Tiny Dancer

That's what I think of when I look at these pictures. Mack absolutely adores her dance class. She practices her routine for us. She teaches us what a saw-shay is (I have no clue how to spell that but you get the idea). Schuyler got her costume last week and Mack did not. In her words, "This is not fair to me and not fair to the friends in my class. They (the costumes) should all get here at the same time".

Schuyler had her first soccer game of the season last week. I think "learning experience" would sum it up! First time on the big field, we've added 3 new girls to the team, and we had no subs. The team we played had definitely played before, not to mention when they would sub, the entire team would come out and a fresh bunch of players would enter the field. Schuyler has decided she wants to learn to play goalie. So, second half, she went in. I had no idea what expect. Well, she was a little animal. Diving on the ball even if a player was about to kick it. I think a mouth guard might be a good investment = ) Mack has been tagging along to practice and sits on the bench to watch. After the team does their warm-up run, Mackie does her run. She joins us for toe touches and does her own dribbling drills. It will be interesting to see how she responds in the fall when she's on her own team. One of Schuyler's teammates has a little sister the same age as Mack so they will be on a team together.

Oh, I will get schedules to everyone. After this weekends game, they will be divisionalized and then I will know when they actually play = )

Eli took a fall from the ladder of the bunkbeds last week. He was limping around up until a day or two ago. Mark and I are pretty sure he sprang his ankle.

I took a day of PTO on Tuesday and spent it with the kids. We rearranged both Eli's room and the girls' room. The new furniture arrangment makes the rooms appear more spacious. Eli's got a good spring cleaning, going through old clothes, etc... Now, for the girls' room.

Are you looking for someplace a little different to eat? Maybe some place eclectic with some flair? Mark and I ate at South Chargrill this week and the food was great and reasonably priced. Check out their website.

Bunny hop anyone?




Waiting her turn...

I LOVE March Madness!

Anyone out there with me? As long as Mark and I have known each other, we have always completed brackets and had some kind of bet. Now, I have a work bracket and one just for fun. I don't really have a favorite team, although I do have to say I like Duke basketball. So, it will be a weekend of basketball watching, hopefully some good games, a few upsets, and maybe a beer at the end of the day.

Schuyler has her first soccer game tomorrow. She should get a lot of playing time as 2 of the players are gone leaving us with one sub.

School conferences were last night. Schuyler continue to excel in all her studies and enjoys all aspects of school. I think her biggest challenge is finding that good group of friends. Unfortnately, it seems girls start being caddy at a young age. I'm proud of Schuyler b/c she's making good choices, not participating in this stuff, but then she feels excluded. Her personality is also to seek just a few good friends, so she really gets her feeling hurt when those 1 or 2 girls don't include her.

Today, Mark and I are going to watch her music class as they have a performance. We will both join her for luch afterwards. I had an assembly line going this a.m. as I made 5 pb and jelly sandwiches = )

It's been a while since I shared some of the boy. Going back to my roots and just trying to capture the kids as they are now. Documenting who they are and what they like to do.

Climbing...


Jumping... (love the movement blur of his foot)!


Hanging!

Yes, he is a drooly mess! Still working on toning those muscles in his mouth!

Happy Friday the 13th!

Who said Friday the 13th was bad?! It's food day at work, jeans day, and pay day! And, I get date night with my husband, no kids!! We're going out to eat. Not sure where yet but I'm sure we'll find some place yummy!

Eli had his 6 month review with LPS. I was hoping he might be dismissed/discharged (not sure of the correct terminology) but it appears we will continue with meetings. It is truly amazing what he has achieved when we look back at notes from the beginning. He had approximately 5 words. He was frustrated and was banging his head on the floor (what ever the floor would be). Even just a month or 2 ago he was biting himself in frustration sometimes. Fast forward to today. He has a multitude of words. They were impressed that he could use past tense correctly, such as went as well as possesive, such as Eli's. He has the hard 'k' sound such as the sound in his sister's name, Skye. He uses 2-3 phrases and has an extended vocabularly, like "trouble". That's one of his new sayings for his sister. "Mackie in trouble". We will work with him to continue to use 2-3 phrases.

Schuyler has completed her cheer club at school with a little preformance yesterday, along with the drama club. It was nice to watch. Mack has pretty much picked up the whole cheers just by watching her big sis! Next week soccer will begin. I'm hoping it warms up as I'm dreading cold games and practices.

Mack has been learning a lot at school. I've noticed her writing A LOT more. She seems to pick things up very quickly. Completely opposite of Schuyler who is very methodical. She's very excited about entering kindergarten in the fall. So much, that she can't wait for kindergarten shots and she does not like shots!

Guess what? I get to be godmother to my niece. I'm so honored!!

Proud cousin!


Followed by proud grandma.




One of Mack b/c she loves the camera and the camera usually loves her back = )

a glimpse of spring

Wow! The weather has been so nice these past 2 days. I'm not sure what the high was yesterday but it had to be pushing record temps. We will enjoy our last nice day as the temp is forecasted to drop back into the 30s with a possibility of another cold front next week = ( Mark even fit 9 holes of golf in = )

The bathroom is slowly progressing. I painted on Wed afternoon. It was originally a darker shade of tan and we are sticking with a tan tone but lightening it up some. It's official name is Cincinatian Hotel Hannaford. I wonder who is responsible for naming paint colors?

Eli is a tricycle fool! He is peddling up and down the sidewalks trying to keep up with his sisters on their bikes. Actually, he is getting close to figuring the little bike out. Only problem, it's pink. Can you spray paint a bike? He has also learned to say his name. It sounds more like E-I then Eli. He also attemps Riese, which sounds like Wiese. He's also becoming possessive of his toys. "EI's motorcycle".

We are trying to figure out summer care for Schuyler. We are looking into a couple of options but still not sure. I'd LOVE to know any recommendations = ) Next year I think we will get a Nanny.