Gavin's Birthday

Morning: Picnic lunch, tractor ride, apple turnovers, and apple picking at Wilson's Apple Orchard

Afternoon: Brian came home early, we opened presents and put up our NEW TRAMPOLINE! (courtesy of my parents for the boys birthdays, we found an amazing deal).

 

Evening:  Dinner, Very Hungry Caterpillar cupcakes, and bed!  (Another one of Gavin's presents--a toddler bed!  So far so good, he hasn't figured out he can get out of bed without permission, although he's close enough to his bookshelf to pull all 30 books into bed with him before falling asleep.... :) And he hasn't quite figured out the pillow/covers thing yet. ) We love our little 2-year-old!

3-Year-Old Soccer

At this age, community soccer leagues are quite entertaining. Not in the "way-to-score-a-goal!" kind of way, but in the "wow-I-can't-believe-we-paid-money-to-have-our-child-completely-ignore-his-soccer-game" kind of way. Regardless, I guess the small fee was worth it because Ethan had fun and I spent the whole game cracking up at my child and almost everyone else's in the league.

For 3-year-olds, there is pretty much a mob-mentality to the game--everyone just runs around in a herd after the one or two kids that actually kick the ball. Ethan was quite different though--not very competitive, he worked hard during the 15 minutes of practice, but then sat out or did his own thing during the half hour game that followed because the other kids wanted the ball. Enjoy the pictures!








Apparently, soccer's pretty exhausting (and it was HOT!)





My favorite time was when all the parents on our team started laughing because one of the kids was way out on the other side of the field working on head-stands, oblivious to anything else. I, of course, couldn't stop laughing but managed to pull out my camera, because, hey, it was Ethan! :)