The Never Ending Soccer Tourney Part 2

So it's Saturday and we are in day two of soccer tourneys. Mason had 3 games back to back too, but Mason truly loved soccer. He really took a shine to soccer, must be the Mexican in him! Here is the team picture of Mason's team. We had some great kids on the team and met a really great family that fits our family. It also happened that both of their boys were on both of our boys' teams...so it worked out really well.

Whatare they supposed to do while they are waiting? Putting the cones on their heads just made sense! There is nothing better than team medals and popsicles. That's our friend Ryan from Gymniks and soccer. Mason scored 2 goals during the tournament and too many to count during the regular season! LOL. The kids really got into it towards the end of the season instead of just running up and down the field aimlessly. I am so proud of my boys!

The Never Ending Soccer Tourney

It was simple enough. We enroll our boys in soccer for fun and merriment...then comes the tournament. It lasted forever. However, Max's coach, Coach Mark, is the bomb and we will be stalking him next year to ensure that he is coaching the kids again. The boys had 3 games back to back on Friday night and please be advised....it is hard enough to get 3 and 4 years olds to engage in ONE game a night, but 3 in a row? With 10 minute breaks? Holy. But he perserveered! Max even scored a goal, so what if it was on his own net? It's still a goal. Max was super proud because he received two medals, one from coach and one from the organization. We had some hot dogs and veggies between games and all the parents brought something for the kids to snack on. It was true teamwork!

We met some really great people, like Cade standing behind Max being airplanes on the sidelines waiting for Coach Mark to call them in.

There is a picture of Max and his whole team. Soccer was truly a love/hate relationship for Max. He wanted to do it because his big brother played soccer, but when we got there, it was a struggle to get him to pay attention or even stay on the field. Mostly he would shoot out Spider Man webs at us and go the opposite way the rest of the team was heading. You gotta love him.

That's Coach Mark helping my Max along! Thank you Coach Mark for an amazing season! See you next year....are you ready????

I'm so obvious....

I know that technically it's been quite a while since I've been on my blog, but....ya know. Life happens. Soccer lasted a lifetime. When you have to take kids EVERY single day from Monday to Thursday, it can wear on you. You almost want your kid to be unreliable...almost. This Father's day we spent it on the quads in Sand Lake near Fairview. Aunt Kathy had a good friend from Australia, Mel, visiting so we took them out on the quads. I will not tell a lie and inform everyone now that I crashed the quad. Typical, I know. Predictable, yes. I crashed into a tree while trying to ride with my kid. Nice. Max refused to "get back on that thing with her", I believe were his exact words. I told him to save it for his therapist, I was off the clock. So then Michael had to have both boys on the quad. He asked Kathy to NOT take a picture since it was illegal but we had legal representation with us, so I think we were ok.

We had a lovely fire and roasted hotdogs and marshmellows, that is Max's fave part. They also really like it out there because it's like a great big ole sandbox. It's a blast for everyone.

Totally awesome dude!

Today the boys and I went out with my pal, Sandra and her little guy, Zackary up to a big city park that we have here. It's actually the same place where I ran my 10K, BTW. Anyway. The boys had fun playing in the sand and running around the equipment, but the REAL fun came later. We went for a little adventure walk up these big hills and over the reservoir. The boys loved watching the water crash down the waterfall and had a hoot throwing things into the water and seeing who's twig or pinecone would win. Sandra brought her camera and took tons of pics, so when she loads them up, I will put them on here.
The best part was when we were walking back to the main park pavillion because they have a skate/bike park. The teens hang out there and do a bunch of tricks. Mind you, this was during the school day, so there weren't very many kids there. The area was all concrete with dips and ramps and graffiti everywhere. Mason said, "Mom, this is AWESOME!" They had so much fun running in all the dips and ramps. They used teamwork to help each other up some steep hills when they couldn't do it for themselves. I asked these 2 boys to do some tricks for our boys and they obliged me with some wheelies, turns, flips, and cool tricks. Mason and Max thought it was just about the coolest thing they had ever seen. All for free!@ I love cheap entertainment and it's a total bonus when the kids think I'm the bomb for thinking of it. We applauded our performers when their tricks were done and then headed home for our evening filled with soccer.
Mason went yesterday with his daddy to get a haircut....and let's just say....he is ready to join the marines. I didn't even recognize my baby. He looks sooooo grown up. Michael told Max to say good bye to his curls because he was taking him to chop them off sometime this weekend. I love those curls. Mason scored a goal last night at soccer and thought he was hot stuff.
Tonight we are going to a "new" friend's house. Denis and Jen have two boys the almost exact same age as our boys who all happen to be on the exact same soccer teams. Therefore, we have been "forced" to be friends! We've already had one of the most successful playdates in the history of the world and now the parents and children have a our very own playdate tonight at their house! It will be great having new couple friends with kids the same age. I'll try and take pics tonight to put them up later! Oh, my pal, Jen is a HUGE scrapbooker....so I believe I will still get to "make my memories"! Yippee!

So....remember when I said I was losing my son?

Remember when I was complaining about potentionally losing my oldest son, Mason, to the neighbors because they had a Wii and we didn't. Well, when I took Max to the doctors the other day, there was this old Colombian woman there who heard me speaking Spanish to Max and started talking to me....she was telling me about her boy who was like 16 now, and he still would rather have been home with his family rather than go out because when he was a boy, he had wanted video games too. So, she got them to keep her boy at home. She got me thinking that I needed to do the exact same thing. PLUS, I was tired of Mason asking to go over to the neighbor's EVERY WAKING MOMENT OF THE DAY. I called around earlier in the week looking for the Wii and was told by 8 shops that they didn't have any in stock and "we don't know when we will be getting more in". so, I was kinda bummed thinking that I was going to have to wait a long time. Well...well...well....

I went into the same Blockbuster that I had called earlier in the week TODAY, and they had 3 in stock. I asked if I could hold it till my hubby could get home and approve the purchase, cuz it's kinda expensive...but they couldn't... so I left around noon and hoped for the best. Well, I called Michael about 100 times and then made the executive decision around 5 pm to make the BIG TICKET purchase and hope for the best! I was worried for nothing cuz Michael could've cared less when he got home. Not only that, Uncle Julius and Aunt Kathy came over to help us break it in. I guess I know where we will be for the next couple of weekends!

Max isn't too interested. He's only 3 mind you, but I have an idea of how to get him interested. I saw a TMNT Wii game and I think that will totally get him going. By the way, TMNT is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles....his ABSOLUTE favorite thing in the whole world. FYI.

Zoinks!

The boys have been watching an awfully lot of Scooby Doo lately and Max has taken to saying "ZOINKS!" Just like Shaggy. I thought that was pretty funny. Mason has a funny saying lately too. When he doesn't wear shoes, he tells me, "Mom, I'm just gonna go bear walk." Instead of bare foot. It cracks me up every time. The kids had a great day at school today. We then joined some kids and went to McDonald's and let them burn off more steam. We came home and I helped them build their Hot Wheels tracks and then sneakily removed a whole bunch of toys to give away.

I ran into a dilemna though because I kinda want to keep a bunch of their toys to have when Maosn and Max have kids. Little Tikes and Fisher Price stuff lasts a lifetime, it's just where oh where do I put everything? Michael thinks we have too much "stuff" as it is. Michael and I have been toying with the idea of moving out of this house. We are torn. We will eventually outgrow this house, but it's just perfect right now. We have just enough room and we love our neighbors, but we don't have a garage and I would really love a bigger yard. Who knows what will happen, so I'm just gonna plug away and try and tidy up the house so that if we need to slap on a For Sale sign, we're ready...kinda.

Check this off my "list"

Well, it's done! I did it! My family was a huge source of support and encouragement and I achieved my goal of completing my first 10K run. I am so proud to say that I am a runner! (Well kinda, anyway!) My hubby and my boys were there to greet me at the finish line when I shamelessly hammed it up going across. My sister-in-law, Kathy ran it with me, but she totally smoked me for time, but that is NOT what the race was about. We did it together to accomplish it together. It was great. I'd like to thank all my fans....seriously...I'm totally kidding.

While I was getting ready for the race, Michael took the boys to a free pancake breakfast that one of the local places was having for Stompede weekend. Stompede is similar to our rodeo in Houston and they pull out all the stops with events and parades and things like that. After the race my family and I went for ANOTHER free food event around the corner from us. This time we had burgers, hotdogs, snow cones, ice cream and cake. I did "donate" $3 for my entire family to eat, so we technically aren't THAT bad. Once we knew we weren't winning anything in the draw, we were out of there. When we got home Michael and our neighbors, Reid and Terry, helped each other to put up some of the fence. We are almost done! We are basically trying to keep these 2 kids from coming across the alley everyday. We feel like prisoners in our backyard at times because they just show up unannounced when we are back there and we still haven't even met their parents. Too weird. After the fence building conference, the ladies put together an impromptu supper of burgers, steak, salads, chips and dip and we all just had the best time eating and drinking and having a fire in the firepit. Good times with the neighbors. I DID have to celebrate, remember. The kids always have such a blast with the neighbor kids, they are like their own little gang or posse. Too cute! There they are...the Mission Heights Posse: Mackenzie, Mason, Adiyan, Parker and Max!