it comes naturally usually. He comes home and tells me how many goals he got at recess or all about whatever sport they played. I don't here much about his academic work. The big thing I did hear about was his midevil unit at school. That is the big grade 4 unit that most kids look forward too. I can't believe that my first born is going to start 5th Grade in the fall, already. He was just a teeny tiny boy who could barely walk and got excited when his daddy came home. Now my last born is past that stage already.

Being able to be here for my kids is a great thing. With hubby still not working 7 1/2 months after his fall i'm not sure how much longer I can stay home for.

Annoying

Some things in life are so freaking annoying. One of those things is the fact my husband feels the need to add most of my friends to his friends list on facebook. Just because he sees a person he has to add them if he knows who they are even if they don't ever talk. I had facebook first. Fair enough that he adds some of the same friends, they are both of ours. But he has added people he hates just because they are on my list. Now I have added some of the kids soccer coaches, and he wants to just because I did. Let me have my own friends and acquaintances already!!!!!!!

Also what is annoying is when I make new friends he scares them away because he is always talking/messaging/phoning them bugging them all the time. I have had friends that will no longer come around because of him. He gets obsessed with them. I don't have to call my friends all the time and beg them to come over like he does. I need to life part of my life for me and not him. I can make and keep friends but he makes them and scares all of them away and then scares mine away. Why can't he understand new friends don't want to be harassed all the time and don't want to constantly be at our house or go out with us or have us there. Once in awhile fine but not all the time. It's not just me thinking this about him but other people too, he scares people away.

Proud Moment

Alex has been waiting forever for his turn to be a ball boy for the Chill games. Well today his dream came true and he was one of the 8 ball boys around the soccer feild. A very proud boy for sure. The first half of the game he got a good amount of action in the visiting end of the feild. The second half however he played right beside the Chill net and only had 1 chance to through the ball in. He was happy to be at the feild, happy to eat pizza and drink orange flavoured water at half time and happy to be part of the same game as his hero. I know this will happen more this year, a perk of being a reserve player. It was a hot day for the game too. Kick off was at 11am and it was already 19C outside.



After we had a picnic lunch and then Brad stayed at the feild with Alex for his practice and I brought home the rest of the kids.

Excitement

Alex is one excited child today. He had a practice for his soccer team while the parents had their meeting. He is heading to Minneapolis in July for the USA cup final weekend. He can't wait to go. His player pack has grown a ton from just 1 uniform, 1 pair of socks and 1 bag all the way up to 4 uniforms and socks, 1 raincoat, 1 track suit, 1 polo shirt and 1 bag. That's alot of clothes to try to keep track of and clean. He got extra excited when they found out that's the same player kit that the real Chill have.

Just so people know, i'm not lost, i'm just at soccer and alot of soccer. Looks like it could be 6 days a week. Brad will be a soccer widow for that time seeing I will be the chauffeur for the kids. I love my kids.

Wow

I did it again didn't I, I went forever without an entry. Well here is a new one. Alex made the summer rep team, one higher than his winter one. He is now a white kid. Why would anyone in their right mind put a child on a white team though? One where they play in mud and slide on the grass. Can anyone see the problem with this? Whoever picked white must not have kids or just not have done the laundry to get the mud and grass stains out of the white and keep it looking the best. He is going to have a blast and we will all be soccer-ed out by the end of July. He plays house league 4 nights a week plus however many more times the reserve boys play.

Zachary and Keona only play twice a week so that isn't bad at all. They all got new shoes, which I wish were alot cheaper, and they look good. It's not so much the shoes are expensive, it's when you buy 3 pairs at once and as you punch the buttons in for your debit card you can just vision the bank balance fall way down low.

The things we do for our kids. And Timothy isn't even soccer age for another 2 years.

Round 1 done

Round one of soccer try outs is done and both boys will live to see Friday's tryout. They have been put into different groups so we have double the try outs/practices. It's all part of the fun. We will survive though. Alex did his same ole thing and Zachary worked his butt off and did awesome. He got right in with the scrimmage and made some great contact. We will have to continue to wait it out to see if both make teams.

Soccer

When watching kids play soccer never blink, especially if it's your child playing. I was positive I was watching Zachary play all year and a bit last week but really today the boy seems to have improved so much. I am very proud of him. Somethings he does I don't even see older kids doing. He isn't scared to go after a kid twice his size and try to get the ball. He is a year too young to make the development team but has been given the ok to go and try out. I think this is really exciting but realistically don't expect him to make it. It would be a huge surprise if he did, a pleasant surprise mind you.

Alex on the other hand is good too. Today there was only one time he wasn't in position during the game and he scored back to back goals within a couple minutes of each other. I was very proud of him. He will also show up to tryouts for the developmental team. All the boys on the team need to go to try outs still or they risk loosing their spot if the coaches see a player they think will be better. Some how both my boys will be at both try outs, one will likely (hopefully) be thrilled and the other will be back to try again next time.

My nerves go back and forth whether Alex is going to make the team. I think i'm more nervous than he is. He has been trying really hard and even in the last month has improved tons more. The test is March Break to see if he's done enough to make it. I'm a true soccer mom.