Little Will

We sure do adore our sweet Will. He's growing up so fast. This was snapped when he was laying down watching BBC news... seriously.

Book Dress-up

Last week Worthy's class dressed up as their favorite book character. He chose the book Minosaur, mainly because he had a dinosaur hat that he wanted to wear. It was fun to see all the other pre-schoolers dressed up and makes me all the more eager for Halloween.

At the end, they all lined up for the parents to take pictures, video, make a documentary, etc.
It was cute.

Real Citrus County

Worthy had his first soccer practice and match on Monday night. We were all quite unsure what to expect, but he ended up having a GREAT time and really enjoying it! He had a great time - despite looking all serious here.
They split up into the orange and blue teams and did some skill learning. After the skill learning they played a scrimmage. Personally, the blue team seemed a little stacked to me :)
Here's a clip from the scrimmage:

DC United v. Real Madrid

Wow - I'm not sure how I missed blogging about this!! When we were in Akron, Dan & I got to head up to DC for a mini-vacation from the kiddos. Unfortunately, Dan was sick, so we had to shorten it to one night instead of two. We had gotten tickets to go see DC United v. Real Madrid. (Dan should really be blogging about this... he's the soccer guru). Anyway, we (yes, both of us) were really looking forward to it. We met up with some of our Annapolis buddies, The VanderWalls, that also have a passion for the sport.

First off - the traffic! Oh, how easily I forget about it. It was Sunday at 2pm and we were in bumper-to-bumper traffic on the Beltway - gotta love DC! We met up with our friends got to FedEx field and the amazing heat. It was super-toasty.

I have never seen a live soccer match - so this was really exciting for me. The energy in the stadium was just fantastic. This was as the game was starting. This was the start of the game and it seemed like most of the 75,000 attendees were still caught in traffic.
DC did a phenomenal job in the first half. They were able to hang with Real and held them to 0-0 at the end of the half.
However, that soon changed... and Madrid ended up winning 2-0. It was still super fun to watch.

We had a GREAT time - blazing heat and all!

It's a 3rd Boy

Boy, were we surpised! We were sort of hoping for a girl, but the best news of all is that it's a healthy baby. Worthy is a bit heartbroken. He really wanted a little sister and he wanted to name her Pinky Rose. We are delighted at the practical implications - same boy clothes, toys, etc. Praise God for this little guy!

Cedar Point visit

We spent this past week in Ohio visiting family. One of our favorite things to do is to go to Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. I was a little bummed because it's no fun going to the Roller Coaster Capital of the World when you're pregnant :) Anyway, I was really looking forward to kiddie land with the boys, being with family and seeing my nephews experience some great roller coaster adventures. However, all of my wonderful dreaming did not anticipate Dan and Worthy getting sick. Dan woke up feeling rather poor and by the end of the night, he retreated back to the van to sleep. Worthy (and Will) ended up leaving early with my parents because Worthy was not feeling good. So the best laid plans of mice & men....

Early in the morning with their cousin, Holden

Can't go wrong with Dodgems

Worthy enjoying a blue slushie after a serious spinning ride
that we believe accelerated his upset tummy.

Will - exhausted, despite the smile

A family pic before everyone melted down :)

Worthy turns 5

A couple weeks ago, we got to celebrate Worthy turning 5! We had to put off his birthday party a couple of days, because he came down with a rotten cold. He had a great time at his party and we enjoyed having his friends come over and swim. It was just a lovely day.

Pool Time Fun

I'm no Julia Child, but I can make a Betty Crocker cake and thief decorating ideas. In retrospect, I wish I had brought the rest of the Good-n-Plenties to Ohio for Charlotte. I had no idea they were yummy. I'm still not enticed...

Reading his birthday cards

And... an actual picture of me with Will... he really liked the cake.

And lastly - giving the gifts a trial run