On Monday night William received Star #50 on his star chart. We told him that we would make the trip to McDonalds on Wednesday night after another important event... his first soccer practice! So yesterday we introduced him to "organized sports" for the first time ever. I use the word organized loosely because we are dealing with 5 & 6 year old boys here! Zack and I sat on the sidelines and watched, getting up to help explain things to him a time or two. I have to admit I've never been a big fan of soccer. But it was great to finally be one of the parents at a sporting event. And it was awesome when another mom would come up and ask which boy was mine!
By the end of the hour, his cheeks were pink and he was breathing hard, but he had a HUGE smile on his face. As he sat in my chair and changed from his cleats back to his flops, he said, "Mama, no more soccer". What!?! I repeated, no more soccer? He smiled and told me he was tired, adding, "no more soccer today". Then he happily said, "now McDonalds?"
So we made the trek to the greasy fast food haven. He was thrilled to get his Happy Meal toy and eat his beloved chicken and fries, then play on the indoor playground for a few minutes. Zack and I were happy when it was time to leave. We're both trying to limit our intake of fried foods, and that's quite difficult under the glow of the golden arches!
When we got home we made a new star chart. He still has to earn 50 stars, but we changed the goal. Call us crazy, but this time it's Chuck E. Cheese. He's never been so it will be interesting to say the least, and we'll probably go on a week night to minimize the overstimulation (for him and us!). But at least it will be something different, and with a little more variety on the menu.
No soccer practice pics yet - we used the SLR instead of the digital so we'll have to get them developed.
Oh, and today is also a very special day. Three months ago today, a judge in a cold Mariupol courtroom proclaimed us to be the parents of William Hoyt Dove. We don't consider the 21st our gotcha day since we didn't get him that day, but it was a monumental day for our family!
6 comments:
Congratulations to William for earning 50 stars! Wow, has it been three months since you were legally declared a family? How time flies! It's so great to hear of your adventures as a family. William is just blossoming.
Thank you for the birthday wishes. It's nice being 40. :-)
How wonderful that William earned all his stars!!! I am so happy you all have been a family for 3 months- time is flying!!! Hope you all are staying well- people around here are so sick with the flu- so far so good for our family.
Shay
Wow, hasn't William come a long way in such a short time !! We love our new grandson so much and can't imagine how we ever got along without him. He is such a blessing to all of us and we are so proud and happy for yall as you experience all of these first-ever moments as parents. Praise God for bringing William into all of our lives !! We love all 3 of you so much !!
Love, Mom and Tommy (Gram and T'Daddy)
Awesome job William! Way to go! Three months...boy time flies. :)
Good to hear practice went well!! When is this first game? I want to make sure to be there! I will be out of town again next week but will call you and see about his game and maybe doing something special for William. Have a great week and I will see you guys the first of March.
Congratulations to William for earning all his stars....and so fast too! :)
How fun that he's enjoying soccer! I bet you were so proud to see him out there!
I love the updates. :)
Julie
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