Visitor from the Past

Daniel was very excited that Oliver Cowdery made a visit to sharing time. Apparently M has been well trained, because she saw the camera and immediately came to get in the picture with him.

Who re-seeds mid-season?

The City of Tracy re-seeds mid-season! Consequently, the soccer game was a bit muddy today, and while Daniel came out of it pretty clean (note Rodrigo, to his right, did not), Nathan needed a bath when we got home. Daniel's team won 3-0 and had fun doing it. Daniel was pretty excited because Andrew, one of the boys in our primary class, was on the Sharks team.

Cute to distraction

I usually miss out on the fun Nathan has in Sunday School while I'm in primary. This week Sister Johnson (there's one in every ward right? not ours, we have three!) was so distracted by these two having fun together that she filled me in with these photos. Nathan's hair looks especially good because I had to give it a quick scrub in the mother's room after I fed him. He had shoes on when we went to church.

Dr. Suess anyone?

Today I was lazy (or should I say frugal) and didn't want to open two packages of string cheese. Nathan was enjoying his cheese bits when Joshua suddenly noticed the diminutive size of his cheese stick. He accused me of treachery, but I reassured him, in a motherly way, that it was actually a special "midget cheese." He took a tentative bite (suspicious and picky as always) and declared "I do like it! I would eat it in a boat, and I would eat it with a... wooga!" Too true, because his piece had been divided between the two of them.

Note: Wooga is what we call Nathan, because he made some pretty funny Wookie sounds just a few short months ago. He doesn't make them often any more, but the nickname stuck.

National Gymnastics Day

We had a lot of fun on Saturday (the 10th) at Classic Gymnastics, the gym where Joshua has his gymnastics lessons. Nathan napped while I watched him and the action. We also enjoyed our taste of the birthday cake, this is third anniversary of the gyms opening.

Joshua showed Dewain a lot of tricks, he isn't often the expert and enjoyed showing off. Evidently he was a pretty good teacher, because Dewain seemed to be a natural at the rings.

Daniel loved going down the trampoline and went over and over again. He was a little miffed at the end that he didn't get to try everything in the hour we were there.

This is Nathan, just playing around with the huge dinosaur toy that's hard to store, but lots of fun.

Epiphany

Nathan has been proficiently drinking out of a sippy cup for about two weeks, but only a specific kind. I was wondering why he has been so slow and so particular. Finally, I realized why Nathan hasn't been as quick to pick up using a sippy cup as the other two. Daniel and Joshua had juice starting around 7 months, and Nathan got his first (diluted) juice today at only a week shy of 11 months. Nathan is also better with a regular cup than the other two, but I think the major factor is the juice.

Somebody's getting Married

Congratulations to Uncle Jon-David (Jorgensen), who is officially engaged and will be marrying Becky on Oct. 11th. I think it's awesome they'll be (Jon-) David & Becky just like my parents. We're excited to be able to go home to meet Becky and celebrate with them. We're thinking about what gift(s) to get them, so reply to this post with your favorite wedding gift (given or received) to give us some ideas.

Soccer Time

Daniel had his first soccer game Saturday. He had a lot of fun and spent most of his time playing goalie. He got scored on once, but his team won 3-2. Thank goodness for a great defender (yeah Alex!) and some surprisingly good team work for a bunch of 6 year-olds. Thanks to the binoculars from Aunt Holly and Uncle Drew, we had a prime view of the (clumpy) action. We were glad his game was at 10:00, because it was 90F when we left and only getting warmer. He was surprised by the number of snacks after the game, and felt that it was only appropriate he share with Joshua, which he generously did.