Saturday's Soccer and School carnival...

... after a great practice with only 30 seconds of crying on Thursday, Xan REFUSED to play on Saturday's chilly morning (it was 53 degrees) and cried the whole time. We are considering dropping him off completely to he starts having to focus on being there. He really does have a great time when he lets himself.


Immediately after the soccer game, we stopped at home so Xan could change, and then headed off to Will's school carnival. This definitely wasn't a SoCal school carnival. It was amazing how much we were able to do on $10. Here is a sampling:

Will tried to dunk his assistant principal, who was freezing in the 60-degree weather. He kept throwing a bit too high.


Xan threw for a few games, too. He was deadly with the baseballs and milk bottles. He throws hard - and a little to the left.

Will, of course, had to get his face painted. There were a number of sailors and Marines on hand, volunteering their services. I guess the most artistic one got to paint the kids.



Although we skipped the bounce house, Will and Xan did have to go down the big inflatable slide a few times.





The boys re-energized with some tart licorice.