Roughing it (kinda)

Sally came to visit in early October, and she somehow convinced the kids that they needed to camp out in the back yard at night. If I would have suggested it, there would have been nothing but complaints until I gave up and went back inside....anyway, I gave them our oldest cheapest tent and said 'good luck with that'. They successfully made it 3 or 4 nights, even though the temps dropped down into the 30's that week! Note the cooler for drinks and the power cord for the DVD player. Not pictured is the medical kit, lantern, art supplies and a million extra blankets. Not sure what role the cow skull played.

Sooper Cooper Soccer

Coop was in soccer this fall for the first time ever, and suprise suprise, he did a great job. He was in the Tots class, and at that level they just rotate through different skills stations for the practices, then finally played a mini game at the last practice. In which Cooper scored all the points for his team. Serious. I actually felt kind of embarassed.






All of the parents have a challenge just keeping the little ones engaged throughout the practice, much less actually learning soccer stuff. The highlight of the season was Cooper telling a girl that he was supposed to be kicking towards to "get your head in the game" because she was watching the planes fly by. Needless to say, we'll be in the fives (the next group up) in the spring so he is the one getting picked on instead!

Um, hi.

[Sam, acting as if nothing happened]: Hey what's up!
[Faithful spambanana readers]: Where the heck have you been?
[Sam]: Around.
[Spammers]: Whatever. I'm outta here.