Cute Alex

I took Alex to the mall today and she picked out a hat and a stuffed animal monkey with a mouse. She was extremely cute running around the mall. She stayed goofy the entire time and even tipped her hat to the checkout lady on the way out.

Cool photo of Max

Deemed Funniest Kid in all the Land

Max has earned the newly established "Funniest Kid in all the Land" award. He comes up to me and shyly says, "Dad...I pee'd a little." We asked how that happened and he told us that he and Alex were playing and something that he did made him laugh so hard that he pee'd. He probably would not have received the award if they did something that made him laugh that hard. However, since he made himself laugh so hard until he pee'd then the award is, without dispute, his.

Unbelievable

Max had an incredible showing at soccer practice. The played a practice game and he took the ball away from the pack and would go all the way down the field to score just about every time. It was amazing! He received two stickers for his performance and was very happy. It was unbelievable!

Road Trip

After Max's soccer game we headed up to Roaring River State Park. There is a rainbow trout hatchery that has a cave where the spring originates and opens up into a huge spring pool. Then it flows down into the hatchery and on to fill a really nice creek where fly fishing is extremely popular. We had fun seeing all the fish in the crystal clear water. We also found a craw dad (max thinks it is a lobster), caterpillars, skink, and a crazy spider.

When we finished up at the park we headed down to Eureka Springs to the train depot. They have quite a few old trains and steam powered tractors to look at. The kids enjoyed it.

Then we headed up the hill to the Crescent Hotel to explore the hallways and stairways for ghost. The Crescent is a known haunted landmark.

On the way home, the kids were fighting to stay awake in the car. Alex lost that battle and was sleeping hard ten minutes after getting in the car. Max held out and we stopped off at a chocolate candy store that makes their own chocolate for all to watch. Max and I quickly went in and grabbed some peanut butter/chocolate clusters and some cashew chocolate clusters. Max fell asleep on the way home after he was able to eat up some of candy. Good day.

First Soccer Game

Max had his first soccer game Saturday morning. He had a ton of fun and is doing really well. He is much taller and faster than the other kids on the team. About half way through the game, while sitting on the side lines, Max found a 3 leaf clover. But after it was his turn to play he returned to the side lines and it was gone. Therefore, next time it was his turn to play he told the coach that he had to stay on the side line to watch out for his clover.

The Little Bean

Earlier this week, I was out in the garage about to leave for work. Right before I got on the motorcycle Alex came out and gave me a big kiss goodbye. Then she watched me through the cat door as I finished getting ready and left. Such a sweetie.