Reid and Stefani Adopt

Isaac came home from school this past week with a sweet little Leprechaun mask.  Reid put it on facebook with this label:  #blackirish.  Isaac also was able to make a Leprechaun trap at school.  The class set up all their traps and left them over the weekend to see if they could catch a Leprechaun.  We'll see if the Leprechaun was tricky enough to avoid all their clever little traps.   Isaac had Friday off due to a teacher day, and Reid had Friday off due to his 9/80 schedule at work, so we took the kids back to the Kennedy Space center again.  This time we took our time.  When the kids fell asleep on their way to visit the Saturn V building, we just stayed on the bus and went strait back and took the kids home.  It was nice to just take our time and not try and squeeze everything in. We actually stayed for the rocket garden tour and prepared for take off in the mock capsule. We had to get back early though, becaus...

Last fall season, Isaac played T-ball.  He decided he wanted to go back to playing soccer.  I guess T-ball is a little too slow paced for him.  So we signed up both kids to do soccer.   This is Esther's first ever organized sports team.  Of course, now that we've seen Esther run off the field in the middle of a game, pretend to be a kitty cat in the middle of practice, and just generally be totally uninterested in the game, I'm thinking T-ball might have been better for Esther.   Isaac, however, after the initial shyness of the first practice, seems to be back in his element.  He's not the most talented player, but he's definitely got some natural talent and I can tell he likes to play.   Hopefully this season Esther will learn to be a little more involved and attentive and learn a few key things about working in groups that will help prepare her for Preschool next year.   Isaac stealing the ball from the y...