A Christmas Eve Visit From. . . the Tooth Fairy?

 

 

Yep, it was Grand Central Station at our house on Christmas Eve.  Lane got a visit from not only Santa, but the Tooth Fairy, as well.  (I bet not many kids get to say that!) 

We’re not sure exactly what caused the tooth to fall out – it hadn’t been very loose, and there was blood involved.  But, Lane came up all smiles and the dentist had told us that it was time to start “wiggling” those teeth anyway.

I think the Tooth Fairy was in the Christmas spirit because not only did she leave $5 (more than normal), but she left the tooth, too!

City Champs!

Ian’s Hillwood Soccer team, the Knights, won Seattle’s City Tournament yesterday morning.

It was a nail-biter from start to finish.  I arrived late (as has been lucky for the team. . . yeah, we’ll go with that) and Ian had already scored the first goal of the game.  Bummer to have missed it, but I was glad that we were ahead.

We managed to score another goal, a nice header from Karl, to go up 2-0.  They came back at the end of the first half, to make it a close 2-1 game.  Things got a little dicey when an ill-advised penalty “in the box” gave the other team a penalty kick, and just like that, we’re tied at 2-2.

As time was winding down, we got a free kick off a penalty, and Ian sailed a beautiful ball right into Karl’s spot, where he headed it in for another goal.  It was really cute, because prior to the kick, Ian and Karl made eye-contact and Jacob patted his head with both hands, as if to say, “Right here, Ian, right here.”

It was a total team effort, and a lot of fun to watch!

I Give You The Griswold Family Christmas Tree. . .Oxnevad Style

 

Yes, I admit it, we had a little Clark in us this year when picking out the “perfect” Christmas tree.  We slightly underestimated the size of the tree and overestimated our space.  Had there been windows. . . well, you know the story.

 

The Oxnevad Family Christmas tree is currently undecorated due to lack of time and numerous malfunctioning light strands.  We’re hoping to rectify that before December 24th! 

 

But, it sure smells good! 

 

December Soccer Update

I think I spoke too soon last week when I was complaining about the temperature. . . as this week it got worse.  The boys played a total of 3 games in the low-20’s!   Even my California kid who would wear shorts and flip-flops year-round if I let him (Lane), got too cold and had to sit in the car.   Those hand-warmers can only do so much, but thank goodness Costco sells them in bulk!

 

Tanner’s team lost their 2 games and are out of the tournament.  (Slight sigh of relief from Mom.)

 

Ian’s team won theirs, in an exciting 2-0 win over the only team that had beaten them all year!  The Knights move on to the semi-finals of the City Tournament with a game on Sunday. 

December Soccer

Is it just me, or is something wrong with this concept?  While it seems most have moved on to basketball and other winter (i.e. indoor) sports, we, however, have not. 

The Seattle City Tournament started Monday night for Tanner at 5:30 pm in 40 degree weather.  Granted, it was perfectly clear and not a raindrop (or snowflake) in sight, but it was 40 degrees nonetheless.  It was an exciting game that ended up going to penalty kicks (“PK’s” as the boys would say.)  Normally, the game would end in a tie, but since it is a tournament and all, a winner needs to be declared and on this night it was Tanner’s Hillwood Rockets team.  (Tanner made one of the 4 penalty shots made by his team.  The other team made only 3 of the 5 attempts.)

Tuesday night we did the same thing for Ian’s Hillwood team.  Once again in 40 degree weather (it might have been even colder, as I could not feel my feet by the end of the evening.)  And once again, the game went into PK’s.  And once again, we came out with a victory.  (Ian, however, missed his PK, but his team made 2 to the other team’s 1 of 5.)

Guess what?  We get to do it all again tonight and tomorrow night! 

Soccer in December. . . who would have thought?