Jake and Cubby

The boys are going to be Jake and Cubby from Jake and the Neverland Pirates for a Halloween party we're going to, and Grandma was nice enough to help me make their vests.  I really had intended on trying it myself, then I chickened out.

We headed over to their house after the game.  The boys had been asking to play at Grandma and Grandpa's house, so this was the perfect opportunity.  Karsten wanted to help Grandma sew his vest.  He was a bit perplexed about what she was doing with the sewing machine.


It was also a game day, so between costume construction, we kept an eye on the game. Go Cats!

More soccer

Karsten's first soccer game was 100 degrees outside and we were sweating.  His game today was in the 50's and we were chilly.  I prefer the chilly weather!

He's doing great at running along with the rest of the boys and will occasionally get to kick the ball.  He's not big on trying to steal the ball from someone else, but if the ball is in front of him, he'll kick it. He'll kick in in the direction that he's running, which is a bit of an issue when his team is going the other direction for goals.



Liam is such a good sport at the games.  He spends a lot of his time opening and shutting the door on the wagon then putting things in and out of the seats of the wagon.  Karsten's team has several other little siblings who come watch the games; however, Liam doesn't have much interest playing with them.


Water break!


Only a few more soccer games in his season.  He seems to be having a good time - I'm not sure he's super into soccer, but he enjoys running around on the field with the other kids.

RIBBIT

The boys were playing in the backyard and we started to hear them yelling MOMMY, DADDY we found a FROG!  OK - Karsten was yelling that, Liam was just saying Mommy and Daddy.  Scott quickly went over to see the frog and I ran to grab my camera - this seemed like a photo opp.


Here's our little frog friend.


Liam would point to the frog then stand up and laugh.


Scott picked up the frog and Karsten petted him.  Liam wouldn't touch the frog.  I was surprised by this, I thought Karsten would be timid and Liam would be ready to touch the frog.  These boys keep me guessing!


'Awww, look at him' said Karsten.


We relocated the frog to the garden thinking he would like to live there, but he quickly hop hop hoped away and out of our yard.

Working hard

We've been practicing with Karsten to help him work on his grip of a pencil or pen.  He was writing on these dry erase cards when Liam came up and wanted to write as well.  I got out a coloring book and some crayons and he was a happy camper.

It was a blissful moment of silence.  :)


Working hard at writing.


This look says 'yeah, I'm coloring, so what?'

A burrito or a bridge

The boys have fun playing with all of the beautiful quilts my mom makes for them.  Some of them are so pretty I hate to let them play with them and get them dirty; however, she insists that they are made to be used.  And the boys come up with some unique ways to use them.

The other day, Karsten asked us to roll him up in the quilt like a burrito. Once he was rolled up, he cracked up.


As soon as Liam saw how much fun Karsten was having, he laid down and said 'me, me, me'.


Next, they laid out all of the quilts on the floor to build a bridge so they didn't have to step on the sharks on the floor.  Then they ran back and forth over their 'bridge'.


Who knew there were so many fun ways to enjoy quilts?

Wordless Wednesday - Making Applesauce!

Flu Shot Reward

It's that time of the year - everyone gets our flu shots so we can fight off all of the bugs that we come in contact with every day.  Especially with Karsten at a new school, we'll have a whole new set of germs to deal with this year.

We took the boys together and I was worried about how the nurse was going to get both of the shots done without one or the other boys being scared after watching his brother get a shot.  Karsten went first and Scott tried to distract Liam so he wouldn't watch.  As soon as Karsten saw the shot, he said "NO NO NO, I WANT A DRINK OF IT, I DON"T WANT A SHOT"  If only that was an option, buddy!  Unfortunately, since he has respiratory issues from time to time, that meant that he couldn't have the nasal mist. There was no distracting Liam from the chaos of Karsten getting his shot, because as soon as she gave him the shot, Karsten screamed a bloodcurdling scream and just kept screaming. As Liam was watching in shock, the nurse quickly gave him the shot and then he cried for a minute, then was fine.

So - we survived.  Barely, if you ask Karsten.  There was limping, whining and lots of tears.  Luckily, he stopped crying when we promised ice cream.


Ice cream makes everything better. Now let's hope these shots help keep us healthy this winter!