Family Fun Night

For every sports season, our school has a staff appreciation night where we can bring our families, eat and hang out and watch our school's teams play. It's really a wonderful time and has gotten more fun each year, as the kids grow older and get to enjoy it more.
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It was pretty cold when we arrived around 6 but the kids didn't seem to mind. We pulled up in the wagon and Jack and Dani liked saying hi to everyone. Dani was happy people watching and kept wanting people to hold her. Then when they would hold her, she'd want to get back in my arms. When she was finally in my arms, she'd ask to go back to the other set of arms that had been holding her. This kid is so NOT shy. We're really going to have to work on "stranger danger" because a kidnapper wouldn't even need candy.

From the get-go, Jack wanted to play soccer. And play he did. He ran up and down the track kicking the ball back and forth. He's actually getting pretty good and getting a lot better with his control. He wasn't interested in playing with the other kids; either picking the ball up before they could take it or just letting them have it. He just wanted to hang out with his Daddy.

We had some dinner and then Jack decided he wanted to play more and Dani decided she was tired of sitting. She was bundled up so much she was like the little brother on The Christmas Story who couldn't move his arms in his big winter jacket. I unfolded a blanket for her to play on and she just wount up laying down as though she was going to go to sleep. Eventually, I got her out of the vest she was wearing so that she had a little more mobility.

It started getting late and it was time to head home. Though Jack would have played all night, he nicely and without objection came with us. We told him, "Come on. We have to say 'goodbye' to people. He looked all around, stuck out his arm in a sweeping, waving motion and yelled, "Goodbye, PEOPLE!" He then told me (and my principal), "I have a lotta lotta fun!"

When we got into the car, Dani decided she was tired and didn't really want to sit through a 30 minute car ride hom. She started crying and didn't want to stop. "Dani's crying a lot!" Jack said. After a few minutes, he said, "Dani cry ALLLLL da time!"

We got home and got Dani ready for bed and Jack ready for his bath. He helped take off his clothes and put them in the laundry basket. "Good job!" I told him. As he headed for the bath, he said, "I'm nice." And apparently modest too!

All in all, Family Fun Night really lived up to its name for the Sotos.