Lucy's FIRST haircut!

Before Front: Before Back (why would you say she needs a haircut...just because she has a mullet):

During (Ben and Nate were on keeping her happy duty, I was camera, and Benson was stylist):

After (oh, so cute):

Soccer Time!

Nate is playing soccer this year with his team the BLUE SHARKS (or blue dolphins depending on who you ask...but at our house they are the sharks) anyway, imagine if you will, Nate is on the field with a whole gang of kids fighting for the ball...Nate manages a break away and kicks the ball across the whole field. The sidelines are going CRAZY..."go Nate...he's going to make a goal" He's grinning for ear to ear kicking the ball and running...the goal is clear right in front of him and the other kids are far behind. He gets 2 feet from the goal and....
STOPS and turns the ball around and kicks it the other way...WHAT?!?
Oh well...he loves the game! And maybe we will be able to teach him he is supposed to kick the ball INTO the net!
Nate marches to the beat of his own drummer...love that kid!

Just to keep things exciting..we have the boys on 2 different leagues...I love to complicate my life! :)

Ben is another story...he is super competitive and even the they don't keep score...Ben does! He knows how many points they have...and he is happy to tell you he scored SEVEN goals on Saturday's game (he actually only scored 5....but he insists he scored 7). I keep telling him 5 is a lot of goals and he says "I know...but I scored 7"! He loves to play and is learning to play as a team and trying to remember to not steal the ball from his teammates and give others a chance to score!

VOLCANOES!!

I really like doing little activities with my kids...today was a little science experiment and we made volcanoes! The boys were super excited (poor Samantha has all day school) and we made our volcanoes out of play-do...then added a little vinegar and baking soda and the volcano erupted!! In true boy fashion, my boys loved the explosion so we used an ENTIRE bottle of vinegar and box of baking soda.

After I realized the play-do is probably ruined we decided to try it in bowls...

And even though they had been watching it for over an hour...it was still fascinating!

When we were doing this Ben said "Mom, you are so cool"! I take that as a victory for the day!

Poor Nate

Nate has been so sick this week...the other day he fell asleep on the coffee table (notice his car seat behind him that I had just taken out to wash and clean from his throw up)! Poor kid!

Ice Caves!

We went to my parents cabin over Labor Day weekend...we went on an awesome (very long...I'm talking 5 hours) hike! We hiked to some ice caves and these happen to be the only pics I got for the weekend! Ben discovered his new found love for CIRCUS peanuts...

The kids found a tree to climb...Benson WOULD not help the kids climb the tree and it became a joke for the rest of the day!

Our family (minus Lucy who was at the cabin asleep with Gramma)

Inside the ice caves...

Sammy loved exploring the ice caves (which actually have no ice...its just really cold)!

The whole hiking group...

Saturday was super fun...then Nate got a little (BIG) stomach bug so we had to end our trip early!

A couple of Lucy Firsts....

Lucy's First rice cereal...

Lucy's first ride in the bike trailer...

Lucy's first friend...

She's easily amused with herself (and notice her toes are painted)!

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