Soccer updates

I forgot to mention in my last post that Julianne scored a goal at her previous soccer game. She now really likes soccer and becoming more aggressive with the ball and going out there and trying to get the ball more. She has a couple really good players on her team I think she was intimidated by them but now she is learning and getting more into it. She actually got a game ball last week (all the players get one during the season) but she was really excited that she got one and she knew that she was going to get one because she "played really hard." So we are so glad that she likes it and is now really putting herself out there. She has a tendency to stand back and watch and not really paprticipate in things because It hink she thinks she will not do it well or will look silly, but it seems she growing out of that. It is really fun to watch her and of course she has a lot to learn. All the girls are ball hogs and there is not really any passing going on but I have been impressed that second graders can play and understand what they should be doing during this game.

Mallory is doing well. She was a little sick last week with a headache and just a grumpy feeling. She did not have a fever but complained about her head hurting for several days. She has been loving school and is excited about going everyday.

Nathan is doing well. He is crazy, stubborn and determined as 2.5 year old should be. He is slowly not taking his afternoon nap which is tiring for me but it is fun to spend some one on one time with him. This week we are volunteering in Mallory's class. The teacher said I could bring Nathan so that will be nice and hopefully he is a help and not a nuances.

During the past 10 days we went to the pumpkin patch and had a lot of fun looking for pumpkins. However, we had fun but I swear that that pumpkin patch is somewhat haunted. Last year when we went to this same pumpkin patch Julianne lost her coat and we never found it again. This year I put 40 dollars in my pockets and when I went to pay for the pumpkins the money was gone. It must have fallen out but that place brings me bad luck. The kids had fun playing in the corn and Julianne was a mess when we got home. she had straw caked in her hair and it was hard to get out.

My stubborn son trying to pick up the pumpkins.

He is trying to pick it up a different way.

And another...

He finally gave up and let Julianne carry it for him.



Group hug.

The corn box.


Julianne was a mess at the end of that day. It was so hard to get all the hay out of her hair.

We also participated in the Second Annual Walk for Autism. I volunteered to do registration and I was there at 7:00 am. It was really cold that morning and by 10:00 I was frozen trying to register people. But I had fun and quickly warmed up during the opening ceremonies and on the walk.

D not really wanting me to take his picture. Shocking!!!


I took my friends pictures this weekend and they turned out really well. I was actually surprised. The boys were fun and the lighting was great, the evening was warm so the pictures were a success.








Things I am grateful/thankful for:
-great fall weather.
-the sound of leaves falling and crunching when we walk and run on them
-spending time with my kids.

Two less days in the week

I now have two less days in the week to get all of my chores/errands/activities completed since I have been working two days. Granted D stays home on one of those days and helps keep the house clean but it is still more work on me. I switched the kids and my clothes this week to winter clothes since I was a little past due so that was my largest time hog. So with less time means my blog may suffer a little from lack of entries. I will keep trying to post once a week but it may be longer than that.

Our biggest event of the past two weeks was that Julianne was at gymnastics on Monday jumping on the trampoline when she went to her belly and kind of landed on her chin. She started crying and got off the gymnastics floor and I could tell she was in a lot of pain. We iced it and just hung out until Mallory was done. She had to walk very slowly and was still in a lot of pain was we were leaving. She could move her arms and her body but could not move her neck very well. When we got home we took it easy and just gave her some Tylenol and had her ice it. On Monday she was not really feeling any better and her left shoulder was considerably lower than her right. So I decided to call the doctor to make sure she did not dislocate her shoulder or have any other bone issues. Well the doctor said she had a muscle spasm and that it would feel better in 3-4 days. So I was glad that I did not have to get any x-rays and she is now back to normal. She was mad that she could not play soccer on Tuesday but I am happy that she is feeling better.

Mallory's second fish (Bluey) died on Tuesday and she was pretty upset and wanted me to immediately go and buy a new one. I told her we had to grieve her old fish first for a few months before we could purchase a new one. What I was really thinking was that I did not want to buy another one since I always have to take care of it. So I checked her fish off my list of one more chore to take care of. If we get another one she will be in charge of cleaning the fish bowl and taking care of it because that fish and Julianne's stinky/pooping frog drive me up the wall:)

Nathan is doing great. He likes school when he is in the classroom but he always says "I don't want to go to school" or "I don't like it" but he goes in willfully and seems to have fun. Mallory and I have been enjoying our time together. This past Monday we went to the local Goodwill store to look around and to give some old clothes away. There was not a great selection of things so we only bought Nathan a pair of pants and Mallory a stuffed animal.

Things I am grateful/thankful for:
-Fall leaves
-A quiet house
-learning new things at work everyday

The week in review

Well we escaped September without Nathan having an asthma episode but this weekend it was back. It was not too bad of one but it did slow him down a little. He is better today and went to school with a little wheezing and coughing but he is back to his old self. His eczema is alright. He is not itching it as much but that could also be because the weather is colder and he has been wearing pants. I looked back at my blog from last year and in November I said that his eczema was almost gone on his legs so I think I am choosing a bad time to try my wheat/gluten free experiment. I should really try it in the spring/summer when his legs are really bad and irritated. However, at the beginning of the week they were really red and irritated and by the end of the week his skin was softer and not as red. So who knows. I am still plugging along on the diet restriction for about 6 weeks. I thought I would only do it a week or two but a lot of things say to wait until 2 months to wait until all the gluten/wheat is out of the system. So we will see. He is actually doing really well with the food choices. He still asks for his favorite cereal but is easily tempted by the rice and corn cereals. Julianne is actually really jealous that Nathan gets to each Rice Chex cereal and she does not. He also has pretzels which she wants to eat so bad. So it is going alright. Since he does not really eat my dinners that I make it doesn't really matter at dinner time.

Julianne had her first Girl Scouts campout this weekend. She had a lot of fun and did not have any reservations about going. She was really tired and worn out when she got back on Sunday and within half an hour had to turn around and go to her soccer game. That was really unpleasant for her. She threw the largest fit and was really mad that we were making her go to soccer. There was a lot of yelling and crying from her end. In the end she got dressed and pulled through and had an OK soccer game. She has a hard time transitioning to different activities and I know that she was worn out but we still wanted her to participate in the game she committed herself to.

We went to the So You Think You Can Dance concert this past week and we had a lot of fun. We were suppose to go with friends but they could not find a babysitter and the husband was sick so we took the girls. They girls had a lot of fun since they watch parts of the show throughout the season with us. Mallory was so cute because after about 10 minutes of watching it she ran up to me and said mom, "Those are real people." It was the cutest thing ever. She is used to watching it on TV and when her 5 year old brain started thinking she realized that they were real dancers and it was not on TV. So it was cute. Julianne kept saying, "This is my favorite dance." She said that on every dance. So that was cute. We had a great time.

Things I am grateful/thankful for:
-Hearing the High School Band play a concert next door. (my neighbors hosted the band for dinner before a game and the band played a concert in the street.
-Nathan and is ability to express himself with words
-Julianne trying hard at soccer
-Mallory loving kindergarten