Super Saturday

Do you ever have a day that you want to remember forever? I had one of those today. It was great family time all day. Kids were on their best behavior, Daddy Piper was a pleasure to be around, I was in a good mood and we had great company from friends later at a birthday party. We had an overall great day together. It started off with L's soccer game. She did so good. I was very hesitant when I saw the coach put her as goalie for a period but to my surprise, she did wonderful blocking the ball. 2 players didn't show so all the kids had to play the entire game. She was gassed by the time the game was over. She did push down one player and was elbowed later by the same player. She was upset over the elbowing but stayed in the game - what a player!!! After the game it was time to play on the playground for a bit. We had intended to watch L's friend play soccer but she was having some health issues so we didn't get to. The playground was packed with other little ones and we still had a birthday party to attend. We headed home (after a quick detour to look for our missing dogs). Once we were home, I set about trying to get some breakfast cooked up since we took off so early for soccer. The kids quickly took off for the neighbor's house to play with their friends. Daddy Piper and I enjoyed some quiet time with breakfast burritos and time alone with Baby J. Our friend's daughter was better so the party was on. I ran over and got the kids, we came home and got Baby J and Daddy and headed off.

The party was fun! It was a bugs and snake party. The kids got to see a snake eat a mouse (GROSS!) and make bug catchers and cute name tags. After they wore cute safari type hats and searched out bugs with binoculars, the party leader tried to have the kids dance like animals, like butterflies and lady bugs but they weren't up for that so we headed back inside to plant watermelon seeds. During all of this Baby J had an explosive diaper so Daddy took him out to change him. Well he went through to his clothes. Unfortunately, I hadn't updated my diaper bag and the only thing that fit him was a onesie. The poor guy was a bit chilly but after settling down in the Moby, he warmed up. The rest of the party went off without a hitch. It was fun to see all the kids playing together. Most of these kids we have known since they were little babies. They only downside to the party and other things lately, is my having 3 kids. I get a ton of negative comments about it for some reason. It just little comments like why have 3, I look so tired, don't I miss how easy it was. Gosh if Daddy Piper would agree, I would be pregnant with #4 already : -)

This afternoon we all napped and got up without me laying out anything for dinner. We did need to get L some soccer cleats so we headed out to dinner and to the sporting goods store to get her cleats. Dinner was yummy. The cleats were almost a disaster. S was upset because he wasn't getting any. They didn't have any to fit him and besides, he doesn't start soccer for 2 more months!

The only downside to the day was a phone call canceling Daddy Piper's work for Monday. It sounds like there might not be work for the whole week and beyond. I sure hope not. I worry so much about the financial situation in our home as well as the economy in general. I did get directed to a blog today and one thing I kept reading was the statement about God will provide. It was almost like a God thing that directed to me to that site to begin with - super weird. I do have to have faith though that all will be okay - just have faith, while continuing to do with footwork.

All in all, a nice family day filled with quantity and quality time. I think one of the things I enjoyed most about the day was hearing Daddy Piper be so encouraging to L during soccer. There is just something about praise from the father to really impact the lives of our children.