Flag Football and Friends

Luke was gone a couple nights last week and thankfully it was nice enough to get outside to play! We stopped at the park on our way home from school to play at the park! The kids had a blast!  I know I've said this a lot in the past, but it's so fun to watch them play together!

 This is Bishop--he makes me smile all the time....and he wasn't even trying to be funny--this is just the way he is! I love this kid! He cracks me up and yet he is so sweet! He's at the age where he doesn't want to upset me and I like that! ;)

 Friday night Luke and I had a date night--Ms. Janelle (short haired Ms. Janelle--both of Bishop's teachers are Ms. Janelle) came to watch the kids and Bishop could hardly wait! He asked all week long how much longer it would be until Ms. Janelle came! I'm so glad he likes his teachers and that he was excited for mom and dad to leave for a night! :)

We went to The Bachelor Farmer for dinner and then grabbed a drink at Marvel Bar afterwards. It was the perfect night out just the two of us!

This is us! :)

Saturday morning brought Bishop's first Flag Football game. He absolutely LOVED it and seemed like a natural on the field....maybe a bit too natural for this mama (who is a little apprehensive about football and injuries, etc). He's young and I want to introduce him to many different sports and activities so he can choose what he wants to do. And, it was really fun to see him enjoy it so much! His friends, Danny and Colin are both on his team, so that was fun for him too! He's been talking nonstop about wanting to play football--so next week can't come soon enough!

Practicing catching with Danny

While Bishop was playing Nora ran out onto the field a couple of times. She picked out her own outfit--her favorite color is purple, if you couldn't tell! And she insisted on the red shoes!

Saturday afternoon the kids and I went down to my friend, Melissa's, in Burnsville for a little playdate with all our HS friends. It was an absolute blast! There were 12 kids there and Nora was the only girl! Melissa's got the perfect set up--they live in a cul-de-sac and the kids rode their bikes and played and had such a great time together!

Nora and Grant (Melissa's youngest son)

 We tried for a group picture--but poor Max wasn't having it!

Christian, Miles, Oliver, Grant, Bishop, Nora, Charlie, Sawyer
Bennet, Nolan and Griffin!

We usually try to get the girls together every few months, but it's hard to get all the kids together--this was so fun and it made me miss my HS girls so much!

The kids and I left as everyone went in to eat pizza, as we had dinner at the Retzer's! It was such a fun day with friends!

Nora has been working on going potty in the toilet lately and she's been doing really well!! She's interested and gets excited and proud when she goes! She's in undies when she's home (before and after school and on the weekends) and if all continues to go well we'll put her in undies to go to school next week. She's growing up so fast!

As I mentioned earlier Bishop is obsessed with his teacher, Ms. Janelle! All he wants to do is give her hugs and go to school to see her! I'm SO happy he is happy at school-he has formed some pretty deep relationships with his teachers, which makes me know he's being well taken care of at school!