Well since my last post lots of activities have occurred. Julianne had her birthday, which just seems so wired that is getting so old. She had her friends go to a movie without a sleepover so we were thrilled because she is getting too old for us to host anymore big group sleepovers. Last years sleepover was a disaster because she had a few unruly friends who did not want to go to bed. This years group probably would have been fine but we were happy that she choose to not have a sleepover. Julianne recieved two guinea pigs as her birthday present. She is doing a great job taking care of them and in general they are pretty low maintenance. Once they get bigger we will probably have to get them a larger cage but for now is it sufficient.
The kids soccer season was great. Mallory and Julianne had a great year being on new competitive teams. We are especially happy with Julianne's experience. Her new coach is great and she pretty much played center midfield the entire season. Mallory also had a great season with her team. She really wanted a trophy but did not get one in their tournament. She scored two goals in their tournament so that was exciting for her.
This was the other teams coach and he was great. He was so excited, passionate, positive and loud. He made all the parents crack up. He also tried to take pictures as he was yelling at the kids.
They have both moved on to basketball. Julianne made the local competitive team and D is coaching it so that is great. Mallory is playing at a local school and has a few classmates on her team. The official season starts in early December so it will be great to see how they all do.
Nathan also had a great soccer season with his two favorite coaches, mom and dad. We had a lot of fun coaching his team and it sure takes a lot of work and patience coaching 4-5 year olds in soccer. I solo coached a few games and one practice by myself and it is more fun when we are both together. Nathan did great and had fun. He is definitely knows his soccer skills so we will look for something different for him next year.
Nathan is choking on some leaves.
Lindsay is great and I can't believe she is 20 months old. She is a very determined, passionate, distractible, head strong child that spends quite a lot of time in timeouts lately. I think she is that way because she has to be in order to survive in our house. She is also very sweet with others are crying, when she is by herself with us and when she is tired. She makes me laugh and our house would not be as fun without her.
This is a horrible picture but she now hides when we say we are leaving. The first time she found this spot in our mudroom closet, it took me forever to find her.
We have a similar picture of Julianne around this age and they look a lot alike.
Halloween was great despite the cold, rainy weather. The kids were excited and we had fun in our neighbors warmer garage.
Lindsay's buddy.
Things I am grateful/thankful for:
-Having free time to write in my blog
-My family
-beautiful sunrise this morning
-Our upcoming Thanksgiving
