Soccer Stars!

Soccer season started last week for the Kingston/Greenwood Soccer Teams. We signed Abbey and Michael up in the four years old or younger category, and even though we will be away for most of the summer, it was just too cute to pass up. Steve's away in Manitoba right now so I took the kids to their first practice last week. Here they are excited to hit the field.

"Coach Steve" and his wife run the team and they both seem very nice. Abbey and Michael are on the white team and they play in the field behind my school which is a six minute walk away....very convenient!

First practice, they were hard at work running drills, practicing skills and actually tried playing a game (picture 10 kids all running after the ball like little sheep!!!) ha!ha!

At this age, there's LOTS of parent involvement...SO...picture me getting not one but TWO soccer balls kicked at me at once. I got such a great workout but I'll be happy when Steve gets home! The most important thing is that Abbey and Michael seemed to enjoy it so it'll be a fun activity before we leave for Ontario.

My little soccer superstars....Abbey #1 and Michael #10!

Backyard Fun!

When we found out we had been re-posted to the Greenwood base (which means another 3 years or so here) we started looking for play structures for Abbey and Michael. Both of our neighbours have them and they are so kind in letting us use them whenever we want but I really wanted MY children to have their own. Anyway, Grand-papa and Grand-maman come in to save the day (and our bank accounts) to purchase the most amazing swing set EVER!!! It has everything!!!
So, we rented a truck and off Steve went to pick it up in Halifax. A ton of boxes later and an instructional DVD that stated it took 15 hours to put together, he was hard at work assembling. (with his trusty assistants...my Dad and Michael...and frankly we're not sure who was more helpful lol!) Here's the play by play pics...

Day One...just pulling in from the trip to Halifax with the goods!!!!

Here's Day Two (very keen and working late into the night) and Day Three (making lots of progress). The picture below is the end of Day Three and it's really starting to take shape!

This is Day Four....the fun stuff starts going on. Abbey and Michael can't wait to play!!!

Day Five: FULLY ASSEMBLED! Thank goodness Steve is good at doing this kinda stuff. The instructions were daunting to say the least but all the hard work paid off. The kids LOVE it and we are getting so much use of it already (despite this crazy cold spring weather!) Thank you SO SO much Grand-maman and Grand-papa. You sure do spoil us!