Ingenious moment of the day

Every day their are countless moments where my children's intelligence and creativity amuse me. For example, this was Elijah's way of keeping his younger brother Micah from playing with barbies. Because of course, boys don't play with barbies. Even though in Micah's defense it is a Ken doll. I thought it was pretty funny.

Hallelujah

After spending a month in chaos downstairs due to the "flood" (our frost free pipe break) we are on our way to having carpet again. Words cannot express the thankfulness for modern amenities like carpet. It means our lives and living space will soon return to some order!

I'm officially a "Soccer Mom"

Yesterday marked the first official soccer game for both Grace and Elijah. And I have to say that it was pretty entertaining. Elijah's game was first at 12:00. We were expecting that he would have no idea what he was doing. The greatest moment of the game had to be the start. The games are played 3 on 3 and Elijah was out their with two of his teammates to start it off. The whistle blew and the other team took off with the ball and scored a goal while his team stood their watching them. Fortunately, Elijah started to figure it out and managed to score two goals. He was elated.....and so were we. Then we had Grace's game at 3:40. She was a little bit of a different story. Let's just say she started out playing with her pigtails and wasn't quite as aggressive as Elijah was. But at her age it's a little more difficult because her fields are bigger. And you could tell she wasn't as conditioned as her other teammates who have played for 2 years. But it didn't matter she still enjoyed herself and we are excited to see her grow as she continues to play. I have to say our lives are getting busier as the time goes by. I keep asking myself what I am going to do when all 4 kids of mine are in activities. Taxi driver here I come!

THAT WAY!!!!!!!

I' M GONNA GET IT

VICTORY DANCE

AT LEAST I LOOK THE PART

PEP TALK

WATCH OUT I'M GONNA KICK IT

Thumbs Up

The big day arrived. Elijah had his first day of pre-school. He was so excited to go and I was excited for him. We had parents night last Thursday evening....where the kids stayed with their teacher while the parents heard from the principal. This gave us a chance to meet his teacher and tell her a little bit about Elijah. I had mentioned to her that I was a little nervous about him going to school because he is an active boy with a strong will. After the meeting I asked her how it went and she had told me that she understood what I meant but she was completely enthusiastic about Elijah and promised that he was going to do just fine. So it was pretty exciting to hear that today he did great....and the teacher gave me a literal thumbs up. Elijah was really excited to get a "terrific" stamped on his hand. He can't wait to go back tomorrow and get another stamp. He is completely aware of the behavior chart on the wall and is very proud that he has been such a good boy. I hope this excitement never wears off.