My Little Soccer Players

The kids have started soccer at the YMCA. They are having so much fun with it. Sofia is such a little go-getter and Ryan is a great dribbler. We had our first game this past weekend, although I had to miss it since I have a pesky cold. They did great and Sofia managed to score a goal (although possibly into the opposing team's net). Lots of fun was had by both of them and they are already looking forward to their next game!

Here are a few pictures:

From 2008 September-Soccer

From 2008 September-Soccer

Is it over yet?

Hurricane season that is. It looks like Hurricane Ike is coming our direction. I'm less than thrilled. I'm hoping it has a change of mind and decides TX is not the place to visit, or that it will unexpectedly weaken. Either way, I guess it's better to be prepared. SO tomorrow I will head out in search of batteries and flashlights. I also have to dig up our candles...

I hope everyone in it's potential path stays safe!

2 kids and a cave

Yesterday we ventured to InnerSpace cave, which isn't too far from here. The kids were all on board as we were meeting Olivia & family there. We got them explorer hats and boarded the cable car to be lowered down to the cave entrance. This all went fairly well until Sofia noticed that we were in a cave. For some reason she is less than fond of caves or dark unknown places. Somehow Derek managed to get her out of the cable car. He convinced to look for Tinkerbell (a.k.a. BATS). Let me just say that I don't like bats, I don't care how small and "cute" they are, I'm just not a fan. So it's safe to say that I was more freaked out by the little creatures zooming above our heads than the kids were. We made it through the whole thing with little incident, although there was a close call with a bat who aimed right at me, but I managed to dodge. I think the kids had a pretty good time.

Where did the time go?

Apparently I no longer have babies or toddlers. They are preschoolers. They are kids. Yesterday we had our first day of school. They were so excited. We got all our stuff ready and headed out the door. We walked in found their classroom assignment and slowly made our way down to the classroom. They jumped right in. I managed to take a few pictures before kissing them goodbye and walking out the door. Now, I always said I wouldn't be one of THOSE Moms who get all teary eyed on the first day of school. I was doing just fine, but as I opened the door to the building and stepped out into the sunshine I couldn't help but to get teary as I walked to the car by myself. It seemed like such a milestone. It was the first time I had ever left them with someone other than family. I drove home with a mix of excitement for all they would experience and sadness. Maybe I was a little sad that they didn't even care that I left them. They waved me off with a "Bye, Mom" and moved on, leaving me behind. I am really proud of them and am really proud of the little people that they are becoming.

2 beach houses & Fay

A vacation with toddlers always proves to be unpredictable. We took our first "family" vacation to Ft.Myers Beach. It all started well....until we heard about Fay. Apparently I seem to attract tropical storms as Fay headed right for us. So we had a few days of rain, but nothing too seriously. Then the house we were staying in would lose power at random times in a few rooms. They came out and discovered a broken breaker, so they "fixed it". We left for a drive to the beach and came back to find the house without power again. So that night we moved to another beach house down the street. This one had a pool which the kid absolutely loved. On our last night there, Ryan fell out of bed and cracked his two front teeth at the base. So now we have to watch them and we will go back to the dentist in a month to see if they need to be pulled out or if they can stay. Our flight home was also an adventure. We were on the runway getting ready for take-off and one of the engines didn't start. So it was back to the gate for us, of course this meant we lost our connecting flight in Houston. We finally left Houston at 11PM and by the time we got home it was almost 1 am. I have to say the kids did amazingly well considering the situation. So that's all our vacation drama. We did manage to have some fun in the midst of all that. I got to hang out with my friend Becky and the kids really loved the beach!Here are some pictures:

Our Fort Myers Vacation

Some vacation...

So we've been looking forward to our beach vacation for a while now. The day we land in sunny Ft. Myers, we hear of a tropical wave...no big deal, right? WRONG. That wave is now Tropical Storm (soon to be hurricane) Fay. And she is headed right at us. So as I sit here 100 ft from the ocean, I ponder my luck. Apparently I must be some kind of hurricane magnet. So we hope it will be a mild one and that we won't have to evacuate. Clearly this is not turning into the vacation we had in mind. At least we got a few days of sun and hopefully after Fay moves on we can resume our vacation.

Traveling with twins...

It's not all it's cracked up to be. We went to San Antonion for the weekend. Our thought was that we'd go back to Sea World and a good time would be had by all. So we set off on Friday afternoon. It turned out to be a whine-fest. Did I mention that 3 is the most terrible age. It was one thing after another. God forbid they should both want to do/see the same thing at the same time. So we spent Saturday at the water park inside Sea World. Afterwards we went back to the hotel for naps...2 hours later, naps ARE NOT happening. Give up and decided to wear them out some more at the hotel pool. That night I put them to bed. They had to share a king size bed, and they haven't shared a bed since they were 4 months old. Well Ryan is a restless sleeper. I think he encroached on Sofia's space and she ended up rolling off the bed and landed with a THUD. I race in there and she is pretty upset, but seems otherwise ok. I put her back to bed and at 1am...THUD. She fell out AGAIN. From 1- 3:30am consisted of 4 potty breaks, multiple lost bear/pillow comments, and complaints that Ryan was on top of her (which he was). The lesson learned here, is that they need separate beds and we will never be doing the share the bed approach again.

So we are very glad to be home. The only negative effect I have seen is that they didn't nap today. I hope a weekend of no-naps doesn't turn into no more naps EVER. I SOOO can't handle that!