Ethan's 1st Soccer Practice

Ethan had his first day at his soccer practice and it was so enjoyable to watch him interact with the other kids and his coaches. When I first got there he seemed a little out of place from the other kids. Since they all looked around his age but just were doing really well compared to what I think a beginner would look like. It was funny when Ethan joined them he turned to the kid next to him and made a comment about his cool shoes and how they had a puma on them which made him run fast. That's when the coach asked him if he belonged in the group. Turns out he wasn't his coach. I think it must of been the 5 year old group because the kids looked like they pretty much knew what they were doing.
We rushed Ethan over to the other side and he of course detoured towards the playground. I caught him and we ran over to the right coach. He was a crack up during the practice. He would point out things to the others that they really weren't paying any attention to, like the birds and clouds. He asked his coach Ozzy what the baseball scoreboard was and then said he wanted to put a number one up there. A flock of geese flew by honking loudly. Ethan was sitting on his ball and then started to flap his wings and honk. The others followed. He is curious, observant and gets so excited. I love my little boy.
He is a fast learner too, because today he learned to stop the ball, which he did really well. Everytime after he did it the first time he would do it. At first I didn't think he was paying attention but he picked up quick. He just needs to learn to not use his hands so much. Which he will in due time. He was so funny dribbling the ball all over the field during drills. Made it a little chaotic, but it was so much fun to watch and observe. He got his uniform today and it turns out he is #21. Yeah one of my favorite numbers since it is my birthday. I would post pictures but I'm unable to do that at this time. But his uniform is light blue.
After practice he was beat red and dripping with sweat. (Just like I do.) That morning I thought of bringing some orange wedges for all the kids and got props for that. Sophie enjoyed them as well since she loves oranges. We later headed over to the playground where he and Sophie played with the kids from his team. There is practice next Saturday and I'm excited just as much as he is. I can't wait to get Sophie into some kind of sport or dance class. Soon enough.

Bad Boys and Good "Grils"

Among some of my errands I had to go to the Social Security Office the other day. When we were there Ethan was acting up and jumping on the chairs and was wiggling a lot when I was holding him and just giving me a hard time. The security guard there asked if he could talk with him and I said "sure, why not?" So the guard started off be telling him to listen and be good to your Mom. He then asked Ethan a question that I knew what his response would be, and I was right. He asked "Do you want to go back with all the bad boys?" Ethan of course responded with "yes." The lady that was helping me and I, both had a hard time keeping a straight face. It did help a little because he acted better from then on. Until we were getting ready to leave and he pulled my arm back and told me "We need to go Mom. We need to go see the bad boys." I then replied with "No, you don't want to be with the bad boys. You want to be with the good boys and girls." He then said "No, girls!" A few days later I had to go back to that office again and Ethan remembered where we were. Because as we pulled up he got really excited and said "Hey Mom, we're going to go see the bad boys." As we went in he saw the same security guard and said to him "I want to go see the bad boys." He was good this time while we waited keeping himself entertained with a small round key ring he found on the floor. After we were done he said good-bye to the lady and kept thanking her for helping us and "See you later." He's such a character. Sophia was sleeping both times there. Thank goodness:)

Ethan has been a sweetheart lately with all of his compliments to me and telling me sweet things, more than he ever has before. Forget that random guy's compliment. It's all about Ethan's that make my day. He is always telling me how much he loves me and how pretty and beautiful I am. (Man he's going to be a ladies man if he keeps it up when he's older;) He says "Mommy you are such a sweet gril (he always says girl backwards), and I love your hair." As he pets my head. The other day he asked me if I like Daddy? And I told him "Yes, I like him and love him because he made you." His eyes got all big and he had a big grin on his face. He then said "You do! Daddy's being a good boy and listening Mommy?" Made me cry. He's such a sweet little guy. He's been saying so many sweet things to me so often he has Sophia doing it now. I love my kids and am so blessed that I'm able to be their Mom. The sure give me a hard time but they also know how to pick me up and make my day. I love my kids!

What's New

Right now I don't have the Internet so I'm using it at a friends as well as doing some laundry. I probably won't be able to post pictures that much from now on. I'll still take pictures of these activities and maybe I'll just write about the fun activities we do and post them. Later I'll match the pictures with the posts later on.

We have had a lot of activities going on that have kept the kids and myself busy. We've been doing a lot of running around and standing in lines for the papers we need to get and forms we need to file out for everything. But aside from all of that we have had fun times too. Saturday we had the ward picnic/bbq. Which included some of Ethan's favorite things. Water balloons and pinatas filled with candy! He's getting really good at whacking them. Sophie was very impressive as well when she was taking her swing at it. I really love the ward I'm in and hope that I'm able to stay in it with all the great friends I've made. We'll have to see what happens.

Friday night we went to visit Aunt Cora and Uncle Javier and the cousins Andy, Javie, and Alex. We had a nice visit. Ethan loves her boys and they are the sweetest helpers. Turns out on our visit it was Javier's birthday so they invited us to the surprise party they had for him that night. I found out he is the youngest out of 13! Wow wee and I thought I had a big family. We had a lot of fun with lots of good food. I ate too much because it was so good. Ethan soon became the live of the party. He had been throwing dirt up in the air for fun, which all ended up on his face. He then ran out in front of where everyone and stood there with his dirt made mask. I really wished I had taken a picture it was the funniest thing. Everyone was cracking up, including myself. They were saying he's a little bandino and said his new nick name was Zorro. I was thinking more like Dash from the Incredible's. I ended up washing him up after that in the bath. He's such a goof. When we got home it was late and the kids had fallen asleep. They were so dirty that I had to give them a bath. They both screamed the whole time like I was torturing them. Good thing we don't have the neighbor upstairs anymore. It definitely would have woken her up.

Last night I decided to have a little party. Since I love to entertain and wanted to do something for my friends who have been there for me and helped me out so much. I'm so lucky to have friends like them. I ended up having a big feast. I marinated a flank steak and corn (lots of corn), my friend Janet brought over hot dogs and zucchini, and the Romero's brought pork patties all to bbq. I was lucky that I had pro-bbqers out there working, so I didn't have to. I was busy cooking away. I made a lot of yummy homemade salsa (my favorite food, got to have it), had homemade refried beans cooking all day while I was gone at church. I made Mexican rice, warmed up some corn tortillas, had juice and in the end had quite a spread. We were so full after that we didn't even get to dessert. Which was rainbow sherbet, since I didn't want to turn on the oven to make what I had planned on making for dessert. Which would of been yellow bread. Everything turned out delish. The kids had a fun time playing with their friends. My sister April came that day too for a visit and was able to enjoy the day with us.

Today we went to the recorders office in Norwalk, so I could pick up the kids birth certificates. I ended up chatting with the lady in line behind me and we quickly found out we had a lot in common. She had a son who's 5 and kept Ethan and Sophie entertained while we were able to visit. I found out she is a single Mom, was adopted, and is Mormon. We ended up exchanging emails and thought it would be fun to set up a get together for the kids. Ethan kept saying as we were leaving he wanted to go with his friend Andona. I have always found it easy to make new friends. I think it's because I truly love people. I hope my kids are able to do this when they get older. I would think they would, just because they are so friendly now.
I also got the sweetest compliment that made my day. Some random guy told me that I was "a very pretty lady." I thanked him graciously. What a nice compliment he gave me. It actually took me a moment to register what he actually said. It put a smile on my face the rest of the day.

The Creek

We had so much fun at the creek. Ethan even said he liked it better than the beach and keeps asking to go again. My friend Meghan invited us to go with her and her husband Joe and their two dogs Phoebe and Elwood the bulldog. The kids had so much fun playing with the dogs and exploring and jumping off the rock. Fun times. On the way home we saw a wild turkey and I had to have a picture.