Boys Scouts at the K

This past Friday night, Braden's boy scouts den went to a Royal's baseball game. It was so cute seeing how excited these little 7 year old boys were about seeing a "real live pro baseball game"....even though NONE of them knew any of the names of any of the players - hehehe! It was just the coolness of it all, not to mention the peanuts, nachos, ices, lemonade, chocolate malts, and souvenirs. The Royals lost, which we could have guessed before the game even began, but these boys could have cared less. They were just having fun smashing peanuts (which were $6 a bag for them to waste...but it was too cute watching them have fun), chatting it up, and singing "Take Me Out To The Ball Game". Every now and then they would pay attention, like when the Royals hit a home run (they did that only once) and the fireworks went off, or when the video cam was scanning the crowd, because those boys of ours really wanted to see their cute little faces up on that big marquee. They would cheer and chant when prompted by music, but mostly they just had a blast smashing peanuts. We went on a Friday night to get the full Firework Friday experience of a Royals game. I must admit, they put on a really good display of fireworks for the Royals crowd, I was very impressed. As we were walking out Josh says to me "That was pretty neat, the fireworks were the best part." Braden shot back saying that "the whole game was the best part" - so there dad! ;)

Braden posing with his mini Royals baseball bat he just HAD to have ;)

The boys singing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game", they were swaying and all, it was so fun watching them!

Fireworks Friday

Just a neat experience all around with our little man and his friends!

Ninja Soccer - Game #1

WOW! That sums up my feelings towards the first soccer game of this spring season. First, it was a GORGEOUS day; second, Terri came to help cheer Braden along with Josh and I; and third, this age group is so awesome to watch play soccer! Last year, the boys had the fundamentals of the game down pat, but not the attention span to actually play for the entire game. This year, it was all business. Braden was very into the game, no shame, no fear, no-holds-barred! It was great watching him play both on the offense and the defense, and he did an awesome job! I was very proud of him, and the game went by so fast. I cannot wait for this weekend, we have two games to watch, one on Saturday and one on Sunday, GO NINJAS! Here are some pics from the game.

Braden getting in there to get the ball!

Defense, blocking that goal from a free kick - look at all those blond haired boys!

Going in for a goal! And in case you cannot see what name is on his shirt it says "Lightning", Braden chose this to be his nickname on the team, and that is what they all call him, it is rather cute actually listening to them all cheer for him calling him Lightning! hehehe ...and yes friends, Braden's soccer is #9, and no we didn't chose it, it was assigned to him -ha!

Watch out, he is getting ready to kick it!

Run buddy, run!

This is my all time favorite pic though, look at that tongue sticking out, my only guess is that it is totally helping him concentrate more on the game and his role in it - ha!