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For today...Monday, August 15, 2011

On My Mind..I really need to get back into blogging...we've been back from vacation for a week no and I still have to post about it...Tucker and I got hooked into an "extreme Couponing" marathon on TLC yesterday and while it was fascinating, I also wondered how realistic it is. Seriously I like to get things cheap and/or free as much as the next person, but do you really need to get 93 bags of croutons just because they are free?!

Outside My Window..it has finally stopped raining! ... and it has cooled off!

What We're Reading...recently, I finished The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory and The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier and just started Summer of my German Soldier by Bette Greene...Tucker has been reading Matt Christopher and Encyclopedia Books this summer as well as some Magic School Bus books my mom's neighbor gave him.

What We're Listening to...I just finished Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares and while I wasn't thrilled with it, it ended pretty well...I'm now listening to Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult...Tucker and I listened to Tuck Everlasting and we both really enjoyed it.

What We're Watching...as I mentioned, Tucker and I enjoyed Extreme Couponing yesterday...happy with SYTYCD results...still watching reruns of Two and a Half Men and Big Bang Theory...anything on Nick, particularly iCarly and Victorious...just watched The Outsiders on Netflix and can't believed I never saw it before!

I am Hoping...to sleep better tonight

In the Kitchen....chicken pot pie, fish, chicken

Around the House...dishes are done...laundry is all done, just waiting to be folded!

Coming Up This Week...soccer practices Tues and Thurs...he has a friend's birthday party on Sat...New Britain Rock Cats baseball game on Sun.

Picture Thought...
Tucker had a soccer tournament this weekend (unfortunately they only played one day; it got rained out on Sunday!). Here Tucker leads the way down the field!

Posted by Cindy at 6:29 PM

Soccer Camp

Tucker took part in soccer camp last week sponsored by United Kingdom International Soccer Camps and not only did he learn a lot but he had so much fun! (I realized that after I loaded the pictures that they are actually in reverse, but I'm going to restrain the OCD part of me and do this as is!)

So anyway, the camp was run by professional players from England. We actually had two coaches: Prince (seen in later pictures) was the coach all week and we was amazing and a personality like Wayne Brady! Seriously, he was so much fun and great with the kids.

The pictures that I have first are from the Striker Clinic which took place on Saturday morning for three hours. Tucker worked with Oliver and some of the other kids and learned how to score better. In the above picture, he tries to make a goal against Casey. Below he takes a shot against the goalie coach Ian.

In these next pictures he works on some defensive/offensive moves. first against, the coach Oliver:
Next working defense against Greta
Getting some instruction
Learning a new trick

These next ones are from the week-long soccer camp. Keep in mind that this camp took place during the heatwave our area was hit by and these kids were real troopers and worked hard out there on the field. (they did take plenty of water breaks!)

Here the kids get instructions from Prince (yes that is his real name!)
Going one-on-one with Prince

Trying some offensive moves on his friend Mason
Dribbling down the field
Strutting his stuff on the field (the tall girl is Marguerite-she was on his indoor team)


Getting more instructions



Taking a much deserved water and rest break on one of the hotter days



They were playing some kind of keep-away game and having a great time doing it!

Warming up


Warming up and learning some drills

I didn't take him the last night (my mom did) and apparently, it was quite a practice, ending in a gigantic water gun battle! My mom got some great pictures and I;ll share some of them when I get them!

This was the first year we did this camp and we will definitely be doing it in the years to come!

Project 64 - Sea Green

This week's color....sea green!!!!

This one was really hard to find. I finally found it.... on the top of the town hall and a bridge in the town I work in!

You Capture - Patriotism

This week's theme was....patriotism!!!!

And what's more patriotic than a 4th of July parade?

Project 64: Red

This week's color is...Red!!!

Happy 4th of July

Wishing everyone a safe and happy 4th of July!!

You Capture - Water

Something else I haven't been keeping up with so even though I'm a few days late posting this, I still wanted to get it tin!

This week's theme is...Water!!!!






I was excited because we had a trip planned to our local splash pad! *the third picture is my son tucker with my friend's 4 yo son, Caleb