Little Sportz ~ Micah Style

Since we were not able to find a Mother’s Day Out Program once we moved here (let’s all bow our heads for a moment of silence for me, please), I decided to see if there were any little classes Micah could take this school year through the Phoenix Rec Department.  After going through their catalog, I decided on Little Sportz (not sure why they couldn’t have just spelled it correctly ~ I guess the “z” lends a bit of street cred).  It is a class for 3-5 year olds that teaches the basics of sports such as soccer, basketball, floor hockey, etc.

We are about half way through the session, and so far I am not impressed.  He doesn’t love it either.  There is a lot of sitting around while some rather young teenagers talk to them about how to play these sports, and then they wait forever in line to take their turn at trying it.  Last week it was taught by someone else, and it was much better.  However, I think she is not the normal teacher, so I will just have to lower my expectations.

If nothing else, Micah is learning to sit and listen, follow instructions, and gets to run around a little bit with other kids.  Tonight they learned about Lacrosse.  Lacrosse!!!  That does not strike me as a great game for 3-5 year olds.  You could see the kids were a little confused.  Basically they practiced running (about 2 feet) while holding the stick properly and then shooting the ball into the goal.

I think the most fun part of the class for us parents to watch is the stretching at the beginning.  There is not a lot cuter than a bunch of 3-5 year olds sitting on the ground stretching like adults.

Tonight on our way home I asked Micah what he thought about Lacrosse.  He said, “Mommy! (in an exasperated voice) that stick and that game is not called a cross, because a cross is what Jesus died on!!”

After I explained the difference in the words, he seemed to calm down.  And then he told me he never wanted to go back to that class.  Then I told him we finish what we start.  And then we had a Popsicle, which is what I bribed him with to get him to go back and finish the class.

At least he’s paying attention in Sunday School.

Micah other favorite Little Sport ~ wrestling his (mostly) willing sister.

Home Sweet Home and Some Monkey Joe’s

We are back home, and enjoying some Daddy time today.  We had a wonderful time with my family in Wisconsin.  The flight there went pretty well.  The flight home was harder, but we made it!  The weather here is gorgeous.  The kids and I walked about two blocks down from the gym this morning to a grocery store to buy some fruits and veggies at 11:00 am.  Just a few weeks ago this would not have even been possible, because it would have been too hot.  Yay, for cooling temps and getting to enjoy more outdoor time.

We did a lot of fun things in Wisconsin.  Got to keep those kids busy during the day!  Here are some pictures from a place that was so great, we went twice.  It is called Monkey Joe’s and it is a giant indoor inflatable fun land in Appleton.  Since school is back in session, we were just one of a handful of families there both times, and the kids loved it.  Okay, okay I thought it was pretty fun too.

We had to stop at Target on the way there and buy socks for Micah and Savannah.  Yeah, we don’t wear socks anymore.

The huge slides were so steep that if I didn’t slow us down, we would shoot right over the barrier at the end and wind up on the floor.

Micah loved the obstacle course, but wouldn’t go on it alone.  I am curious about how many calories I burned on that thing.

Thanks for a super fun day, Grandpa and Grandma!!

Beating the Heat ~ Bring Lots of Quarters!

When Ben’s mom was visiting last month, one of the activities we did was hit up one of the indoor malls in the area to ride their rides.  Now if you are from Minnesota, you are probably picturing this:

Instead you should be picturing this:

Yes we spent the morning using the quarters that Nonna brought with her to ride all the little rides.  They had a lot of them.  They also had a train that took you around the whole inside of the mall.

And what was Savannah doing during all this excitement?

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Yep, she slept through the first hour or so that we spent at the mall.

Once she finally woke up we ate lunch, Nonna bought the kids some very cute clothes, and then we hit up the last ride at the mall.  The Merry-Go-Round!

It was a good thing that we waited for Savannah to wake up, because otherwise we would have missed her screaming through the entire thing.  Apparently she isn’t a fan.

What about you?  What have you been doing the beat the heat?