This morning the boys and I went to a football game. A friend of ours is on the froshmore (freshman/sophmore team). It was the first 'real' football game they have seen, with pads, etc. We got there immediately after a helmet to helmet collision. We sat there for 25 minutes and watched them backboard a player and haul him off. I was pretty nervous, because what limited medical experience I have, it is never a good sign when someone injured does not move - at all. However, as they wheeled him off he raised his hand...I still never saw his legs or feet move. B did make the comment that he never wanted to play football - which is fine by me! No word on the players injuries.

I loved at the football, JB was using so many words. He would say "Evan back in" or "Evan back out", referring to our friend we were watching. Just so fun to have him be a part of conversations now. I am amazed at some of the words that come out of his mouth - words I have never 'taught' him but he has 'caught' them.

Right now the boys are downstairs cooking. Guess they are tired of my cooking - yippee! B is cooking taco meat and Jbird made himself and JB a grilled cheese sandwich. Could I have a chef in the family? JR was working this afternoon and said he was going to bring home some grilled chicken, so I AM off the hook tonight!

I definitely have an artist. Jbird just loves to draw, paint, etc. He can sit at the table for minutes on end :-) and create. I wish we had more wall space to display all of their stuff.

Three more weeks of soccer. I am seriously thinking about the spring and baseball. Both boys want to play and I know, given the 'league' they will be in, one will have practice/have games on M/W and the other on T/Th. Don't know how things will work when we throw the youngest into the mix. We live in a town of about 10K and there are some days that I put 40 miles on the car and don't ever leave our little town.

The teachers at school are now ready for parent volunteers so I have signed up for both the kindergarten and 3rd grade - 1 hour, once a week. Fortunately both times are when JB is at preschool, so I can focus on the kids. I was in Jbird's class on Friday. I was blown away at the technology they use now. (I am sure it is not much to anyone else, but keep in mind I don't text yet...) The teacher has a projector so she can pull anything up on the computer and project it on to a screen for the whole class to see. On Friday, while the teacher was getting snack ready, she pulled up a video of someone famous reading a book. The teacher told me the other day the person reading the book was one of the actors from Lord of the Rings. The second the actor came up on the screen about half her class started shouting out who he was. I know my boys have not seen Lord of the Rings....I have one that gets incredibly scared in movies, so am very careful what we watch. Then during station time, four of the kids were working on computers. One of them asked me how to play a game and I was clueless. His teacher was also telling me how amazed she is with his puzzle-working abilities....so glad both of my older boys seem to have that 'gene'.

Guess I need to go supervise dinner more closely.......