Fall Soccer 2012

It all started one day at Rathdrum City Park when the two kids and I were playing waiting for Daniel to get home from work when we saw a little soccer team show up with pizza, cupcakes, and trophies for each player. The kids were about Natalie and Corbin's age. When I told Natalie it was for a soccer team and she wasn't in soccer I was in so much trouble. Let me invert something her though. The whole reason we went to the park a lot of the times was because the kids had not had naps and I had to find a way to keep them awake until Daniel got home and this was the only thing that worked. Anyway, she was not very happy and wanted to know why I hadn't signed her up for soccer. I tried to explain that I didn't know about it until it was too late and I had also signed her up for a dance class. So here we were in Fall 2012 and we signed up the kids for soccer. They had a lot of fun. If they scored a goal they got their name in the paper (not sure which paper as our local one went out of business) but each one of them scored at least one goal (it counted even if it was in the other players goal). We were blessed to have great weather for practice and games up until the end of the season. By the end of the season Natalie was done playing and Corbin was ok with being done. They had each team play 2 games and our little team had players that had never played before except for one little player so some of them were there but didn't want to go out on the field. They let the parents go out if needs be but because Natalie and Corbin, among a few others, were sometimes the only ones who wanted to play they got tired really fast especially where each game was 30 minutes long.

 

Coldwater Creek/Inventory Planning Summer Party

Coldwater Creek usually has a summer party but it usually consists of alcohol so we have never gone. This year they did an inventory planning summer party at the beach in Sandpoint. They had sandwiches and all you can eat fruit, drinks, etc. The kids were in heaven however they were also in heaven because they got to play in the water and in the sand. I enjoyed it because I got to play with my kids in the sand, build sandcastles, and watch them play.

 Natalie and I starting to build sandcastles. The sand was the perfect consistency to make sandcastles. Both kids loved it because our sandbox at home you can't exactly make sandcastles with. It is too fine unless of course we take the hose to it then it is just muddy. The kids like that even better.

 Both kids LOVED playing the water. It took Corbin a few minutes but he kept going further and further out. Natalie was the first one in the water. I always tell her she is our little fish. It doesn't matter temperature of the water she will be in it.

 

 The start of our what was supposed to be large sandcastle until Corbin got a hold of it (see below).

 Corbin thought it was fun to wreck the sandcastles once we made them.

 Daniel and Corbin playing in the sand.

When we got there someone had already dug a hold big enough for one of them to sit in. Once Corbin started playing in it Natalie wanted one just as big so she is starting to dig her hole. 

Family Ice Cream Outing

A few weeks ago before it got too cold we went to a local gas station that we have heard has really good ice cream. So we decided we would give them a try. They did have really good ice cream but I have always said you know it is good when it end up all over your face and your face. The kids really enjoyed their ice cream and here is the proof.

 Corbin devoured his ice cream cone and all. Natalie on the other hand didn't like her cone so she would hand it over to Daniel to eat the cone and she would eat the ice cream.