The adventure continues

It has been a fairly eventful year so far. Lucian has done well in school and has tried his first season of flag football. Apollo is becoming more of a young kid and less like a toddler. We have built food trucks, pillow forts, water slides, car ramps, and amazing train railways. We have done experiments with baking, coloring and mixing water, reactions with bath and toilet bombs, and combining different liquids. We have gone to the zoo, the children's museum, playgrounds, indoor climbing places, trampoline parks, and field trips. It has been hot, cold, windy, and wet. I think we will survive the year just fine.

Lucian has done a great job in school this year. His reading and writing has come a long way. He even wrote me a little book. He has made lots of lovely pictures and fun art projects. Hopefully made some good memories and friends. His teacher was a really good match for him. 

Recently, he has tried flag football. He wasn't sure he would like it and we knew nothing about the rules. I thought he might like it because he likes "capture the flag" style games. So we gave it a go. His team ended up taking first place in his age group. He received a really nice trophy. Now he wants to play again in the fall. I had to explain to him that he probably won't be on the same team again, but he still seems to want to play. I think it will be a nice change for him. He wasn't the fastest or strongest, but he did pull his fair share of flags. For that, I am proud.

Apollo has been quite the little "threenager" this year. An emotional roller coaster who likes you one moment and despises you the next. He is learning that some things are a little too difficult for him. It's frustrating for him and he gets upset. It is frustrating for everyone else around him too. He often won't accept help. But that's ok. He is learning. I try to offer him love and support. Hopefully he accepts it.

We did attempt a gymnastics class for Apollo. It didn't go very well. I ended up getting a refund. He was too shy to even try. I guess it was too much for him. I think we will try a dance class next. 

Today we attempted to go to a strawberry festival. It ended up being cancelled due to the rain. We didn't get to do the festival or pick our own strawberries. We will pick strawberries another day. I'm hoping we get to pick other fruits this year as well.

We have a trip for Holiday world planned. It is coming up soon. This will be our first time going. It is a holiday themed theme park with a water park attached. I have heard good things about it. I hope the weather holds true for us. This will be Apollo's first theme park. I'm excited to see how he will do with rides and everything. I hope it doesn't disappoint. Hopefully, I will come back and write about our experience.

The kids are getting restless. Apollo is frustrated because he is unable to blow up a balloon. Lucian is bored. That is my calling to end this here. Until the next adventure...

New adventures for 2019

Lucian has currently been on winter break. We wanted to do something new and fun before he returned to school. Well, he goes back on Monday. Therefore, we did something new today that I've been wanting to do with him for awhile now. We went skating. All of us. As a family.

Keep in mind that neither boy has one skating before. Lucian received roller blades for the holidays this year from his grandpa. The boys tested them around the living room a bit. I told them we were going to go skating while on break. Naturally, they weren't thrilled because they are homebodies. I made them go anyways. I think they had fun. They tried something new.

Lucian fell a lot while learning to balance. But he figured some of it out. There was a lot of laughing and smiling. He didn't cry or get upset. He did his best. I am proud. He was proud of himself. Maybe next time I'll rent him a support contraption that kids use when they are learning. Only if he wants. Or maybe we will try ice skating next.

Apollo had the adjustable plastic skates for kids. His feet weren't big enough for the smallest skates yet. They were a lot easier to move around in than blades. Easier to balance. Plus they didn't roll well. He basically walked around in them and did the occasional split. He was okay with it all. He had a fascination with all the numbers the rink had on the walls.

After their hard work, we visited the arcade section. It wasn't much of an arcade I'm afraid. Most of the machines were out of order. Unfortunately, we got a good amount of tokens before looking at the games. It all worked out. They ended up with some tickets and picked out a few prizes (including cotton candy). I think it was a good overall experience. I hope we do some more new things soon.