Busy weekend

It has been a busy weekend.  Starting with soccer on Saturday morning.  Bug is practicing here, his position was the other end of the field during the game.  The kids trade ends of field each quarter.

 

We attended the UC  (University of Cincinnati) Homecoming at the Bengals' stadium.  The boys were so excited because they got to go on the field before the game to cheer the team onto the field.  I was excited because, I had never been to a UC game in all the years I attended college at UC.  At the time I attended university, the team played downtown at the old stadium and the team was not too good.  Now the team is usually ranked, goes to bowls games at the end of the season and this year they are playing downtown at the Pro Football stadium while their home stadium on campus is renovated.

We had awesome seats- in the corner of the end zone, by the UC student section, and across from the band.

Me and my boys

The cheerleaders right in front of us.

The band- they stand through the entire game

The boys on the field

Some of the football team members from Bug's school

BB is so excited to be here at the game

My happy boys

Some of the cub scouts from Bug's school

Look- what are they???

The UC Bearcat flag

The American flag- parachuting into the stadium.  It was cool to be on the field to see, because we could see them coming before folks in the stands.

UC's Marching Band, preparing to take the field- they spread out among the sections and race onto the field to get into formation.  One of the band members stumbled, so I am not sure this is a good idea at all.

The boys getting set- I lost the boys after this as we were too close to the claw and they would be setting off fireworks as the team ran onto the field.  Bug and BB ended up across the field from me, with the guy in the red shirt/black hat (father to one of Bug's friends).

 This was my view

But I gave one of the Eagles a seat so he could see what was happening

The UC mascot and flag, right in front of us.

Fireworks, which means the team is running onto the field.

The end of the game, the cheerleaders and dance team form a line to usher the team back into the locker room.  UC won the game and we had a great time.

Silly boys, trying on Halloween hats

We also had popcorn sales today.  Bug and BB look great in their uniforms. 

 

We had excitement at the end of the selling, my car keys were in one of the boxes we used to pack up the popcorn. Those boxes were in another parent's car, my cell phone was dying so I could not call her.  Luckily one of the other parents saw my frantic search for my keys and called the other parent back to the location.  Then when we got to the car, my car battery was dead. So I spent $50.00 to get the car jump started by a towing company and then another 130.00 to replace the battery in the car.

 

I am very happy to be home and resting.

 

Love and hugs,

Deb

Always playing catch up

Bug had his second game a few weeks ago.  they played a tough team and ended up tied 3-3.  Last week, they played another game and lost 4-2.  So right now, their record is 1 win, 1 tie, 1 loss.  He has another game tomorrow morning.

starting on the front line, not Bug's favorite position.  He much prefers to be defending the goal.

one of the refs, barely able to walk, but he kept up with the boys.

We also celebrated Bug's birthday with the family.  As usual, not excited about anyone singing Happy Birthday to him

The curls grew back this summer.  Bug decided he was ready to cut them off (I am so sad)

Bug and BB with their hair cuts.  Happy boys.

putting ketchup on his chicken, Guatemalan style.

Yumm, chicken at the Chinese restaurant

BB enjoying his dinner.

 

I have been sick all week, it has been a quiet week.  Bug missed all soccer practices because I could not stay awake that long and I could not be sure I could drive the boys.  I am finally on the mend.  We have a busy weekend, soccer and cub scout popcorn sales.  More pictures to come.

 

Love and hugs,

Deb

First Pack meeting of the school year

Bug had his first pack meeting of the school year last night.  His den, the Junior WEBLOS, were in charge of the entertainment.  They did a cute skit that ended with them singing the Hokey Pokey song.

 

The boys also were given their awards for the badges/belt loops they worked over the summer.  Bug was awarded his first WEBLO award- Aquanaut (water safety)

the Hokey Pokey

 

 

Bug has a soccer game today and we are spending some family time together. 

 

I need to get back to posting more often, really I do.

 

Love and hugs,

Deb

catching up- Labor Day fun and Drumming

Last Sunday, I piled the boys and the dog into the car and took them for a small walk in the local park.  Pablo was so excited, hanging out the window and breathing the fresh air. It was a very humid day, but putting the windows up and turning on the air conditioning causes Pablo to get scared.

 

The park is close to church and our house, but you can loose yourself in nature and forget that there are major roads right behind the trees.

The pond at the park was looking pretty muddy, but with the light rain, the fish were having a feeding frenzy.

The turtles were happy too

Bug and Pablo were happy to be walking and seeing everything.  Pablo wanted to sniff everything and Bug was looking for "monsters".  We only saw butterflies.

BB was not so sure about walking in the rain, but it got both boys out of the house.  It was a good 30-45 minutes of walking for us all.

At the end of the walk, there were some local raptors to see. I had to keep Pablo away, but we saw a Hawk.

A Barn Owl (who was probably mad about being out in the daylight)

and a great horned owl

BB liked the great horned owl.

Monday was a holiday- the last unofficial day of summer, Labor Day.  This holiday is really to celebrate the American workers and unions who fought for rights of workers so they had safe working conditions, 5 days of work and allowed children to be exempt from working adult jobs (like in factories).  We had some friends over for dinner and some game playing.  We taught BB, L and F how to play Cars Monopoly. 

This week, the paperwork for band came home and Bug wants to play the drums.  We are very blessed to have friends from scouts who loaned us a snare drum for Bug to try out.  He will have band once a week at school and another musical instrument to practice each week. I might need ear muffs to block the sound.

But, Bug is following the family tradition of drummers.  Uncle Dave and cousin Jason were both drummers.  Bring it on!!!

 

Bug was supposed to have soccer today, but he came home last night complaining of stomach pain and he was still complaining about the pain this morning at 6 am.  So he is home and watching cartoons.  BB was out until midnight last night with another AFS family, enjoying a local church festival.  He is slowly waking up. Pablo is just happy to have us all home today.  I need to go start laundry and cleaning. 

Love and hugs,

Deb