3 Year Old Soccer

Can you believe it...I am blogging! I am so not one to blog. It actually stresses me out a little.

Anyway, soccer. Luke loves soccer. It is actually causing my child to lose sleep. He had his first practice last Sunday and loved running around acting like a boy with all the other crazy kids! On the way home he kept asking when the next practice was. Fast forward to Wednesday night. As I am getting out of the shower at 10:00 pm I hear him chanting DINOS, DINOS through the monitor of his room.(that is the team name) I haul my butt upstairs already dreading the day we will have on Thursday due to lack of sleep. When I get up there, he has his entire soccer outfit, down to the shin guards laid out ready to go. Cute, right! Anyway, we made it through Thursday with a few meltdowns and a really short nap...due to excitement I am sure! He had another great practice and has his first game Saturday. He helped me make snacks for after the game (trail mix)and helped wash his uniform. What a hoot!

As for Mackenzie...she is better. No more breathing treatments and back to herself. 15 months is such a fun stage. She is into shutting doors and keeps locking herself in a room.

Thumb Guard

Well, Luke had his dentist appointment this morning. Surprising he went in and handle it like a champ. Last time we went they told us to begin talking with him about eliminating his thumb sucking. That in itself is a pain in my butt. I tried and we stayed on him. His mouth hasn't gotten any better, more than likely due to night time sucking. They told me to order a thumb guard. I was thinking it was $20-$30 bucks. WRONG...$70 plus shipping. I plan on ordering it, but let me tell you now...I will be pissed if it doesn't work. I am also a little disappointed that all the doctors claim thumbsucking is no big deal until they are 5. Dentist believe 3-4 thumb sucking should be given up. It is so hard for him, and I will be bracing myself for long nights with little sleep.

Where did the week go?

I wish I had something fun to report, but I don't. The Mize house has been on lock down for the past week. Not the type of family fun I was looking forward to. Mackenzie ended up with an ear infection and RSV, so me being the responsible mom I am refused to go anywhere that other kids might be hanging out. As crazy as I get staying home, it just isn't worth getting another kid sick. I am hoping she kids it by this weekend because breathing treatments with a 14 month old SUCK! I dread it. Luke is feeling better and I know this because he spent a large part of his day in timeout due to testing the waters. The picture is one of Luke's gifts from Santa. This Mack Truck is all I heard about for months. He loved it and hasn't put it down all week.

My goal next week is to fins a preschool for Luke. It is crazy that registration begins the end of the month. GEEZZZZZ...I am thinking I should start a preschool. They charge way too much around here. Luke will also be starting soccer. Should be hilarious!

I'm Back!!!

Back to blogging that is. Well, Christmas was organized choas. It was crazy. We hosted and we went nonstop from 6:30-10 at night. Luke loved it and woke up claiming that Santa didn't come to our house since he never heard him. So, he was shocked when he came down and saw the milk and cookies were gone. The second order of business was if he got his Mac Truck. Could have cared less about any other present. Sure enough he found it and immediately wanted to play with it. We couldn't get him to open another gift or his stocking. Finally after an hour he dove into the rest. Both kids got way too much. My mom and dad got the kids the Grand Kitchen. I think Mackenzie thinks it is just hers b/c Luke has rarely played with it due to the non-stop play for 4 days of his Mac Truck.

We had 12 people for dinner. Luckily everyone chipped in and the food was all great. This was the first Christmas that we were all able to sit at the same table. It was nice hear the stories everyone had to say and I was touched by the compliment my grandfather gave me on my hosting!

The rest of the weekend we didn't do much because the kids were so run down. Luke had a low grade fever and it ended up spiking Sunday afternoon to 105. So off to acute kids. He has a double ear infection and the biggest pain was finding a 24 hour pharmecy.

Anyway, it looks like he is feeling better. Matt has this week off, so hopefully we will get to have a lot of family fun! Enjoy the pictures.