Spring = Sports!

Spring is defintely a busy time with sports in our family. Jackson has both soccer and tball right now, so he has soccer practice every Tuesday night with a game every Saturday morning and tball practices/games usually 2 days a week. It is busy but Jackson loves it! In school, Jackson has started the first steps in reading by learning site words. He is only supposed to learn 1 word a week, but he is already up to 20 words. We go through his flashcards every night and then when we read his book before bed, I make him read any site word that he comes to. It started out as a little bit of struggle and he didn't want to do it, but now that he has learned so many and his confidence has boosted, he loves doing it. I am so proud of him!! We also have a Kindergarten workbook that he has to do 10 pages of homework each day. Jackson absolutely loves math and it seems to come very easy to him. I have to force him to do 8 pages of writing/reading and then let him pick out 2 math pages as a reward. He is learning so much and I have no doubt that he will be ready to start Kindergarten next year!!

I was a little nervous about moving Jackson up a league because I didn't want him to lose his confidence by playing with a bunch of older boys, but he did great and scored 3 goals his first game!

Beckett gets dragged to all of his big brother's games. I actually think he will be even more of an athlete than Jackson because he has always gravitated to balls/bats etc. He really wants to get out there and play with the big kids and doesn't quite understand why he can't!

The boys on Jackson's team are very sweet with him and help me keep him entertained. Beckett really wanted to wear a jersey like the other boys, so we let him wear Jackson's away jersey. We put it over a coat so he looked like a little linebacker!!

Go get it Jackson!!

Next up is tball! This is actually Jackson's last season of tball and next Spring will be moving up to the big leagues! He has been playing with some of these kids for 3 seasons now. Next year he will get assessed and based on how he does, he will be assigned a number. It is then like a draft and the coaches will pick their team. It is sad to think he won't be with his buddies next season!!

Jackson did great his first game! He played pitcher and actually made a quadruple play when the kids on the other time got confused and all tried to run to the same base. Jackson just tagged them all out!

Jackson also went 2/2 off the pitch!!

Beckett loves hanging out with the boys after the games. I think he feels like a big boy and will get right in there next to them.

My sweet boy. He is so funny! He wants to do everything the big kids do. He loves to play sword fighting and is really into Power Rangers right now. I am certain that Jackson had no clue what a Power Ranger was at this age, but I guess that's what happens when you are the little brother!!

These 2 are 2 peas in a pod! For whatever reason, both my children love to get muddy and then take their clothes off. It has been getting warmer but was still a little chilly, so they decided to keep their shirts on :)

Just like his big brother, Beckett is obsessed with shoes. Has to pick out his own pair every morning. Unfortunatley, he now wants to wear his big brother's shoes.

Funny goobs. He sees me wearing glasses in the morning, so he had to put his glasses on as well.

I took Jackson downtown with a couple of his buddies to see the play "Shrek". Jackson loves going to the city and is always mezmerized by the big buildings!

I was so proud of how well Jackson behaved. He sat politely and watched the entire play. His friends, however, were unable to do so. He really is a sweet, well behaved boy :)

The Shrek crew!

My all American boy has decided to pick up archery. Hilarious!

Beckett is still much more cautious than Jackson ever was, but he starting to get a little bolder. He loves to climb everything and will use pretty much anything as a stepstool. He will move kitchen chairs clear across the house to try to get to something. He has also started climbing out of his crib at night. We had 1 night that he must have climbed out 15 times. I kept picking him up and putting him back in without saying a word. He finally gave up around 11. Another difference between Jackson and Beckett is he is much easier to punish and seems to "get it" a lot more than Jackson did at this age. It only took 1 night and he hasn't climbed out since. It took us 2 weeks to get Jackson to stop! Time out also seems to be very effective with Beckett. Jackson couldn't care less about time out!!

We are loving the warmer weather and hope that spring is finally here to stay!

Oh Beckett! He was of course playing in the mud and then got wet. He does not like to be wet, so he took his pants off. He cracks me up!!