Category: Activities for Kids

Roman had a soccer game today…he was so cute and kept asking how many points he got. Here he is in his uniform…

Friday is usually our pajama day, where we rest from all of the activity of the week, but we made an exception this week and headed out to Lucky Ladd to meet up with our moms’ group. Roman had gotten up at 500 am for some random reason, so we were both really tired.  But we still had fun together looking at all of the pretty pumpkins, petting and feeding the goats, riding a pony, going down the slide, riding the train, and playing in the corn box.  What a fun place!

Roman had his first soccer practice this afternoon!  He was so excited…especially to have his good  neighborhood buddy, Jay, on his team and Mr. Matt, Jay’s daddy, as his coach.  It was crazy hot, so they took a ton of much-needed water breaks.  The boys all did such a good job hanging in there, and Coach Matt was so patient with them. When we got in the van to head home, Roman said, “I love soccer practice!  Mr. Matt is the bestest coach ever!”

Roman and I went to the Discovery Center today.  He had a blast and did not want to leave.  He rung up groceries and moved them down the conveyor belt, floated a boat in the waterway, put tires on a car, went virtual skiing down a mountain, doctored patients, moved rocks from one bin to another with an earth mover, and more!

Roman has been asking me, “What homework do I have in preschool?” So, he was pumped today to get to work on his “All About Me” puzzle piece.  I cut the pictures out for him and helped arrange them, and he glued them on.  I know he’ll be so proud to connect his puzzle piece with his classmates puzzle pieces on his classroom wall. It will be interesting to see how they all fit together!

I’ve been so amped up and occupied with settling everything and everyone back in from vacations and getting ready for school lately that I’ve been much more of a human “doing” than a human “being”.  The boys and I have all been a little worse for the wear, and my heart has been aching in the midst of it all…trying to remind me of what really matters.  This morning Roman asked if he could paint some rocks he brought home from our lake trip.  Instead of outing with the “not right now” phrase I’ve been using so much as of late, I said “okay” and I’m so thankful that I did.  We just sat on the back porch in our pajamas and painted rocks.  Those preciously colorful stones will be Ebenezers placed sweetly by the hands of my child, who God uses so often to character me, in my garden.