Sandbox, Summer and Soccer

Here are some of the things we have been up to:

A few weeks ago, Matt had to go to NYC for a little over a week, so David and I spent lots and lots of time at the park trying to enjoy the last few weeks before the Texas summer heat kicks into full gear.

We went to eat sushi with Aunt Hayley to celebrate her last night in Dallas and after dinner, David decided to jump up on the ledge and start dancing for everyone. He is really starting to come out of his shell and not be so shy anymore.

Also during Matt's absence, I decided to put together the sandbox that I ordered for David online. According to the instructions, it was only suppose to take 1 to 3 hours to construct. Well, 48 hours, two weekends and three major injuries later....we have a sandbox.

David kept himself occupied on the slip-n-slide while I focused on construction.

Here it is.. the fully assembled sandbox.

In other backyard updates, we have a jalapeno pepper. How cool is that, we actually grew something. Now if my tomatoes and cilantro work out, we can make homegrown salsa.

Our season tickets for the Rangers started on Wednesday. David was GREAT. He sit and enjoyed the game for the first few innings, even though there was a little bit of rain, and then played in the kid zone for a while. On Friday, Matt and David went to the game with our neighbors and friends Travis and Lila while I recovered from Lasik (see below). They also had a great time. David and Lila are quite the buds.

We signed David up for a music class a few weeks ago thinking it would be a good indoor summer activity. When we went to the first class, however, we discovered it was pretty boring. I expected the kids would get to run around and play with instruments, but rather the focus was more on listening to sounds and singing, which is just not enough activity for our Saturday mornings.  This picture sums up how David felt about the class. Mom felt about the same way...so we dropped out and joined soccer instead.

We were late in joining the soccer class, so the David's first day was actually the third class for the other kids. He did not seem to be behind - he just jumped right in and started playing.  He is in the same class as Lila and Maddie, so it is pretty cool to watch them all play together.

Here he is carb-loading before the big game:

The kids mainly just run around and kick the balls. They try to teach them techniques, but there is not a lot of focus. David loved it... he was all in on the ball kicking, not sure much on the techniques.

They teach them foot moves by kicking over cones and then learning to set them back up with their feet. David loved this part. In fact, we are going to find some cones for the house as I think this will keep him occupied for hours and hours.

On Friday at 2pm, after much anxiety, I had LASIK surgery on my eyes. As most of you know, Matt had his done last summer. He, however, had a few different procedure and a very difficult recovery. Although I knew my surgery was suppose to be much easier than his, I just could not get over the fear that I would be in pain and out of commission for a week or so. I was completely wrong. The surgery itself only lasted about 10 minutes and, although it was unnerving and surreal, there was absolutely no pain. From the minute I left the surgery center, I could see great (and thanks to the high strength Valium, I felt pretty chill as well). I went home and sleep for a few hours and woke up feeling great. No pain whatsoever!  I went back in for my checkup this morning and have better than perfect vision. It is AMAZING. I am so glad that I got it done.

Here is the sexy mask that I have to sleep in for a few days:

And me on Saturday morning, just 18 hours after surgery. I have to put eye drops in every few hours, but otherwise I am good to go. It is so nice to wake up and be able to see without hunting around for my glasses. I am loving it!!