Crawling Kaylee

Kaylee is crawling!!! She has been rolling and rolling all over the place. But now, she is figuring out new ways to get around! She always will want to crawl toward something unique that is usually black or brown or white. Usually things these colors are very "important" and "adult" toys that she knows mom and dad like to hold, like phones, phone cords, computer cords, or DVD discs, wallets, or keys. She will always choose adult "toys" over her colorful pink baby toys! Go figure!! She will sit on her hands and knees and rock back and forth back and forth. Then she has been trying to army crawl and scoot. Soon enough, she will be able to get anywhere she wants to go!!

Greyhound Soccer

 

Jaxton played on the YMCA Greyhound Soccer team this summer. He loved it! He loved wearing tall socks just like real soccer players! He played soccer last year on a city team for three year olds, which never played an actual game; they just did different soccer drills. Well, this year, his team would practice for 30 minutes, and then they would play an actual game against another color team for 30 minutes. So this was Jaxton's first exposure to a real soccer game. The very first game, he was a little overwhelmed. He kinda just followed the crowd which followed the ball and kept his distance. After about 4 weeks though, he got in that crowd, knew exactly where the ball should be going, and one day he was out in front of the crowd dribbling that ball across the field! His most favorite position was goalie. Jaxton loves to run, but he gets tired quick. And if he is a team member out in the field, it is not likely he will get the ball unless he runs hard and fights for it. But as goalie, he gets to rest until the ball comes his way, he gets to use his hands, and he has lots of chances to kick it (when it goes out of bounce on his side; when he catches it he then gets to kick; when the whistle blows on his side he gets to kick). Jaxton is a smart kid! He thinks about those things!! So, goalie was his cup of tea!!

Tae Kwon Do

Amanda & Dillon in Utah have been taking Karate classes. It inspired us to look into karate here in Fort Wayne. I located a Tae Kwon Do studio that does a free private lesson for interested individuals. So we decided to go for it, not knowing how the boys would like it. Well "like it" was a huge understatement. They absolutely loved it! The instructor was so great with them, getting down on their level and teaching them to listen, show respect, and let them use their arms and legs in Tae Kwon Do movements. They punched a giant punch bag, kicked and punched, stood at attention, and bowed with respect.

At the end, the instructor brought out some wood. He taught the kids to hit the wood with a high-five motion. Jaxton went first. On his first hit, he immediately broke the wood board. He was stunned that he broke it, thinking he had done something bad and looked super worried for a brief moment till the instructor applauded him for his strength! Cooper followed suit and hit his board, breaking ti twice on two separate hits. He signed their boards and they got to take them home with them for suveniers. What fun!!They had so much fun that I think we may look into doing it some more in the fall.

Fourth of July 2011

Happy Fourth of July!!! Thanks to Grandma in Utah, the kids were all set with their holiday attire, even Kaylee Girl. We spent the day up in Kendallville with all the Routsong family. The boys got to swim and do the slip & slide with all their cousins. on the Routsong side of the family. Kaylee of course got passed around from one family member to the next. We had a lot of fun! That evening, we went out to see a fireworks show in our old neighborhood. It was a private show put on by a doctor who lived in the neighborhood and he put the fireworks show to music. It was quite the presentation over a lake in the middle of the neighborhood. A fun show! Even Kaylee was enjoying herself!