A busy Saturday and restful Sunday

We picked up the boys from school Friday afternoon and headed off to see the Star Wars cartoon. Will was riveted to the screen and Xan did pretty well until the last 15 minutes. Then he started squirming around. But the movie was a success overall and Will just saw commercials for more of these Star Wars cartoon episodes coming out. How soon can you start leaving a kid alone at the theater? Ha!

Friday night the Binki Fairy came and took all of Xan's binkis... He screamed for his binki for about a half hour. Strangely enough, Will was able t fall asleep through the ruckus. I finally went in to Xan's room (Rodney said I was the one who took them away, so I had to deal with the aftermath) and told him that I knew losing his binkis was tough, but that the Binki Fairy decided he was a big boy like Will and that his whole family, Grandmas, Grandpas, Aunts and Uncles included, were very proud of him for being such a big boy and loved him very much. I really didn't think the pep talk would work, but it did. Xan fell asleep without another peep.

Saturday was Will's first day of soccer. There were the opening ceremonies in the morning, with a Navy color guard and everything. Will's team is the gray Sharks.







Their game was at 12:30, the last one of the day, and since only two people on the other team showed up, they gathered up a group of kids willing to stay longer from other games so they could play. Rodney was at a high school ROTC event, so he wasn't there, so Xan and I headed over to the field with Will to watch him play. He seemed to have a good time. His team is one of the most organized, which I think has a lot to do with the coach. He is very good at directing the kids and keeping them focused.








Will didn't score a goal, but he was intent on chasing after the ball. It's just when he did get to to it he tended to back off and let the other kids have it. Hopefully he'll get the confidence to be more assertive in his play soon. But, like I said, he seemed to have a good time, although he was quite overheated by the time the game was over. It was hot, about 88 degrees, and sticky, about 45 percent humidity, and I got a fabulous sunburn on one shoulder. I remembered to put sunscreen on the boys, just not myself. I think we will need to invest in an umbrella.

Sunday we all slept in, Rodney made breakfast and the boys played in their pajamas for most of the day. Here is a photo of them dressed up like hunters.



Later, they were firemen. And Xan started wearing a plastic Power Rangers mask, so maybe Halloween won't be such a scare-fest for him after all.