Blue Flames

Harper and Lucy's second season of soccer. They play in a league where the 4 year olds play 3 on 3. There are no "out balls" just "new balls" when it goes out of bounds. I think it keeps them engaged. They really improved over the season. And they have very different styles.

Harper is fast and can dribble the ball from one end to the other. She gets a little wobbly at times and I always wonder if she will actually kick it in the goal. She also does a little skip jump when she's kicking the ball sometimes.

Lucy is more deliberate, but determined and has good instincts for positioning. She doesn't back down against (usually) bigger kids. They both love playing, which makes momma happy. I guess I'm officially a soccer mom as long as they both want to keep playing.

Typical Week

This is how our Fall weeks have gone pretty much.

Monday - no school. Hang around in pjs. Go to run errands or grocery store. In the evening they have dance.
Tuesday - school. Slack afternoon.
Wednesday - school. Afternoon choir, dinner at Covenant and "What a Wednesday"
Thursday - school. gymnastics. soccer.
Friday - school. phew - Happy Hour.
Saturday - soccer. birthday parties.
Sunday - church. birthday parties.

Wash and repeat.

Spooky stuff

I've been pretty slack on the Halloween preparations this year. Evidence: I have no costume and the girls don't "really" either. I figure we have enough dress up to cover any craving for the FOUR Halloween-themed parties and events we are attending between now and the 31st.

We did do some creative manicures.





and worked on their scariest faces.

Suppress

Sometimes its hard not to bust up laughing at the innocent yet hilarious things the girls say at times.. But giving into the giggles will cause much more heartache down the line

Take the following conversation.

Me: We need to drive down Hanock.
Harper: Hancock. That's like Hank, but with a cock in it.
Me: (don't laugh, don't laugh) yes, I guess it is.

Happy 4th

Fairy Tale

I couldn't resist the local toy store's fairy party. We got to make our own pixies and got faces and nails painted. Extreme girliness.

It was kind of a chaotic day. We rushed from church to a friend's pool birthday party to this fairy event. They take it in stride now. In fact, they are quite difficult to tire out. We can swim, play and learn all day long and they still will be giggling in their room until 9:30.

This summer we have been loading up on camps (going to post on those soon). One day this week we will have camp 9-3, swimming at 3:45 and gymnastics at 4:45. I'm curious to see how they will be at the end of that day. I think they will still have energy to be hyper at bedtime.

This picture reminds me that a got a little emo about my girls on this day. I think it coincided with another mom's comment that she has to hunt down her 7 year olds to spend time with them. One day they won't let me take them to fairy parties. They won't be upset if I go to work and not spend all day with them like I'm supposed to . "Skip work mommy. I didn't see you the other day and its NOT FAIR."

I know I should live in the moment. And this moment is good. This age is good and fun. We can really communicate and they say funny and insightful things. They are love bugs. They love us and each other. They are nice to their friends and each other we have less drama.

I just want to spend as much time with them as I can while they love face painting, storytime, princesses, dress up, gymnastics, ballet, babydolls, crafts, playdates and just spending time with Momma and Daddy.

Lifeguards

We've been spending a good % of our weeks in the pool or water of some sort (its been over 100 for about a week now) and the girls are getting to watch lifeguards in their natural habitat.

The other day they were playing lifeguard. I overheard Lucy saying "is anyone running or throwing the babies into the pool??" I guess that's what they are there for.

just needs a whistle and some shades