Spring Soccer with lots of Enthusiasm

Last Fall Watson participated in a little soccer program called Mini Kickers. It is a soccer group organized by age group to teach soccer skills to young kids. He had a great time, even though he barely understood his coaches--one was British, the other Scottish. This spring he asked to play "real" soccer so he could kick the ball really hard. We enrolled him in the Dimple Dell program, shopped for cleats, and picked up a new sport jersey. He loved just about every part of the experience. We didn't find cleats his size, but we did find really, really, fast red shoes. He liked running around the field the whole game and goofing around with his coach. The kids did pretty good during the games, there were even a few who are potential soccer stars. It was a fun thing to be involved with and Watson can't wait to play again in the fall!

A Little Family Outing and a Big Lion

We were lucky to see a REAL game with our 'Pass of All Passes' this soccer season. It really was a great opportunity for Watson to get excited about this sport since he was on a little team this Spring. Our seats were pretty close to the field but the most special part of the night was Leo the Lion. Watson and he became fast friends as Leo moved him to the first row, several times, and treated him to his own bucket of popcorn. Although it was a little chilly, we had a great family outing and look forward to going back again.

Missing Legoland

Watson is 3. Going on 10. All of sudden I've begun to realize how short our time is together before I hand him over to the public school system for much of his day, much of the year. So, Scott and I decided we should take a little spontaneous trip to LegoLand. A new Lego Hotel opened recently so we took advantage of a special and frequent flyer points for tour little trip. Grandma Nettie came too, to keep us company and enjoy San Diego's perfect climate. It was a fantastic break from everything, for Mom and Watson anyway. Dad stayed home and worked while we played. (Thanks Honey, for making this happen for us. We love you!)
Every part of the trip was exciting: the airplane ride, the rental car, the AWESOME hotel, collecting mini figures, dancing in the elevator, riding rides, building with legos, playing in the ocean. 

Watson's Pirate Eye

Part of the "treasure" he found in our room.

Our Pirate Eyes together.

Already a driving Pro.

No candy here, just Legos.

What did you do?

For weeks after our trip Watson would wake in the middle of the night, calling out for LegoLand. It was a memorable and successful trip. He can't wait to go back and enjoy it all over again.

A little of this, a little of that...

For the last several months I've tried to do a little pre-Preschool with Watson. I plan a different activity for each day of the week:
Move it Monday
Teach me Tuesday
Wacky science Wednesday
Make it Thursday
Fun Place Friday.
It was been fun to have a little more structure to our play and learning time together. So here are a few of the activities we have done:

A little Candy Cane science experiment.

Making Marbled paper for Valentine notes.

Stacking blocks and jumping over them.

A collection of RED things, Watson's favorite color at the moment.

Shaving cream color mixing.

Fizzy Shamrocks.

My cute little learner.

Luckily, he loves to learn and has dubbed himself curious (just like Curious George.) I hope he will always be that way and I can receive inspiration to keep it going.