Do Headers in Soccer Cause Brain Damage?

I sure hope not, but Christopher was a little concerned about it during his first soccer practice this season. He had never used his head to bounce the soccer ball before and his coach was making the kids do it in a practice drill! He couldn't believe it! :) He came home a little upset that he couldn't do it and he wondered if it could hurt him!?! Poor kid. He's been practicing for a few weeks now, and he's feeling better about the whole thing---maybe it's the brain damage. ;) Luckily, he's never had to do a header in a game--let's just keep it that way!

So as you can tell, Christopher is playing soccer. He took a season off and then decided to try it again this spring. His team is named "Fire" and they have been on FIRE! They are a very competative team. The assistant coach is a bit professional, a little over the top, screams and yells A LOT---but he will most certainly learn a lot--as he gets hollered at....a lot...

No Gum for You!

As you can see from the photos above, Christopher was at the Orthodontist this morning. He now has a quad helix expander and braces! The quad helix expander (I think that's what it is called!) should create some additional room for his permanent teeth so they can come in nice and straight. The braces will straighten up those front teeth sprucing up that already great smile!!! :) He was an awesome patient--very cooperative and patient-- and was very excited to go to school sporting his new blue/green top braces!

What a big guy!! :)

Found it!!!

You might have heard us mention Geocaching in some of our previous posts. Geocaching is our new family hobby! It is sooooo much fun!

What is Geocaching you ask?
Geocaching is a type of scavenger hunt using exact geographic coordinates you find HERE and GPS devices to find waterproof containers that sometimes have treasures in them! It's really a lot of fun for the whole family. You can find out more information HERE. No matter where in the country or even world you are, you can geocache!! According to geocaching.com, there are 1,048,313 active geocaches around the world! We highly recommend it as a great family fun activity!!! :)

We have been Geocaching for about a month now and we have found over 30 different caches. it's sooooo exciting to find them and then come home and log them online! Some containers have only logs in them, while others have treasures--where the kids can choose something but they must leave a little trinket too! It's a great way to explore new areas and get out in the outdoors! Now we are enjoying trackables, like travel bugs and geocoins. We purchased a Geoscout Coin and have left it in a cache and hope it travels around the country! We can't wait to see where it goes!

Here are some pictures of us enjoying Geocaching!

If you'd like to join us on a Geocaching adventure sometime, let us know! We'd love to take you along!

Another Month has Come and Gone...

So, as it says above, another month has come and gone! Where does the time go!!?! We've been super busy here. At the end of March, we had Christopher's Cub Scout Blue & Gold Banquet, which I got totally sucked into! Dad (Pepe) helped cater the event and I pretty much set up everything except the ceremony itself. I made 200 Chocolate Lollypops for the centerpieces. I also made 200 cupcakes for dessert. Thanks to my friend Joellen and my sister Valerie, I didn't have to frost them! Thank goodness!!! I sure was busy that week! It wasn't that bad, after all was said and done. I think it went smoothly and everyone had a good time.

After the Blue & Gold Banquet, my focus was split on Christopher's Elementary School Yearbook Deadline and my sister, her husband and kids visiting from South Carolina! Never a dull moment around here I tell ya!

While my sister was visiting, we went to the CT Science Center. Definately one of my kids favorite places to go!

On Good Friday, we had a few Fox Family members over to Mom & Dads for a little party, so they could all visit with Jess and her family. It was a nice sunny spring day--thank goodness, since it pretty much rained ALL week before that! The kids had a blast playing outside together, and as usual lunch was super yummmmmmyy! Thanks Dad!

On Saturday, Shaun, the kids and I went Geocaching in the morning. I'm not sure if I posted about geocaching yet. We've been having a blast geocaching....I'll post more on that later.

Anyways, after that we caught up with my parents, Valerie, Jess, Nick, the kids, and Grandpa Mansfield to have lunch at Lenny & Joe's. Then we headed over to the beach. We walked along the shore and then did some geocaching while Aunt Val picked up Johann at the train station! It was fun, fun, fun--except if you didn't have shoes on... ;)

On Sunday, the Easter Bunny came to our house in the Morning.

Then we were off to Meme and Pepes. Grandma & Grandpa Mansfield joined us too! We had a great dinner--thanks Pepe! (Check out Anneli's outfit below...she has Christmas socks on! I love that she dresses herself. She has such style!)

We then had a HUGE Easter Egg Hunt outside. There were 53 Eggs for each kid! Aunt Val, Johann, Nick, Shaun and I hid them all in the front, side and back yard! That's a lot of Easter Eggs!!!

After we rested a bit from the egg hunt, we decided to go on a Hike/Geocaching adventure. It was fun watching the kids find the caches! Fun, fun, fun!

Then it was back to normal on Monday...