Visalia 4th ward 5k/kid fun run

All of my little monkeys did so awesome in the race on Saturday. After going to bed late on Friday night, I was worried as I went in to wake them all up at 6 am. But, to my surprise, they were excited to jump out of bed and get ready to race. Of course Geoff had already left the house at 5:30 am to go run to the race cuz a 5k race just isn't long enough for him. :-)

Carson's 1st soccer game

Starting off the season as goalie, here is my cute DC United soccer player. A beautiful evening for a soccer game. I only got to see about 10 minutes because Kolby and I went to pack meeting, but his coach (Geoff) said he was awesome and made him proud. Go DC United!

I just love all the exercise they get...makes for a really great night's sleep!

Eliza's first sewing project

The strap on Eliza's laundry basket broke and she asked me to fix it for her. I thought it was the perfect opportunity for her to have a simple sewing project. And she was excited about that. I showed her what to do and she sewed it back on nice and tight. Perfect. Mission accomplished. And while she did that I made that cute little skirt she is wearing with the leftover material from the car seat canopy for Wendy's new baby. It was fun getting the seeing machine out again...it had been way too long!

Potty training for the last time!

So this picture is Logan showing me that he is wearing undies out to the football game. A big moment...he has been wearing pull ups for a couple of days and has been taking himself to the potty and doing great. He insisted on wearing undies today so I let him. He did great until his pee pee accident on the playground after Eliza's soccer game. But the worst came tonight when he pooped a very loose one in his undies. Yucky!!! It was pretty grody but since this is my last one to potty train I felt ok about. Woohoo...diaper free household in hopefully a few days!

Highlights of the rest of the day: Kolby won his flag football game. Not the best game ever but he played hard. He woke up at 5 am cuz he gets so excited on game day. Watches sports center to get all pumped up. He is definitely mr. Sporty.

Eliza had a great soccer game. She hustled so much and the team played much better than last week. It was a hard loss cuz they played so hard...coach promised them each a candy bar if they won. Maybe next time. I'm proud of my kids' great effort and good attitudes on the field.

We were all so tired after being out in the hot sun so we came home and had a little rest. Then we challenged everyone to complete all our chores in an hour. If we did it, we could go out to dinner, which everyone loves, especially me. Everyone got right too it, but Eliza got a little distracted. She wasn't going to finish in time. I was so proud of Kolby cuz he willingly stepped up and did a bunch of Eliza's jobs for her so she would finish in time. What a great brother! I'm grateful for that kind example he showed to us today.
After dinner, home to take down the pool and all that fun stuff. Kids are in bed and now time for me to go to bed too.:-)

Part 2 of lunch date

Yodigity! Yum!

Lunch date with dad

Love that Geoff is picking up each kid for a lunch date each week so at least once a month they have a private lunch date with dad. They feel special and I know he loves the one on one time with them. Looks like Carson is happy to be at Taco Bell with dad today. :-)

Fun happy kids!

Happy day!

Everyone is so happy after school today. It is so nice! They are actually playing together in the backyard and diaper man Logan is chillin with his Doritos.
Kolby is trying to tell me I owe everyone $5 for each time they throw the football into the trampoline through the net opening. Don't think so!
Logan's awesomeness today was taking himself to the potty, taking off his shorts and diaper and climbing on the potty and peeing all by himself. Best part...no pee on the floor!:-)
I love days when everyone is happy!!!!

Eliza wrangler of the week!

So proud of our sweet 3rd grader getting wrangler of the week at the school assembly last Friday! She is amazing student and an even more amazing sweet daughter! We love u and are so proud of u!

Lorile Howard
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Logan is still cracking me up

So, we had music makers at our house yesterday. It was the first one of the new school year so we didn't really know what to expect. We had about 25 kids and 20 moms crammed into our family room. It was fun, but a bit overwhelming! That was apparent as Logan closed the door after the last mom and daughter left and let out a big sigh and walked back to the family room with his shoulders slumped over. When he sat down, he looked at me and said, "I'm pooped out." It was hilarious and then he let me take a picture of him. So this is his "Pooped Out" face.

This morning he said more cute stuff. I pinched a nerve in my neck or something this morning and so I can't turn my neck to the left very well. I told him that it hurt and he said, "Let me see." So I let him check it out. He was looking for blood - something visible to show my pain. And then after examining and touching it he said, "Don't worry Mommy. It will get better."

I hope he can stay this cute forever. Otherwise I definitely don't want him growing up!