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Here are a few of the things we have been up to this past week.  First, and very exciting was Sam's first day of Preschool.  He has been looking forward to this for months, and was very upset when the boys started school and he still had to wait a whole week longer!

Second, and not very exciting was a flooded basement!  This is the second time this has happened to us and it is not very much fun, even though Spencer says it is kind of exciting, I tend to disagree.  There is nothing like that sinking feeling in your stomach when you walk down the stairs and find two inches of water on your floor.  Sam made a good point though.  He pointed out that at least it was not "this high" (hand over his head) cause then he would have drowned.  We can always think positively, right?  Thankfully most of the stuff that could have been destroyed was off of the floor.

I had to share the two things that made me so sad.  These that hung on my wall when I was a little girl, made by my mom, and that were sitting in a box by the stairs waiting to go and be hung on Sydney's wall...(anybody know if I can get the water stains out?)

And a bunch of my favorite books from when I was a kid.  Little House on the Prairie, Trixie Belden, and Anne of Green Gables.  I loved these books! They are soaked through, I don't think they are going to make it, but at least they can be replaced.  Thankfully, it could have been a lot worse than it was, and the plumber who came to our rescue was very helpful and kind. 

Third, the beginning of soccer for Tyler and Sam.  Unfortunately I didn't get any good shots of Tyler, no worries though, there will be plenty of opportunity.  Here is one of Sam as the goalie.  As you can see he is on the blue team.  When his coach asked for ideas for a team name, Sam's hand went up immediately (I could tell he had been thinking about this and waiting for his chance) "I know, I know!  We can be the Red Lava!"  Sam  was very upset that his idea was not chosen and cried all the way home, "I don't want to be the Blue Jays!"  He got over it though when Tyler told him how cool the name was and what a cool uniform he had, and then took him outside to practice being a goalie.  And, their practicing must have paid off, because no one got past Sam!

Here is Sydney looking forward to her days in soccer, or maybe this is just a fashion statement...