End of July to mid August including Easton's first soccer goal!
We ended July with a visit at a park with some school friends. Ankita and Mirna who I do the breakfast program with brought their kids to Audley park. All of our kids are in different grades but Easton was in Youssef's class last year as he was in a split. Zacharia and Aria were both in KDG but Hadley knew them both from her lunch supervision that she did last year and Ashna is just one year younger than Hadley and their classes often did gym together. This was fun to break up the summer with some school connections.
August started with Easton winning player of the game at his soccer game. This was for his defence. He loves to play defence. This is his second player of the game award this year!
Then there was a weekend LAN party at the Benders which we joined in for one night, Brian stayed more as he rode with Shawn to and from for the weekend. Easton loved being able to try out Factorio with so many people connected to one game! Hadley LOVED all the cats and kittens. Easton was also a fan of the kittens. They got a lot of love. We enjoyed fun with jokes and s'mores at the campfire before camping for the night.
The next day we headed to my sisters new trailer. The kids had so much fun in the water on a water trampoline. 6 kids, 3 adults. Lots of fun followed by park play and a campfire at night. The kids went to bed so late but they don't see each other that often.
On the way home we stopped in at my friend Leah's house for a visit. Sam, Jose, Hadley and Easton played so well together and Leah and I were able to get great a wonderful visit in!
On August 11th Hadley, Easton and I met up with my brother at Wet n Wild. This was such a fun day! Water slides all day and both Joe and I were only a little sore the next day from all the cement and stairs that we walked on. We opened and closed the park! The most fun rides were the 4 people tubes where we could enjoy it all together but the sled type rides where we were on our tummies side by side were also a lot of fun!
August 12th and 13th we spent in Muskoka with Shaye. There was Kwartha Dairy ice cream, Monopoly, trying out her landline to call Brian (this was so fun for the kids). The kids could't understand how she didn't have cell service or internet. We got the annual Muskoka chair photo. This year they almost didn't fit together in the chair but we managed. We did a lot of swimming and Hadley learned to dive at Gull Lake. She was so proud and I was so proud of her! Easton gained so much strength during these two days swimming in the water. I was so proud of him as well! It was incredible to watch how strong he got after just two days in a row of swimming! Her cat Pippa was the most friendly she has been ever. We ended this visit with a visit to Webers! So yummy!
Last night Easton got his first goal at soccer. This year his team has not been super strong. Many losses. However, last night they won. Easton made the score 6-1 with his first goal! The final score was 7-3. It was an end to end rush. An unassisted goal scored just after half time. He received player of the game for his first goal ever! He was so proud and I was so proud of him! He was so happy!
To quote Brian's description of the play: "Easton took the ball near the corner, deep in the defensive end. He turned up the field and past everyone by mid field. Then he cut in from the sideline to run straight down the center at the opposing goal with a team of defenders chasing close behind. A slight head fake and then a strong right footed strike to the right side past the keeper and in to the net. Goal!"