Another Crazy Weekend!

We are now an official family with kids (whatever that means)- we have had our first incident involving stitches!!! However, it was not Thomas that experienced this great event, it was our dear little Kate. We were just getting ready to load up the car after our weekly trip to Costco, when Kate was running to help her Daddy and tripped on her own two feet and fell smack on the edge of the cart. Nice gaping wound about 1/2 inch from eye. We were very glad Grandma Helen was there with us because we gave her the other two kids and rushed Kate to the emergency room where they promptly gave her 3 stitches. I have to say though, that my little Kate is about the bravest kid in the whole wide world. She did not cry one bit when they were giving her the stitches. She let them bind her arms and she let them stick that nasty shot right in her wound and she did not even let a scream or fight them off. I was so impressed!! I kept telling her that it was okay to cry - but she held in there!! What a cool kid!!

On a better note - Thomas started football this Saturday. I tried hard to get him to play baseball or soccer but he was insistent on playing football (his cousin Jake plays football and he loves his cousin Jake) - so here we are. It was kind of fun watching these 1st and 2nd graders run around a field not knowing what the heck they were doing. Thomas caught on pretty quickly though and was grabbing everyone's flags left and right by the end of the event. Kind of fun - I think I could get used to this! It is so fun watching your kids excel at things they really love. Thomas with football - Kate with her dance. I really think this parenting thing get more fun the older they get.