WHAT A WEEK!!

Let's start from the beginning....

Last Saturday was the kick-off to a new flag football season. YAY, Ayden. He caught everything that was thrown to him, deflected a pass while on defense, and put the heat on a few guys who were trying to protect their flags! It was a lot of fun for us as well as Ayden:)

By the looks of my little urban cowgirl you can see we had some special plans in mind for Saturday afternoon. A woman Jason works with invited us to ride her pony. It was like Claire's dream come true...literally. She LOVED every second and can't wait to return.
Ayden took a shot on the pony when CLaire was willing to give her up! It wasn' t easy. Claire insisted she walk with the horse while Ayden rode, because she just couldn't stand being any distance from Ishy (the pony). He didn't seem to mind and let Claire do all the talking:)
Although Ayden liked riding he wasn't quite as enthused or impressed as Claire who continually talked, patted, praised, and smiled at Ishy. It was too darn cute.
By the end of the afternoon she was "on her own" with Ishy. GOOD JOB CLAIRE! She was really willing to try something new without any fear and OODLES of confidence. THANKS so much to Karen for introducing Claire to riding. Now for the big question, "Daddy, when can we get a pony?"

I am skipping ahead to Tuesday, only because the beginning of the week had a few WHOPPERS! However, Tuesday was incredibly exciting as Claire earned second place in the 1/2 mile run held through our rec. center. She raced other 2nd grade girls and did a FABULOUS job.

NOW, if you look closely you will notice why Sunday was a doozy. Ayden broke his arm while using a stool to reach the string to his ceiling fan. Yep, it wasn't the trampoline, wasn't his skateboard, basketball, football, biking.....it was a stool:( Sorry kiddo.

IF that weren't enough, our good friend Tyla took a spill on her skooter Tuesday afternoon and broke her knee cap! What is happening on Hampden Rd? Wrap your kids in bubble wrap this week...I have a feeling the next few weeks will be interesting as we try to play cast friendly games/activities in the neighborhood! These are the memories we will laugh about later, right?