Swingin' Spring

This about sums up every night at my house, haha! Aaron and I aren't getting much sleep. Someone....or three or four someones....or someone three or four times....is always up in the wee hours.

But that's life, right?

Spring sports are upon us. Ivan, Adelia, and Ollie are playing soccer (and I'm coaching Ollie's team), and Lincoln is playing baseball. Baseball games haven't started yet, but since Linc's league starts their first year of kid-pitch this year, they are already practicing twice a week. Our week goes something like this:

Monday: FHE and Relief Society meeting
Tuesday: Linc and Ivan have piano, Linc and Ivan have fishing, Ollie has a soccer game and Linc has baseball practice. Sometimes Adelia also has soccer practice. And I go to yoga.
Wednesday: Ivan has scouts, Adelia has a soccer game, Lincoln has scouts (at a different time and location from Ivan *rolls eyes*).
Thursday: Adelia has piano, Ivan has a soccer game, and Lincoln has baseball practice.
Friday: Homeschool park day and date night (which usually means Aaron and I do something together after the kids go to bed. We rarely actually go out.)
Saturday: Ivan, Adelia, and Ollie all have soccer games.

The mental gymnastics of trying to figure out who is going where and when is a bit of a headache....but other than that, I love being so involved. Watching my kids doing their different activities, trying new things, learning new skills, and seeing their different interests and abilities, and being there to cheer them on is what I live for. Plus, not gonna lie, I love having reasons to get out of the house and DO something, instead of the same-old-same housework. :) Aaron is a good sport to tolerate it all.

Ivan kicking a corner kick. He's scored two goals already this season.

Adelia made an awesome save while playing goalie.

Cub soccer is my favorite. It's hilarious. And Ollie is catching on really well. He's scored two goals so far this season.

Ruby likes to play catch with me while we watch Lincoln's baseball practices. She makes up her own rules about how the game of catch should go. 

A few Saturdays ago, Aaron took the kids out to launch Lincoln's model rocket. Cal and I were able to join them after Cal got up from his nap. It was a beautiful sunny day, and the kids had a marvelous time chasing down the rocket each time it landed. Here is my favorite picture of it. I love that Aaron and Lincoln have the exact same stance and posture. Lincoln might look more like me, but he is Aaron to the core, and I love it.

I guess I've inadvertently been talking about yoga while my kids were listening. Anyways, I few nights ago we were sitting down eating dinner, when out of nowhere the next thing I knew, all the kids were standing on chairs or our bench, trying to balance in a yoga pose they've seen me do. Haha! Even Ruby was trying and it cracked me up.