slowing down

Life will be slowing down for us, well, at least for a little bit;-) Spring soccer is now complete and dance will be done this weekend after the recital. We'll have softball and swimming lessons to look forward to shortly and eventually Vacation Bible School later in the summer.

Schuyler's team, the Eclypse, won their final game this weekend. At this stage, it's still very much about learning the game and fundamentals, but it is kind of cool that they were undefeated. Speaking of the game, she did the funniest thing! She was dribbling the ball and I've been trying to teach her to "pull back" the ball. So, when your on a break away and the opposing team is gaining ground, you pull the ball back and head a different direction, usually to goal, and the defenders fly right by you. Well, she pulled the ball back and then stood there with her foot on the ball, she put her hands on her hips and shot a little smile to all of us on the sideline. I'm telling you, she had all of us in stitches and nobody on the field had a clue what to think. Then, she dribbled throught the little huddle and ended up scoring. I wish I had that on video!!

Schuyler had a few incidenst this past week. She had her first bee sting = ( We - the kids and I- had just arrived at the grocery store and were unloading when in flew a bee into the van. So, with Eli in tow, I was swatting it with McKenzie's lunch box. Schuyler thought she would take care of it and tried smacking it with her hand. Well, she got it but it gave her a little sting! On Saturday, the girls attended a bday party. Schuyler came home with a swollen black eye - not terrible though. Evidentally, she ran into a door handle!

Eli, who has always been a climber has figured out how to get out of his pak-n-play at daycare as well as his crib at home. Now, the pak-n-play is one thing but the crib has much taller sides. He is very flexible and strong and these 2 characteristics put together is what allows him to climb out. Mark and I are at a loss as to what we should do. McKenzie was the same way and we put her in a toddler bed at 15 months! To this day, she still does not have the best sleeping habits - she likes to crawl into our bed and it takes her a long time to fall asleep. So, although part of her sleeping problems stem from an early toddler bed, there are other factors as well. We just don't want to make the same mistakes again. We are open to suggestions if you have any!

Happy belated mother's day to all of you out there. We had a nice, relaxing day. Mark smoked some ribs, we played outdoors, had some icecream in the afternoon and enjoyed the soccer game in the evening = )