Soccer!

Soccer season was starting and so we asked the girls if they wanted to play, Madi was the only one who wanted to.

 

Last Saturday was her 1st game.  It's indoors with 4 and 5 year olds.  I had a Leadership Training meeting for church at the same time, Jason was off so he took her and the other kids to watch.

 

When I got home he told me how good she was, she made a goal or two and she really liked it.  He said she ran around the whole time with a smile on her face, playing her hardest.

 

Soccer became a sensation at our house over night and ended up being our Sunday night activity...  Madi and Olivia against Savannah, Jason against Savannah, Madi and Olivia with Austin running around...I was the score keeper.

 

 

Yesterday I took Madi and the kids (Jason had a golf game that he had rain check with some guys from work.) within the first 2 minutes of playing Madi had scored 4 goals, by the end of the game she had about 8 goals and two blocks.  She was really fun to watch and more fun because you could tell she was enjoying it and she tried really hard.  After I asked her if she knew why she did better this time and her response was, "because I practiced."  Jason had been trying to get that in her head all last week and it was a success!

 

So for the next 4 weeks we will be at Madi's Soccer games cheering her on.

 

 

20 years

Its been 20 years today since we lost my grandma and I still miss her.

 

Love you Grandma!

One of my favorite pictures

(April 2012)

independent

 

 

Look at that face he is so sweet and innocent UNTIL you try and do something for him.

 

He wants to do EVERYTHING by himself and will cry forever until he gets to do it.

 

Examples:

he gets in and out of his crib by himself (it's really cute though because in the morning and after nap instead of just getting out of bed he will yell "mom can I get out now!"

 

he buckles his own top clip on his car seat

 

he says he prayers by himself and he always wants to be the one to pray.

 

he brushes his own teeth (I do grab his other toothbrush and we do it together)

 

when he is really mad and we are in a hurry and he's not cooperating I start doing things for him and he does not like that and will cry and cry until I can get the subject changed.

 

Today I picked up his cool bracelt off the car floor and handed it to him because he drop it and had been asking for it while I was driving, so I saw it and gave it to him as he was getting out of the car and he said, "I get it" and put it back where I had gotten it and picked it up again.

 

Those are just a few of the many.  Sometimes I feel like that is my whole day...trying to negotiate with a 2 1/2 year old what he can and can't do.  Like pour Crystal Light is something I can't let him do.  :)

Polly

 

A couple weeks ago we got to have Polly Penguin in our home again (Since we have the same preschool teachers as last year we get to do everything again this year :) ).  She is the preschool class pet and it was Olivia's turn to have her for the weekend.  Olivia did lots of fun things with her; she kept her cooler next to her bed at bed time, played with her, went on a bike ride with her and took her to the park.

As you can tell she was very excited to bring Polly home with her.

moments

Most the time our life feels chaotic, especially at bed time,

 

 

 but it's times like these I want to remember, the sweet moments that we are blessed to witness.

 

A lot of times we just see the bad things that happen each day, but I think that if we were to sit down every day and a go though the events of the day we would see that more good happens than bad.

 

I am grateful for the good and bad in my life and what they teach me each day.

Good Looking!

(I came across this picture a few days ago it was taken 10/8/2004)

GO HAWKEYES!

Yesterday the girls got to wear their favorites team's attire to school.

And today we are cheering on the HAWKS as they take on the CYCLONES!