Soccer

Matthew has begun his firt team sport. He is playing indoor soccer. It was kind of a mess at first because the place called us to let us know there is a team but no coach. None of the parents were willing to take it on, so now my brother Tommy and SIL Caryn are the team coaches, LOL. We had our first practice last Friday and first game on Sunday. Well, they won their first game buy default because the other team did not show :-) So we seized the opportunity to let the boys scrimmage.

Matthew did surprisingly well. He got out there and ran his heart out. He is the only one on the team who has not played before. He mostly just ran after the ball and kicked it a few times. He has not grasped the concept of dribbling it yet. He was too cute.

Kindergarten Update

Well after careful consideration and after doing the whole routing of registering Matthew for Kindergarten in fall we have decided not to send him to public school K next year.

Jerry and I have been conflicted about this for the last year and given his birthdate and maturity level we feel he is just not ready. Academically he is ready but emotionally and physically he is not. We just see huge difference in him compared to others his age who are very close in birthdays. We think in the end it will be best.

Then we were on a mission to decide where we were going to send him next year. I dont want to send him back to Preschool Academy because they only go through PreK and I dont want him with 4 year olds. Since he is academically ready I dont want him to repeat the curriculum. So we researched and got alot of advice from family and friends and have decided to send him to Kindergarten but at a Montessori school. I think this will challenge him academically but also allow him to catch up maturity wise. At the end of next year we will decide to send him to Public or keep him another year to repeat K at Montessori. They have assured me the curriculum changes and since they are taught at individual levels that will probably be the best environments for him. I also like that it is full day rather than half day and I love that they get social studies, science and geography which is something he will not get in public K.

This will make him one of the oldest going through his school years but I think it's best for him. It's becoming more and more the norm to keep summer babies back a year especially boys. I was really nervous that he would be in classes with kids who were held back just for that reason last year who were already 6 and come September througout the year the kids will all start turning 6. He will have just turned 5 in July.

So, Jerry and I go on Monday to tour the school and get him setup for testing and such. I'm actually really excited and feel very at ease with this decision and the school we have most likely chosen :-)

Beautiful Day

Today was absolutely beautiful, not a cloud in the sky and in the 70's.

We got up early and got the house ready for the housekeeper. Yes I actually clean before they come?? LOL. I try and have everything picked up so all they have to concentrate on is deep cleaning and not pickup up our stuff and clutter. I dont have too much clutter anyway. Some say I'm probably wasteful, but I hate clutter and just throw stuff out. (not actually throw out, if it's in decent shape I usually take it to Goodwill or something). I left 2 bags full of boys clothes for the cleaning lady's today for their children. They each have 4 kids! I used to ebay both Bianca's and Matthew's clothes but I just dont have the time anymore and I feel much better giving them to people who really need them. They were probably pleasantly surpised when they opened them bags 2 GAP jackets, 2 Gymboree Jackets and bag full of Ralph Lauren, GAP and Old Navy boys size 2-3 clothes. Yes I am a clothes FREAK! I always have been. People wonder where Bianca get's it from!? :-)

We then went to IHOP for breakfast. The kids tried the new Horton Hears a Who breafast which consisted of Who Pancakes,Green eggs and Ham! We then dropped Jerry off to play Golf with his business partner. The kids and I then went to the retirement home to visit my grandmother for a bit. We then headed home but then decided Ice cream sounded good, so we went to get some :-)

Jerry got home about 5PM and then we went out to dinner and Baja Grill and I had a HUGE Margarita. We dont usually eat out twice a day but I just did not feel like dirtying my freshly clean kitchen.

Tomorrow we are having company for dinner. I'm still trying to figure out what to make. I'll probably deal with that later. Matthew was so tired. He crashed out at 7:30 PM tonight. It's going to be a nice quiet evening, LOL :-)