I Might Starve...

....he says as he tries to eat with that missing tooth which STILL hasn't come in!!  The one on the other side is loose but he REFUSES to lose in on the account of he will only have those two big front teeth until his very slow arriving teeth show up!

Corner Kick

Jayke has become the person on his team who is to take the corner kicks, due to his accuracy in where he puts the ball.  He is very proud that he gets to be the one taking these kicks.  

We were in Marion this weekend for a couple of games.  We won both games which was exciting because it is rare for us to win both games we play in a day. Jayke scored 2 goals in less than a minute.  This was the first time he has scored this season so I was really happy for him.   Hopefully this means we are improving right before we go to our final tournament this season.  A confidence boost, if nothing else!

Best thing I have ever bought for soccer is this Sportsbrella.  Great for in between games to keep them out of the sun...and for me during the games, for the same reason!

Troy Strawberry Festival

Gearing up for the tournament.  We are playing in our first out of state tournament this weekend.  The Troy Strawberry Festival Soccer Invitational in Troy Ohio, near Dayton.  This was an additional tournament that they added and we will be playing with a combined U9 and U10 teams.  Playing on a U12 size field and moving up to 8v8 from 6v6 so the additional players will be needed.

Resting in between games with Aidan and Cooper

Thank you, Oma, for putting this poncho in his bag.  A couple of drops of rain hit us and he was busting out the poncho and terrorizing everyone around us as "Poncho Man" when he should have been resting for the next game.

Jeff and I got a hotel room so that we wouldn't have to make the drive again the next day and ended up letting Mason stay with us.  We ended up in the same hotel with most of the team so after the game we took them to Friday's for dinner and then back to the hotel for swimming with their teammates.

Not before hitting the Beer Barn though...Drive through liquor store.  We need these in Muncie!

Another Hot Tub Crew...  That pool was so loud and I was a nervous wreck the entire time that someone was going to get hurt.  We made it through the evening with no injuries and got the boys back to the room and settled in for the evening.  They had to be back on the field first thing in the morning for game three.  So far we have lost both games and Jayke has become very discouraged that on this bigger field, (which they will be going to next season) he can't get his corner kick where it needs to be.  Hoping tomorrow goes better so that this weekend isn't a total confidence bust.

Day two went much smoother.  We won our game and Jayke played with a lot more aggression this morning.  His kicks were better and I think he ended up feeling like it won't be so bad next season.  He isn't talking retirement anymore.  We took them to Big Boy's on the way home for breakfast.  Neither of them had ever heard of it so I got their picture out front.

Tournament weekends are tiring but a lot of fun.  I'm glad we only have two or three a season though!

You Might Be a Redneck...

If you have a fire and are making S'mores in your driveway!  Guess there were a bunch of rednecks at my house because we were doing just this.  My backyard is for the dogs only so that left the driveway.  We did have a fire pit so we weren't having a bonfire or anything, just a small fire in the fire pit.  Better than us all sitting around staring at a screen of some sort inside.

More Tooth Issues

Finally lost another tooth. We were just sitting in this restaurant and it practically flew out of his head across the floor.  Luckily, the place was pretty empty and he was able to retrieve it for the fairy tonight.   I swear he is never going to get his permanent teeth!  Most kids his age have already lost them all and some are even wearing braces already!  Jayke has lost 7 teeth at age 10.  I was late getting his teeth as a baby so I wasn't surprised when he is losing them later than everyone else but I think this is getting a little too late!  There is no sign of a new tooth coming in that hole either.  He is liable to look like this for a while!  He doesn't want to smile with that hole there now.  Lets just hope a tooth shows up sooner rather than later!