Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Tyler's New Mom

Tyler went to Kirsten's 3rd birthday party at Jump 2 It today.
Here is the gang.
The birthday girl is sitting on her Mama's lap and Tyler is in the blue Dollywood t-shirt.
Tyler was a bit slow to warm up at the party. He hung out next to me and refused to play on any of the toys unless I played too. He kept a grumpy scowl on his face until my friend Denise swooped him up and dragged his crying and flailing self up the bouncy stairs and then slid down the huge slide with him. After that Miss Denise was Tyler's best friend. He followed her everywhere, he grabbed her hand and told her what toy they were going to play on next and he also came up and told me that he "Changed-ed Moms."
(laugh or cry? I laughed and laughed...did he really just say that?!)
Tyler and his "new Mom."
She was such a good sport and luckily her daughter wasn't too jealous of Tyler's affection.


Later in the afternoon Tyler had his first ever SOCCER practice.
(Lauren played with Lea after school so I didn't have to worry about entertaining her.)
It was a beautiful day for soccer.
His coach, "Coach Steve" was super friendly and he had an awesome Irish accent (or maybe it was British, or perhaps from New Zealand, possibly Minnesotan?...regardless, I'm sure the accent made the kids learn a lot more about soccer.
Tyler had a blast. They dribbled the soccer balls all over while playing games.
Find Nemo under a cone.
Flip the cones.
Collect the cones.
Score goals on the coaches (Coach Steve and Coach Chris)
They had water breaks every 20 minutes and were running around laughing, having fun and unknowingly learning how to maneuver a soccer ball.
Since Ian is on Tyler's team, I got to chat with Susan while the boys practiced. It was quite an enjoyable afternoon.
Dinner tonight was quickly thrown together.
Apricot Glazed Salmon with Herb Rice and side of Honey Dew
(please pronounce the "H" in Herb)
I thought this was delish. Even Matt, who does not like salmon at all said it was better than he expected. Iwas also able to find out that Tyler LOVES honey dew and Lauren does not care for it in the least. Good to know.
Time to relax with my hubby and watch some of his TIVO'd shows.
On Now: Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory

1 comment:

Steve and Tammy said...

How exciting to have soccer practice! It is so great to see them start sports activities! They grow up soooo fast!