Soccer time

Another soccer season is upon us, and Will is back on the pitch. Playing for the Badgers, he was waaaaaay too excited for his first practice. The Badgers might be pretty good. Check out #2, Jayden. Will is a good head taller than him, but he shows good ball skills and fitness.

Long jumpers

Sunday was a beautiful day, so we checked out a new park in Stevens Point. Charlie jumped two inches into a sand play area, which sparked what turned into an eight-kid long jump contest. Jana was wonderful in her role as the chief pit groomer.

Paying attention

Will, Charlie and I were lounging on the bed after bath time last night, when Will spit out these gems.

-After watching a commercial for a TV series about time traveling, I asked Will if he could go anywhere in time, past or present, where would he go. "Mexico," he said.

-After seeing a commercial for one of the two leading satellite providers, Will said "There really isn't much of a difference between DirecTV and Dish Network, is there?"

Guess not.

Bucks Game

Will exceeded his Jump for Heart (thanks again everyone!) and won a chance to shoot a basket at the Bucks game.

Many thanks to Don Broesch for getting us all tickets to the game. We had a blast.

The Bucks management surprised us all by sending tickets for all of us to shoot a basket. Papa Ken, Nick, Andy, Scott and I each got a chance. Here's a video of Will's prediction on how we'd do:



For the record, only Scott made his shot. I liked the spirit of Will's predictions more though. Here are a few pictures from our outing:

Have brother, Will tattle

Charlie is really ending his "Terrible Twos" with a bang. He's thrown Barney DVDs at the TV, tossed chairs to the ground repeatedly and overall just been a loud, extra whine-y pill.

So, we've been reintroduced to the "time-out" -- much to Will's delight.

Yesterday, I was taking a nap and Will came in to inform me that "Charlie just threw three items. Do you want to come down and put him in time-out?"

When I was getting ready one morning, Charlie wanted my contact case and when I took it away, he expressed his discontent by slamming the drawer in my bathroom repeatedly.

"Stop or you'll have a timeout," I told him within Will's earshot.

Charlie made eye contact and slowly opened the drawer again and pushed it shut, a little more gently this time.

"That's IT!" Will piped up. "Put him in time-out already!"

Will's extremely helpful. I'm only hoping that Charlie's as much of a tattle tale when Will enters his teen years.

Easter 2010

We spent Easter weekend in West Bend this year... lots of fun.

The kids got to go swimming at the hotel pool and we had a nice dinner there as well. On Sunday after church, the boys had a treasure hunt at the condo house and found their Easter baskets in the bathtub!

Later, they found eggs outside. Charlie didn't really want to touch them so he just pointed and inferred that other people should pick them up. Then he just gave up altogether.

Will was a natural, of course, and ended up filling both his and Charlie's baskets.

Here's a few pictures: