Soccer, soccer and more soccer...

May and June are soccer months in Medicine Hat.  Carson plays on Mondays and Wednesdays and Jay plays on Wednesdays.  Nathan wasn't 3 yet so had to sit out this year but he has valiantly gone to all the games and has been having fun running around and being crazy.  Thankfully Carson's game are within walking distance of the house so on days that Clarke is working or I am on call Claudette gets Carson to his games on Monday nights.  Wednesdays we divide and conquer:  I take Jay and she goes with C.

Carson

Jay at Carson's game.  He had just come from his to see the end of Carson's game.

Nathan entertaining the crowd.

Our Garden Party

 Clarke made some raised beds in the back for us to try this year.  Our garden area is very sandy and we haven't had good luck in the past.  This year we are trying to grow peas, beans, carrots, onions, beets, radishes, pumpkin and squash.  We bought some tomato plants in gallon buckets at Costco and then Jay wanted some sunflowers so we are trying to grow those along the house and not in the raised beds.  We'll have to see how things grow.

Nathan watering

   

Somehow this is the only photo I have of Jay...

Daddy & Carson watering the rows before seeding.

End of Year Party - Au Chapeau

Jay with a demo of what he wanted.

The final product (the first time)

Jay had his end of year party at the school on May 27th.  The boys were excited as they knew there would be a bouncy castle.  They didn't know though that there would be someone there making ballon toys.  One of the Uncles of a student in the other class does great ballon creations and he agreed to come to the party and make stuff for the kids.  They loved their toys better than the bouncy castle.  My boys started a major sword fight though as they were the first to ask for swords and then all the little boys had them and were playing pirate and fighting. Nathan and Jay each went through a number of swords.

Carson got a parrot first and then went back for a sword.

Nathan thought his brothers were on to something and asked for a sword straight up.

Spring Fun

Cereal wars.  Just before Claudette came back from the Philippines the boys decided to have a cereal morning and they got to pick, pour and eat.  Jay picked Trix and a large bowl of it, too!  He promised me he would eat every one as he poured the milk in.  You can see that he wasn't using small bites either to try to get to the bottom of that bowl.  He didn't make it.  Nathan picked Fruity Pebbles and he thought that using 'a daddy spoon' would help him get to the end of his bowl the quickest...  he didn't finish his wither.  Clarke says that everything at our house is a competition and finishing your food first is a bit of a pride thing at our house.  The winner on this day though was Carson.  Not because he was especially speedy, more because he didn't take as much food as his brothers.  I still don't know how he can eat some of the stuff he does.  His choice: Captain Crunch with Crunchberries and Fruit Loops mixed together.  Yuck, yuck and yuck!   I had Cheerios.  Apparently that's not cool though if you are 6 and under!  And although technically I did finish before they all did, it didn't count because I am the mom.

Soccer!  

 Soccer season started again at the beginning of May.  Carson is now playing TimBits Soccer with the MedHat Soccer Association while Jay is still in Tiny Tots.  Jay is excited to play for the Bulldogs!  Even better, one of the girls on the team has a bulldog so he will be in their official team photo with them.  I think that's great!  He's 4 and they have a mascot!
                 I thought Nathan was too young as he doesn't turn 3 until end of August.  Turns out I could have pushed for him but seeing as I already have to be in two different places at once on Wednesdays it's probably best that I don't have to herd Nathan on the field as well as off.  Nathan has a new friend though, Wyatt.  Wyatt is the son of Jay's coach, Robin. I try to distract Wyatt so Robin can coach.  Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.  Food helps.  Nathan also helps.  The first night Wyatt and Nathan shared an apple out of my purse.  Some of the parents around me commented that they hoped the boys were good friends as the literally were feeding each other the apple.  Sadly the pictures of them sharing the apple were blurry.  There is a great one though of them standing by each other watching their brothers play soccer.

Wyatt and Nathan

Nathan is smiling so I think this is a hug although could easily turn into a choke hold!

 Sprinkler fun.  While I went to a RS meeting last Thursday the boys broke out the sprinkler & got goofy on the front lawn.  I asked Claudette to please take pictures as it looked like they were having tons of fun.

Running through the sprinklers.

It turned into a water fight at some point!

Getting dry at the end.

I'm 6 now!

Carson & buddy Cameron with the Wolverine cake.

Carson is somehow convinced that the axis of the earth has shifted or some other equally amazing thing has occurred since he turned 6.  He also believes that all clothes should fit based on number.  Translation: he is 6, he wears size 6 clothes.  I have tried to explain that that is not a hard and fast rule.  If it was, good for me for not wearing a size 40 pants!  I hate the BMI as a scale of weight but Carson's rule of thumb is much worse!!
    The theme for Carson's party this year was Wolverine from the X-Men.  Carson's nick name compliments of Clarke is Wolverine.

Funny things heard during prayers this month...

Jay:  "Please bless Nathan and his snots!"
Carson: "Bless us all to be good and not tick off mommy 'cause she's really tired."  (This of course was said with much sincerity.)
Nathan: "Heavenly Father, Thank you for our day.  Bless the food."
         and then as we try to help him along...  "I already said that, silly!   You need listen!"
Nathan: "Bless daddy to bring home toys from work"  This was after Clarke told the boys that he goes to work so they can have toys.  Every time I leave for work now too he asks if I am going to work to bring him toys!

Cantaloupe!

So, on the way to the swimming pool one day, Carson excitedly pointed out the 'cantaloupes' on the hill.  They were antelopes.  Now, every time we pass the hill where they were, Nathan asks where the cantaloupes are.  I think these poor creatures will now be cantaloupes in this household forever more.