Fun at Jester Park

We couldn't let this beautiful summer/fall day get away from us.  Even though the Big Bucket is closed for the season, we managed to find some water to play in and a new place to have some fun.  Dellisa and I took our 6(!) kids to the Natural Playscapes at Jester Park.  The Geisler's camp there occasionally, but I'd never heard of it.  It was so much fun.  There are about 5-6 little areas for kids to play in.  They are very close together so the kids could move between them and we could still have an eye on them.  There is a sand area (which none of our kids actually found, which was good because they were soaking wet), a wooden block building area, an area with a metal caterpillar and butterfly bench, a live bison roaming area (a little further away from the others), and of course, the pond with water feature (our obvious favorite!).  Here are some pictures of the kids having a blast.

Soccer Mom

We've had quite a few 'firsts' around here again.  Last week was our first day of Kindergarten, and today was our first day of soccer.  The girls had been looking forward to this for quite some time now, and I have to say that we all had a blast.  It was a beautiful (87 degree) evening--soccer is from 5:30 to 6:30 on Mondays and Wednesdays so it's going to take up a lot of our time for the next 6 weeks.  I chased Mylie most of the time so I didn't pick up on much this week, BUT Brandon (who will tell you he's definitely not the biggest fan of soccer) said he had a blast watching them and was so proud of how aggressive the girls played and how hard they worked.  I had to giggle when he likened the experience to 'herding cats' :)  We were pretty pumped to find out that they have another set of twin girls on their team.  When there are only 8 kids on a team it's not very likely for that to happen.  I've been driving a minivan for 5 1/2 years, but today, I officially became a soccer mom!

Getting ready to go.

BFFs

Purple team--the FLAME

Soccer Dad