Tuesday Talk

• Last Thursday Garrett and his U6 Purple Soccer Team finished up their fall season.  It was a great season full of enthusiastic players, supportive parents, and an awesome head coach (ahem, and a not too shabby assistant coach via yours truly).  I love watching Garrett run up and down the field!  He is an absolute joy to watch and a player who has come into his own over the last two seasons.     

• It is safe to say everyone in the house misses Daddy (or Addy as Hudson calls him).  The nuclear power plant he works at is shut down for scheduled maintenance.  This translates into many hours spent at work for Daddy.  As an adult I can admit his schedule could be worse (as it has been in past outages); however, the boys are not able to see it that way. 
• This past weekend marked six months since the death of my dear friend and her children.  There is not a day that passes that I do not think of them and feel an overwhelming range of emotions.  As we head into the holidays, I ask that you please pray for the families and friends of these lost loved ones.  This Thursday evening myself and others will be attending a local Take Back the Night Rally and March to call for an end to domestic violence.  Take Back The Night (TBTN) events are held in communities around the world. This year’s event will focus on educating our youth and their families on the affects that domestic violence has on our community and to let them know that help is available. According to TBTN committee chair Corrine Creeden, “The goal of TBTN is to not only raise awareness about violence against women and domestic violence but to empower women and give voice to their collective experience and help them to reclaim their right to be safe and free from violence. This event is about supporting survivors, remembering victims, and emphasizing that domestic violence has no place in our community.”   Information taken from here. 
• The end of Parker's flag football season will be coming to an end this Saturday as all teams play in a single elimination playoff that leads to the Superbowl game.  He, too, has had a great season showing more confidence and knowledge of the game.  I have learned he is one I cannot encourage, yell, or shout at from the sidelines.  I must admit that is hard for me as a former cheerleader, but my words lead to his eyes wandering to the views of the sideline more often than not.  He has a coach and it's not his mama;)  On a side note, I had to laugh when I uploaded the photo below.  Check out his fingers...  
     

• Many days I wonder what we did BH (before Hudson).  His personality is really developing as he nears closer and closer to age 2 (gasp!!!).  He amazes me with his vocabulary and chatters non-stop.  Recently, he has taken to seeking attention from his oldest brother and loves to make everyone laugh.  He is in great need of a haircut, but I cringe at the thought of cutting his blond curls that reach almost mid-back.  I pulled out two hand me down costumes from the basement for him to sport this Halloween.  He pulled off the frog costume exceptionally well at a Halloween party over the weekend...

• It may take you a moment to recognize the little dude below.  Last week the time (finally) came for Ryder to get an honest to goodness little boy's haircut.  His school photos were quickly approaching and frankly it was time to see his big, brown eyes again.  I had the stylist do a similar cut to that of Parker's and the end result was him looking a lot like Parker at age 3.  Ryder, upon looking in the mirror, following said haircut and styling started to cry.  Wail.  Scream.  His new style is quite the change.  Take a look for yourself....