Le foot

Soccer

This morning on the way to the game, Evan said "Maman, I think this white team doesn't play very well." I tought him the term "trash-talking," said it's not very nice. He also asked me to cheer for him, very loudly, during the game. All I thought was, "that'll change soon..." and then I cheered for him. When I did sometimes he would glance at me and smile.

Ce matin en allant au match, Evan m'a dit, "Maman, je crois que les blancs ne jouent pas tres bien" [c'etais l'equipe blanche]. Je lui ai dis que ce n'est pas tres gentil. Il m'a demande aussi de crier tres fort pour lui, pendant le match. J'ai pense "ca ne va pas durer, ca..." et puis je criais "go Evan!". Parfois quand je l'ai fait il m'a regarde, il a sourit.

The game today (thanks to a parent who did some great photos!)
Le match aujourd'hui (les photos tres belles d'une parent-photographe!)

Before the game (Evan on far right)
Avant le match (Evan a la droite)
At the break, Evan is always devouring the snack, grabbing as much as he can...
A la pause, Evan devore le fruit, autant qu'il peut...
Pep talk from Coach Alain...
Un peu de motivation de Coach Alain...
Again, eating...
Encore, il mange...
After the game...
Apres le match...

Evan's Poem Song

This morning, Evan wanted to write down his song/poem, that he's been singing over the past few days in various forms (but always with the same title). He wrote the title with my help, then I wrote down the rest. He said one phrase as a time and I transcribed, leaving new lines when he paused. This is purely Evan's work, I just wrote!

"In a Beautiful House"

I love my family
full of hugs and kisses
in space
and on earth we love each other.
You are my baby who I love.
The Pledge of Allegiance.
My daddy my baby and you
and me
and my kitty-kitty.
Leaves fall from the sky, and snow,
where I'm leaving Kindergarten.
In a clock, I love you forever,
even if you're mad, even if I'm bad.

-Evan Sudre, age 5.

First soccer game...and more!

Premier match de foot, et plus!

Evan had his first soccer game yesterday morning. Go, Petits Bleus! The other team scored like crazy, but Evan was still convinced his team won. He didn't score any goals but he's pretty good on defense. I'm a true "soccer mom" now, I guess...

Evan a eu son premier match de foot hier matin. Allez, les Petits Bleus! L'autre equipe a marque des buts comme jamais, mais Evan etait convaincu que son equipe a gagne. Il n'a pas marque mais il est assez fort en defense.

Before the game... / Avant le match...
And after... / Et apres...
Elia watches her brother... / Elia regarde son frere....

After that, we went down to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, where my company's annual picnic was held. Evan is still too short for most things but he was able to go with me on: the pirate boat (after lunch--bleeeh), the haunted house (very scary for a 5-year-old), spinning car ride, spinning air-chair ride (oooh, I was dizzy!). Papa took Elia on the sky chair thing--like a ski lift that goes along the boardwalk. He was quite freaked out.

Apres ca, on est alle au Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, ou il y avait le pique-nique annuel de ma societe. Evan est encore trop petit pour plein de maneges mais il pouvait venir avec moi sur le bateau pirate (juste apres avoir mange...bleeeek), la maison hantee (ca fait tres peur a un enfant de 5 ans), et les voitures et chaises volantes qui tournent (oooh, j'avais la tete qui tournait!). Papa a emmene Elia sur les 'sky chairs'--il avait tres peur.

Evan does tug-of-war with the kids... / Evan fait la lutte a la corde avec les enfants...
Pirate Boat (required to sit in the center rows because of Evan's height)
Bateau de Pirate (il fallait qu'on soit au milieu a cause d'Evan, il est presque trop petit)

Cambria for Labor Day weekend

Let's start with some ham, shall we?

On commence par un jambon? ('jambon' en anglais, ca veut dire quelqu'un qui aime les photos...comme ca:)Guess who took that photo. Yup, it was Papa. (But of course it's Maman who actually made that apron!)
Devinez qui a prit cette photo. Oui, c'etait Papa. (Mais c'est Maman bien sur qui a fait le tablier!)


OK, here's Cambria. It was a bit cloudy and chilly the first day, but we walked over 6 miles, so we kept warm.
OK, voila Cambria. C'etait un peu froid le premier jour, mais on a marche plus que 10 kms, alors on s'est chauffe.

Oh, yeah, Evan couldn't really walk the entire 6 miles. He had to share the stroller with Elia, who bounced her 30 pounds crazily on his little knees (he's only 10 pounds heavier than she is!)
Oui, Evan ne pouvait pas vraiment marcher 10 kilometres. Il a du partage la poussette avec Elia, qui sautait avec ses 14 kilos, sur ses petits genoux (il ne pese que 4 kilos de plus qu'elle!)
Parade...
Running away from the waves... We ended up in the water eventually (brrr).
On s'echappe des vagues... On a finit dans l'eau apres peu de temps (brrr).

Downtown they had some little rides and things for the kiddies. Elia is STILL talking about the train and how she drove a car...
En centre ville ils avaient des petits maneges pour les enfants. Elia parle encore du train, et comment elle a conduit une voiture...

At the park (right near the ocean!) Papa continues the bike lessons...
Au parc (juste a cote de l'ocean!) Papa continue les lecons de velo...
Elia's turn! A Elia!
Ah, finally some sun! Note my rock balancing-I realized it's quite fun.
Ah, enfin le soleil! Remarquez mes tours de pierres-je trouve ca marrant.
OK, only 2 rocks, but what balance! (OK, I need to practice with the dude in Sausalito. See photos.)
OK, seulement 2 cailloux, mais quel equilibre! (Il faut que je m'entraine avec le mec a Sausalito.) Voir photos.
Family photos...
Lunch on our balcony...
Repas sur le balcon...
Bye, Cambria!