Events of April 2007

A random set of memories from April:


- Kieran has started his 6 week Power Soccer session with Malcolm, Thomas, Grant and Cameron (and others). Each session is on Saturday at 1:00PM and lasts for an hour and a half (indoor gym facility). Though it's a long time to spend for him playing soccer, he's actually improved and has started going for the ball during the small 3 on 3 games they play. He's pretty good defensively and blocks a few shots. He managed to score 3 goals during one session (no goalies) and that seemed to give him a good deal of confidence. He's really trying hard...

- Started T-Ball on the 17th. His coaches (Dave and I) are incredibly relieved to have 5 girls on the team of 12. A vast improvement on the 15 boys (and no girls) of last year's team. Kieran had a good first at bat and kinda lost focus on the second trip up, but he was a bit more focused while in the field and managed to get a couple of balls that rolled his way.

- On Sunday the 22nd we went to see "The Three Musketeers" as part of the Sprockets Film Festival for Children. It's was a decent animated telling of the story (animated in the same way those old Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer CBS specials were) and Kieran got a number of giggles from it. Especially when people fell down or bonked themselves (that's his Mommy's sense of humour coming through - pratfalls are apparently the funniest thing ever...). Of course, we went to see the film with Malcolm.

- After the movie, there was a long playdate outside with Andrew and Danielle joining in. Kieran and Andrew got into a basketball game and Kieran was actually holding his own with Andrew (each one taking turns shooting baskets). Kieran was using my full size basketball (underhand style) and at one point was tied 100-100 with Andrew (who is 3 years older).

- The Star Wars obsession continues. Having watched Episodes I and II in vast amounts, he is now going through the mini-documentaries on the bonus discs. Occasionally he'll even watch a specific one of the 8-9 minute documentaries twice in a row (for example the one comparing Ewan McGregor's Obi-Wan Kenobi to Alec Guiness' or the one called "Buckethead" about Jango and Boba Fett). We've even viewed the easter egg outtakes.

- While squirting the driveway with his Supersoaker the other day, he said "I'm being a concept artist!"