My Kids are Alright

Soen and Sadie discovered the Who the other day. I couldn't be happier. "Magic Bus" came on the radio and Sadie took to it right away. Normally she yells "MAGIC BUS!" throughout the song, but her favorite part is when Roger Daltry says, "Can I buy your Magic Bus?" And Pete Townsend and Sadie say, "Nooooo!"

Anyway, we were having a little fire and smores last night and I caught the kids dancing to the song.

Lord of the Rings

I started watching the Lord of the Rings movie with Soen while Sadie was napping. It's been a rather nice bonding experience and he's way into it. We've only managed to get about 40 minutes into the first movie over two showings. Today, right when Sadie woke up it was at the first really intense part of the film, when Frodo first puts the ring on and the Eye of Sauron spots him. Since Sadie was walking in at that point we stopped it. But that little glimpse really caught her attention. She couldn't stop talking about it for about 15 minutes--egged on by Soen, who was trying to fill her in on all the details. Anyway, she kept asking me questions about it and so I ran to get my camera because I thought it was funny how fascinated she was by the three second glance she got and by Soen's retelling. So here's the Lord of the Rings as told by Sadie.

A conversation

Sadie: (Giving Soen a big hug) I love you, Soen.
Soen: Oh brother.

[ed note: Not a very exciting video, but it's all I've got.]

Sadie's Party

Some clips from Sadie's birthday party on Saturday. A fun time was had by all.

Sadie's first soccer game

It was pretty much what I expected. Lots of kids running around the ball, not really caring which direction they should be going in. As you can see in the second clip, Sadie was more interested in looking at the people on the sidelines than playing the game. The games are a half hour long, which is an eternity to a three year old. By the end of the game thy were begging for kids to go back on the field. Fifteen minutes would be perfect.

Not that anyone keeps score at these games but our team was crushed by grey by like a billion to zero. Well, that's not quite accurate. Our team kicked a few in our own goal. Not sure how you score that. Anyway, Sadie had fun but wasn't blown away. At first she said she didn't want to play anymore but later on she told me she did. We'll see how it goes.