Wade and I had a date night planned for tonight. We got the kids started on their dinner before we left. The instructions were they had to have a vegetable with their main dish (anything they wanted – leftover, pizza, Mac & cheese, etc). Alex chose black beans and loves to make me cringe by eating them cold straight from the fridge.
Month: September 2023
Teague’s chore list included washing his sheets. When I was turning off the lights to go to bed tonight, I happened to notice that the washing machine was full. I transferred all of Teague’s sheets and quilt to the dryer but I wondered where he was sleeping and what he was sleeping on. Above you can see the answer.
We had horrible rain all day yesterday. Kaitlyn’s soccer game late this afternoon has already been cancelled. Ben’s hour of practice/game continued as scheduled. The fields were muddy but there was no rain. Ben obviously loves soccer, but he was not interested in listening to his coaches. (Especially when they wanted him to take a time out to let another player have time on the field.) He was very focused on trying to get a goal and very disappointed when he personally didn’t get one and when his team didn’t do as well as their opponents.
The cross country team had its third meet today. Three teams met up in Auburn, walked the course, and then ran all together. Teague ran a great race and thinks he knocked several minutes off his best time. That would be amazing considering his hurt foot (courtesy of a lego injury last night). We should get exact times from his coach soon and I’ll update this post. We do know Teague came in 55th out of three schools combined.
Race time – 17:23 (1.6 miles)
Half-days are always crazy. I feel like Alex is coming home just after I got Ben out the door. Then poor Ben doesn’t get off the bus till 1 and is starving for his lunch.
Today Kaitlyn had a playdate. Alex had a friend show up at our house and they disappeared toward the middle of town. Teague then showed up at our house with two friends and one little sister, who happened to be friends with Kaitlyn and her friend. There were people coming and going all afternoon, but a lot of fun was had!
Ben brought home this drawing today and I thought it perfectly depicted our weekend at Apex. He drew his favorite game – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT). I also loved that he worked so hard on his writing. He is writing every change he gets.
For humor’s sake:
I have no idea who Jac is – there were no kids named Jac and nobody in the TMNT game with that name.
The writing on the left says – “I went to the arcade”
The drawing on the right shows a dice game. You roll the black dice and get an amount of tickets corresponding to what you roll. I have no idea what the person is saying.
Ben has had quite the weekend. He had one birthday party yesterday and another today – both at the same place! He was very excited to return to Apex today for a new friend’s party. This one was quite a bit bigger than yesterday’s but equal fun! Ben loved playing with his new friends and the Pokemon theme was perfect.
We got home right before the downpour to find Alex had friends over. It wasn’t long before the three goofballs were outside playing in the rain…
Our weekends in the fall are always busy. In the morning Kaitlyn has cheer practice and Ben has soccer. This morning, I got up at 7 to find that Kaitlyn was already up and had muffins (from her princess cookbook) already mixed and ready to go in the oven.
The weather was supposed to be horrible, but the rain held off most of the day. Ben had soccer practice and is continuing to love it. He and the other kiddos on his team ran around and had a great hour on the soccer field.
We had a couple hours of downtime and then Ben had a birthday party for one of his preschool friends. He had such a great time seeing his buddies from last year.
Tonight was the elementary school’s Back to School picnic. I had to be there early to help out. Teague agreed to come and watch Ben. Alex stayed home (he is officially too old and none of his friends even have siblings attending). Wade took Kaitlyn to soccer and they left early to come to the picnic. Eventually we all met up and had a quick picnic dinner together and the kids had a treat from the ice cream truck.
Teague had his first away cross country meet. He was required to ride the bus with the other students and the parents met the students at Oxford. I’m not sure why, but this meet was really slow to start. Due to the nature of this particular course, the girls and boys had to run separately, which also made this meet much longer. I was supposed to be at Ben’s back to school night at 5:30, but I realized the only way I was going to make it was if I left immediately after Teague finished and didn’t cheer on the girls. Teague wanted to leave with me and I’ll know to allow plenty of time next time just in case.
Because most of the course was in the woods, we only saw the boys at the very beginning and very end of the race. I knew Teague was almost the last runner but I didn’t know the full story till I got the below in an email from the coach.
SHOUT OUTS:
TEAGUE BURCH: Teague sacrificed his own time to assist the last-place Oxford runner, who was struggling to finish. Teague talked him up and encouraged him all the way through to the finish line. If you were there, you remember.
Race Time – 24:33 (1.7 miles)
Kaitlyn waits all year for the pumpkin bread from Pepperidge Farm. It’s normally sold from September to November and I stock up in November so that she can have it through December. This year she seems to be particularly worried about having enough and her brothers keep eating it too. To make everyone happy, I just wait for it to go on sale (which it does periodically) and then buy all that a store has. Kaitlyn is still rather unhappy when someone else has a piece, but we definitely aren’t going to run out anytime soon!