Owie

I got a call from the kids' daycare late Monday afternoon - Sean was climbing on some playground equipment which he tripped and hit his chin hard, leaving a nasty gash.  The teachers put a big band-aid on the cut, but it looked pretty bad.  Apparently he was more upset about hitting his knee and leg when he fell than what happened to his chin.  When I picked him up, he relayed the story to me quite dramatically and I took a good look at the cut - it was small, but deep!  After consulting with Daddy, we went to a nearby urgent care office to get the cut looked at.

Sean was an excellent patient - he was so brave and followed every instruction given...

Clare was right by his side - she held his hand and watched anxiously when the doctor was examining Sean.  After a lot of poking, pulling, and prodding, the doctor determined that Sean only needed skin glue for his "superficial laceration" instead of stitches.

After the nurse cleaned out the gash, she helped the doctor apply the glue. Sean held still during the application of the glue and kept declaring, "This doesn't hurt one bit!  Not at all!"

...and after the glue dried, Sean and Clare both got ice pops!  

We're to keep his chin away from water for a couple of days and Sean is not supposed to touch the area.  The glue should come off on its own after a couple of days!

Just Peachy

We took the kids to our favorite nearby farm to pick peaches last week!

We lined up and waited patiently for the hayride ... so patiently:

Clare and Daddy on the hayride out to the orchard:

Photobomb!

This year's crop is a booming, apparently.  The kids filled up 4 bags (2 whole pecks) in about, oh, six or seven minutes.

The kids picking:

Handsome daddy picking:

Once we'd finished picking, we hopped back on the hayride and took a tour of the apple orchards to preview next month's crop!

There was a performance of "Alice in Wonderland" at the main farm area. Daddy and Clare stayed to watch while Sean and Mommy went to check out the rope maze...

...the giant tires...

...and the petting zoo!  Look at these baby goats!

After Sean had his fill of the animals and Clare had her fill of the play, we went to the playground:

Rock climbing with my babies:

And after all that fun, we had some dinner and ice cream:

With full bellies, good memories, and a whole bunch of peaches, we went home.  The next morning I got to work on the peaches - I froze a bunch, made peach-blueberry pancakes, and peach-basil jam.

Little Kicks

The kids finished up another season of soccer on Monday - this summer they each participated in a Little Kicks class! Clare's class would be first - the first few weeks she was pretty shy and wanted Mommy and Daddy close by but by week 4, she was ready to participate on her own :-)

For the last week, her class split in two and they played a scrimmage - Clare was thrilled to get to wear an orange pinney!  She moved the ball up the field and even scored a goal!  She was so proud of herself and we were proud too.

At the end of each class, the coach gives each player a patch to sew onto their t-shirts.  Clare was able to pick her own patch since it was the last week - she picked her favorite patch - a patch with the letter "B" on it for "Bravery!"

After Clare's class would finish up, Sean would take the field:

Sean got a lot of practice this season in advance of "Town Soccer" which will start in September!

Sean picked his own patch at the last session, too - the sparkly gold "A" for a great attitude :-)

I got the kids to pose for a few snaps before the sun went down:

Yay Soccer!

Sharing Ice Cream

We went out for ice cream the other night. Clare got chocolate with rainbow sprinkles and ate it all up - yummy!

Sean got mint chocolate chip with sour patch kids on top - he savored his treat!

Clare gobbled up her ice cream and then started to eye up Sean's dish:

"Please may you give me some of your ice cream, Seany?"

"No Clare! You have your own!"  

"Pleeeease, Seany?"  

"Nooo!"

"Humph! He's not sharing his ice cream with me!"

"It's mine, Clare! You had yours!"

(Sad whiny noises)

"Okay, Clare - you can have a teeny tiny bit of mine."

"Okay!  Yay!"

"Here you go, open wide!"

"Yay! Thank you Seany! Mommy, Seany shared with me!"

"Yeah..."

Phillies Phun

We took the Sooy Kids to a Phillies game on Saturday night - Sean's first Phillies game was way back in September 2009 but this was Clare's first visit to Citizens Bank Park!  We picked a beautiful night for a game and good night to get stuck in traffic on this way into Philly - former manager Charlie Manuel was being inducted into the Phillies Hall of Fame - so that pushed gametime back a little bit.

At our seats - I'm not sure why Clare looks sad in this photo...

...so here's a smiling one of Daddy and Sean:

Ahh, that's better:

We caught then end of the induction ceremony and then watched the first 4 or 5 innings from our seats - Clare was always on the lookout for the Philly Phanatic (or "my friend" as she refers to him).

The kids got a little restless and so we took them on a walk around the stadium.  One of the best things about the Phillies' stadium is that you can see the field from anywhere on the concourse - even in the teeniest little spots:

Right about when the Phanatic came out on the hot dog cannon car with Jim Thome shooting hot dogs into the crowd, the kids were ready for a snack themselves -

Cotton candy!

 
With a belly full of cotton candy, we headed over to the Guest Services office and got Clare her own "My First Phillies Game" certificate:

More shots from roaming around the stadium before heading back to our seats.  We left at the bottom of the Tenth inning but the Phillies went on to lose :-(

That's okay - the kids had a great time and Sean paid a lot of attention to the rules and picked up on a lot of the rhythm of the game!