Football is over!!!

Flag Football that is. Don't freak out all you football fans...Dan. So, now we are down to just one sport in the house...soon to be two again when Mason starts Basketball in December.

Now, let's talk about the soccer "situation" and Jack. We had a night game this past Monday to make up for a cancelled game earlier in the season. We played at 6:30 pm ...it was dark...and REALLY cold. All 3 of us were there to cheer him on this time...Dan, Mason and myself. He started out in his usual way being shy and not wanting to play. Then I told him if he plays we will go to McDonalds on our way home for an ice cream cone. (We had already eaten dinner). About 15 minutes into the game, something snapped in Jack. He all of a sudden....wait for it...wait for it....PLAYED SOCCER, ON THE FIELD, INDEPENDENTLY(not holding Dan's hand)!!! What?!?!? Is this our kid?!?!? Everyone on the sidelines, and I mean everyone, just stopped and watched in amazement. All of a sudden Jack really was the center of attention...and he was LOVING it!!! What happened??? Was it that Daddy was there? Was it that there was an ice cream cone at stake? Was it that it was a night game and not at the crack of dawn????? I wish I knew what it was and I would make sure that whatever motivated Jack would be there for him the next game. I guess we will see tomorrow morning when he has another game at 8:30 am. But at this night game, we could not keep him off the field. He for sure made up for lost time. And ask me...did I have my camera? Did I have my video camera? Of course not! I gave up two games ago of getting footage of him on the field actually playing. Laugh is on me! You better bet that I will have both camera's tomorrow morning just in case this one not a one time deal.

So, this weekend...we have a lot going on. Soccer game at 8:30, clean up at Cahaba Lily park for the Cub Scouts (Mason) from 8:00 to 11:30, birthday party for Mason's classmate at Cahaba Lily park from 11:00-1:00 (convenient!), home for naps, and finish weekend chores. Sunday we are riding the rails with the scouts. We are all going on a train ride to a pumpkin patch in Calera...walking distance to Dan's store. Should be fun. I think that is all we have planned for Sunday besides church.

Hope everyone out there has a great weekend. I will leave you with a few pictures of the boys at the Old Baker Farm in Harpersville, AL...my favorite place to get our pumpkins!