taking it a bit easier...then soccer

Since Heather was sick on Sunday we took it easy Monday to get her back in school form ;-) She did some projects with Grandma and then felt good enough to play outside. We sent her to school on Tuesday and off we went to get Charlie's hair cut. I haven't liked any of his recent hair cuts but it was well over time to get a new do. The lady did pretty well--cut off all his curlies in the back but it looks good. He did great--sat in the chair by himself and then picked out his own candy afterwards. We went into Praia for lunch and to stop by a few shops then headed home to meet up with Heather. Heather came home from school in a very good mood, did her first homework and then started talking about how she didn't want to go to soccer. We went back and forth about signing up and she said that she wanted to play so we got her onto a team. She did eventually nicely go up and put pants on to play soccer in and after some food went with a decent attitude. We got to the field and after about 1 minute of standing by me went closer to the field where some kids were kind of playing around. As soon as her coach called them over she went and did everything she was supposed to do without looking back! Charlie was very excited as well (they're on the same team)and (following her lead?) participated also. He kept looking over and waving and smiling-soo proud of himself! It was nice not to have to coerce or plead with anyone to participate so I think despited the 21 kids on the team soccer is off to a good start.

Just so Cameron isn't feeling left out he's practicing standing on his own and likes to clap for himself once this feat is accomplished. He is still partial to open bathroom doors and climbing in cabinets and figured out how to put a little wooden car on top of a sliding thing so it will slide down to the bottom. He's learning to put things in boxes although he prefers to dump them out. He's learning so fast and just trying to absorb everything. He loves, loves, loves his brother and sister who want to pick him up and play with him---when they feel like it...Heather is very protective and hates it when he cries or someone takes something from him that upsets him. Charlie wants to roll over, bang on him and do "boy" stuff as I'm told it's called.