Jack & Co along with First Soccer Practice

This weekend we had our friends over and Ben can't seem to get enough of Jack.  We had the small pool blown up so the kiddos could swim and they played with their cars which was followed by a turkey dinner.  Mallory couldn't get enough of the pool and Kate had too much fun walking around trying to keep up with the boys.  Of course Ashley just watched it all and was exhausted by the time she went to bed.

Ben and Jack

Ben and Jack

Ben, Jack and Mallory

Ben and Jack being silly

Ash

Mallory

Kate

Then on Sunday we had Ben's first soccer practice.  We joined Happy Feet which is just down the road at the park and let's just say it didn't go well.  All we do at home is kick the soccer ball around so I decided to sign him up for this practice thinking he would at least enjoy kicking the ball around a little bit.  On Thursday we went and picked out a ball at the store which he thought was awesome and today we got shin guards which he was also excited about.  He kept talking about playing soccer with the kids and by the time we got there he just stood and watched.  I'm hopeful this will turn out like our swim lessons did.  He didn't really enjoy the swim classes too much earlier this year, but all summer he's been a champ with the water and is comfortable enough to try kicking and such.  So I can only hope that even if all these classes don't go great, he'll end up loving it next year.

The most participation/attention he spent for the entire hour were these 2 minutes

Coming back over instead of playing with the kids/coach

Some of my favorite things about the kiddos right now are Ben's curiosity and Ashley's giggle.  Ben is constantly asking questions and talking which is great and I'm pretty sure Bri and I are the only ones who understand the majority of what he says.  A few standard sayings of his are: "Whatcha doin mommy?"  "What's that noise?"  "Ashey girl"  "See Jack"  "Outside"  "Ashey not happy" (when she cries)

Ashley has expanded on her solids and is doing great eating them.  Her new favorite is butternut squash.  Ben loved this when he was young also.  She's getting better about sitting up on her own, but still is too wobbly to do it all alone.  She's mastered rolling over, grabbing her feet and giggling.  As long as she's around her brother she is generally happy and loves when you talk or sing to her and move her arms/legs around.

Being silly and refused to wear clothes, but wanted to wear the cape and cowboy hat