Friday, August 31, 2018

Soccer Time and Cousin Time


Soccer season has begun!  Hudson and cousin Anderson are doing great and loving it.  They are both #4 , thought that was cute.  Hudson has had two games, one win and one tie.  He is one of the youngest on the team, but definitely not the smallest.  His competitive spirit is highly noticeable on the field; he is aggressive and not afraid to go after the ball.  He still needs to work on listening to the coaches on the sideline, but I may blame that on Chris and his yelling to "help" his son.  And Hudson has yet to tackle someone during a game.  Yes, that did in fact happen during a SOCCER practice.  Again, not pointing the finger, but that may have had something to do with his football-obsessed daddy.  Thankfully, the parents laughed and I was not judged...at least not in public at that point in time.
 


We had a "cousin swap" last weekend, where Claire spent the night with us and Hudson went to the Bockelman house with Anderson.  The boys did the YMCA "parents night out" and got to stay up late, eat McDonald's, then wake up early and play video games and do "boy stuff"...which apparently included lots of farting, burping and pooping (in the toilet thankfully).  Poor Aunt Shannon.  I definitely got the better deal with housing the divas.  We invited the Welter girls (Delainey, Rowan and Baby Isla) over for dress up time and play time.  The girls were perfect...quiet, clean, and happy little ladies!
My girlfriend Jen and I were even able to make a diaper cake for another girlfriend.  No way we could have done that with a bunch of crazy boys running around the house.  Baby Isla thought the diaper cake was the coolest thing ever :)

Claire spent the night and they continued to do all things girly.  Adley is no longer "Baby Adley," she can hang with the big kids now.  They did wigs, dance costumes, princess dresses and lots of karaoke to Frozen.  It was an early wake up call, about 6:45am, but they played quietly, peacefully and never argued or fought about toys.  #winning



Adley and Claire singing Let it Go!

The next day, they even had to match in Peppa Pig shirts, skirts, top-knots and sneakers for the park.

The Kemp kids had their yearly checkups and are growing like weeds.  Hudson started Kindergarten and loves both his teachers.  He always tells me how he starts off the day "in the yellow" which means he is not listening, but then he "does better and makes it to blue and purple" by the end of the day (those are the good colors).  I guess I can call that a win.  He now loves riding the bus, but was nervous a first.  His big concern was that he would miss the bus to get to kindergarten in the morning.  He kept requesting I take him to daycare "when the lights turn on", aka 6:30 am, so he wouldn't miss the bus.  Poor guy!  Who knew kindergarten could be so stressful?!  The bus comes at 9am by the way...but I politely agreed with his request to calm his nerves.

Hudson (age 5) - Height: 46 inches (90th %), Weight: 48 lbs (75th %)
Adley (age 3) - Height: 37 inches (50th %), Weight: 34.2 lbs (75th %)

Adley is finding her voice (which is still high-pitched and squeaky), but if she knows you are watching her, she will freeze like a statue.  Her favorite colors are pink, purple and rainbow.  Below is her favorite dress, aka as the "big fat pink dress" according to Hudson.  She loves to read and continues to memorize books.  And nine months later, we are STILL singing Jingle Bells as a bedtime song.  Can't believe it will actually be the holidays soon and that song will be relevant again.

Hope everyone has a great Labor Day weekend planned.  We will be celebrating Lolly's birthday, hanging with friends and hopefully getting in one last pool day.  Then Chris and I head to Paris on Tuesday.  Keep us in your prayers for a safe trip there and back.  And keep LollyPop in your prayers as well...they will be watching our children!


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