The rest of the week . . .

Well, Tuesday was pretty uneventful (as far as I can remember). We enjoyed the nice weather that we had last week! Most days we were wearing short sleeves and leaving our jackets in the car. Lauren had her baby gymnastics class on Tuesday afternoon and wanted to run around the floor in circles more than she wanted to play on any of the equipment. I don't think we'll sign her up for that class again until the fall or winter (whenever it starts to get too cold to go outside again.) We've been to the park a few times now and it's so nice to just play outside!


Wednesday I went to the gym again (finally!) since I'm finally over the never-ending cold. I want to start making it over there more consistently, I have so much more energy when I do! Chris opened on Wednesday so he was home kind of early, we got to eat dinner together early (for us) which was nice. Chris found Lauren's new favorite snacking spot too :oD

Thursday and Friday were pretty uneventful as well. We just enjoyed the weather some more. Lauren got to wear shorts on Friday and was so excited. When we went to pick David up from school she kept kicking her legs in her car seat and playing with her feet and laughing. We got to the school a little early so we sat to wait until the kids got out. Lauren pointed at the van door on her side and whined because she wanted it open. I opened the door for her and she sat there looking out and laughing and kicking her feet in the breeze.

This morning David had his first official soccer game. His team named themselves "the Wildcats" and they were the visiting team for the first game. David was really excited when we pulled up to the field, he couldn't wait for Chris to help him put his new soccer cleats on. (He loves the new soccer ball that coordinates with his cleats, too.)

Our nice, sunny, warm weather didn't hold out past Friday afternoon. It rained Friday night and was 43 degrees and drizzling when we got to the field. After a false start (David got half-way to the field, decided it was too cold to play, and came back to the van to tell us he wasn't playing!) we finally "convinced" David that he wanted to play soccer and that he wasn't too cold.
Once he actually got on the field, he had a great time!

Lauren and I stayed in the van for a few minutes to wait out the rain. We got to the field just in time to see David make a great save for his team!

And then we watched someone else kick the ball sailing past, right him into the goal.

The kids all had a great time. Lauren even sat still for most of the game and just watched the action.

We are so proud of David! This game was a far departure from his soccer adventures last summer at soccer camps and such. He is finally going after the ball and getting right in the middle of all he kids. I think he's finally getting to understand what he's supposed to be doing out there, and realizing that he really enjoys it.

There were a lot of kids on both teams who seemed to have been playing for years (even though it's a kindergarten league). I think this will be good for David to watch the more experienced boys and learn from them.

Proud daddy watched from the sidelines. He stayed by the Wildcat's chairs to help out if they needed him. He's going to help with practice on Monday.

The Wildcats won, 7-6!! (Okay, so it would have actually been 6-5 but each team scored one goal on themselves. Oh, well, at least they evened each other out.) David can't wait for his game next week (hopefully we won't need coats again!)

Poor little Lauren is sick again this weekend :o( I was supposed to volunteer in the nursery at church tonight and hold babies (or, as Chris says, I was supposed to go get my baby "fix") but I couldn't take Lauren with an upset tummy and Chris won't be home until after midnight tonight. I'm supposed to greet at church tomorrow so Chris and I may have to "tag team". Maybe he can go to the middle service while I watch Lauren and then he can watch her while I greet at the late service. We'll have to see how she's doing in the morning. I definitely must go now, I am pretty tired from a long day and it looks like we're going to have a pretty busy day tomorrow as well. I hope you are all having a great weekend! We miss and love you and we'll talk to you soon!


Love,
Chris, Megan, David & Lauren

Oh, yeah. P.S. ~ It's supposed to snow tonight and tomorrow night! I did not want to have to get out the warm coats again! Hopefully Monday will turn back into pretty spring weather!