Soccer Ball Kicking

Having such intermittent time with Wyatt, it's a very special thing to know that I have taught him something. I recently introduced him to soccer ball kicking. We recently spent time with my brother, kicking the soccer ball in the front yard and driveway. I picked him up and swung his whole body to kick the soccer ball. He was very amused by that. A couple of nights ago, he decided to kick the ball on is own. He would run, kick it, then stop to see where the ball rolled. 

Most of Wednesday with Daddy

Wyatt got to spend more time with me than usual yesterday. I arrived in Nixa just after his older brothers had left for school. 

Here are the things we did & the places we went:

1. Storage. Wyatt loves to run through the halls of my controlled-climate storage facility. Sometimes we take bicycle rides together around the property.  

2. We visited his Great-Grandpa Bailey at the Christian Care Nursing Center. 

3. We visited his grandparents at their house in Springfield. He mostly slept while there. 

4. We went to the city park. He enjoyed being on my shoulders while I shot baskets on the basketball court. We rode the swings, but he didn't have any interest in the slides. 

5. He had fun gently playing with a red fist-sized ball while I had some audio work done to my big truck. 

6. After picking up his older brothers and failing to find where they had dental appointments, we got goodies from a gas station. 

7. We spent most of the remaining evening at his Great-Grandpa Baileys vacant house's backyard. There, we enjoyed the fire pit & made breakfast foods for dinner. 

8. After dinner, we went to our favorite ice creamery for dessert. He had chocolate ice cream. The family ahead of us surprised us pleasantly by secretly paying for our confections. 

* Wyatt had one rough moment: he tripped on the deck stairs & bloodied his lip. It should take only a day to heal.

* oh, and we also went to a hair salon for daddy's haircut.