Their skills won't pay the bills...yet!!

It's been all about sports the last week. Last Saturday (after finding about poor Q-tip) Skylar & Nick had a little something to cheer them up. They went to the Orem Owlz Baseball Clinic for the Jr. Knight Owlz, the kid's fan club they are in. They have been looking forward to this all summer and were so excited. They got to go learn some skills from the players and then got to get their autographs. They thought this was the coolest thing ever. Ben went with them and I stayed home with a very distraught McKade who just has the hardest time being "too little" for things like this. They had a great time though. Later that night we also got to go to a game. It was such a beautiful night. We had a nice time.
Unfortunately, the next day both of our boys were totally sick. The yucky, throw-up, poopin everywhere sick. The kind of sick you get in the dead of winter, not summer. So not fun. Needless to say, Sunday and Monday were basically veggin in front of the TV days. I'm glad it hasn't been passed onto the rest of us because it was not pleasant for anyone!
This week Nick was signed up for a Sports Skills at the Rec. Center. He had to miss Monday since he was sick and was so disappointed. The rest of the week he was loving his class. They learned a few soccer, t-ball, and basketball skills. It was fun to watch Nick in a class like this. He is quite the talker, which I had never realized. Around our house, he is the quiet one so I really haven't seen him like that. Unfortunately, his chatting meant he didn't pay too much attention to the teachers so when it came to the actual playing of the games, he was more often doing this:
That picture is not that great but it's Nick laying down inside the goal during the soccer game. Crazy kid! The whole class was a little entertaining since the kids are all 4 and have no clue how to play a team sport. They all huddle together and the whole concept of taking the ball away from someone else is probably pretty confusing considering that they have been taught taking away something is not nice. At this age it's all about having fun though. It was fun to watch and Nick had such a great time!!