Weekend Update

This weekend both boys had soccer games. Josh was less than interested in his. He was more interested in goofing off, but he did run around following the ball. He didn't kick it much, but at least he followed it. We are making some progress. Matthew had his first game of the season. When we showed up he insisted on being the goalie, but it was someone else's turn. He kept pestering the coach until he put him in as a replacement. When he is the goalie he needs some help so Aaron stands by him to help. Well Matthew seems to have an excess of energy that running will get out, but being goalie you don't run much. In the middle of the game Aaron traded Matthew places so Matthew could run after the ball. Well as goalie Aaron was trying, but not really because it is a special needs soccer game, to block the goal when one of the stronger players got hold of the ball. Aaron ended up taking one for the team in the manly nether region because the stronger player got a good kick in. We'll see if he volunteers to be goalie again.

After both soccer games Matthew, Josh and Daniel got invited to a friend's birthday party at the Dinosaur Park. They all had fun participating in the different activities. They have an area where you can pan for gold--Fool's Gold and another where you dig in the rocks to find different gemstones. Our kids aren't the most aggressive so they didn't bring home too much, but they had fun doing it. In panning for gold Daniel was more interested in dumping the water all over his clothes while Matthew got so excited after finding one piece of gold it took the rest of the time calming him down to find any more. In another social faux paus that only happens when you have kids the super-skinny-no-body-shape-female employee of the dino park was showing everyone where to do the activities when Matthew turned and asked her if she was a man. She stopped and looked at him asking, "Excuse me?!?" Aaron had to quickly jump in and explain as best he could. Sometimes the excuse of autism can be a good thing :).

We have been enjoying the fruits of our garden--or at least the vegetables. We had fajitas today with the peppers we grew. Matthew has issues with the texture of most vegetables and fruits so to try something different I pureed his fajita insides. I know it sounds and it also looked disgusting, but Matthew and the other two ate it without any hesitation and without any complaint. We were pleasantly surprised! Also we had some yummy cantaloupe from our garden as well. We still have a ton of tomatoes, but we found another sucker to take them--Aaron's friend from work--so hopefully we can get rid of the next bushel.

With Josh's Tooth Fairy money he chose to get an ice cream cone rather than getting Starbursts. Since I had a coupon for Baskin Robbins Josh and I got an ice cream cone and some quiet alone time from everyone else. Josh enjoyed the attention and I enjoyed the break. I will have to see if he has any other loose teeth we can get out sooner rather than later :).