Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Sophia's First Lost Tooth!

Well Sophia lost both of her  bottom front teeth.  Monday night Ben wrapped floss around it and pulled one out.  She cried, and then instantly was excited and starting hugging me, until she saw all the blood. She WOULD NOT let us touch the second tooth.  She was all concerned that she might swallow it during the night, but was conflicted because it was too painful to pull it out.   Finally she went to sleep, and she woke up happy with 5 dollars in her tooth bag.   When she got home she was sad that no one was as excited as she was about her loss tooth, except her teacher and Grandma Pribyl (who works the lunch room).  Later that night Ben asked Sophia if he could touch it, and that it would be the last time he touched it.  He was right, because he pulled it!  When I came home from dropping the boys at soccer, she came running downstairs to tell me all about it.  At first she was sad saying her smile looked bad.  But then the more she looked at it the more she liked it.  She was busy up in her room all night.  She was up to something.  She made a fake tooth for her American Doll to put under her pillow too. She also made a note for the Tooth Fairy.  Here it is.  When I asked her why she wanted her to sign it, she told me she wanted to see what her signature looked like.  This morning she was more excited that she signed the note than she was about the money.   I love how Sophia recieved so much joy out of the little things of life.  She is full of excitement.  I got a kick out of this whole experience, but also shed a few tears thinking about how this was my last "first tooth"  expeirnece.  Sophia's firsts are bitter sweet!


Labor Day Tournament

Boston is blessed with a great soccer team and coaches.  All the boys get along, and have fun.  The coaches are committed and care about the boys.    All the families are very friendly, and his soccer team is like a soccer family.  This made the trip to San Diego for a tournament that much more enjoyable.  The boys have known about this tournament for awhile, and have been looking forward to it.  The team is new, and so we didn't know what to expect.   What they didn't expect was humid temps in the high 80's and fields that resembled mind fields.  The boys still made the best of it.  Danny drove down for the games.   The boys won their first game.  We went out out for a quick lunch at Rubios and headed back for game two.   The second game they lost.     They thought their chances at the Championship were lost.  We found out that if the team that played the one who beat us lost, we would have a chance.  So spirits were up, and we all enjoyed an evening at the hotel with pizza, swimming, and socializing.  

Game one
Game Two
Pool Time (Ethan photo bombing)

Day two the boys anxiously watched as the team they needed to lose were shut out!  They had a chance for the Championship.  The game was so intense.  Their team had the ball on their end most of the time, and so many shots on goal.  Nothing would get in.  Boston had some great shots on goal and assists, but  nothing!  Then in the last half one of the kids accidentally made an own goal mistake.  There was no time to recover with two goals for the win.  The boys were sorely disappointed, but they all played so well.  It was a good experience for them.  After the game, we rushed back to the hotel and packed up and headed to Danny's. 



Surviving the Heat!

Taking a Nap!





With Danny at Last!



Tyler

Boston