Soccer Star

This will be another short post because our wireless box is dead so I am typing this on my phone!

This summer, Bridget told us that she would like to play soccer. Neither Andy or I have any interest in soccer, so we don't know where this idea came from, but we signed her up. She has been telling people "I playing soccer!" for weeks now and her first practice was finally on Friday night.

She got some new pink sneakers and tells everyone that they make her run super fast. She then demonstrates by running in a super fast circle! Her little pink shin guards go half way up her legs but they don't slow her down.

At this age, soccer practice is mostly just an introduction to the sport. Andy got a lot of cute pictures of her out on the field kicking her little ball, but I will have to upload them when we get a new wireless box. She had a wonderful time and has been asking when she gets to go back!

Also, while I'm bragging on B, she brought home the worksheet below from preschool and I thought she did a great job on her letters!

Pinterest Project

This was my Pinterest inspired project for today. Each girl has a box to save special school work in with folders for each grade. Bridget will have to quit after 9th grade though because I ran out of tabs. ;)

Camping

We took the girls on their first camping trip last Sunday night.  Bridget was SO excited on Sunday morning and got dressed in a camo shirt and khaki cargo shorts.  My little diva, however, did not really want to go camping.  "I think I see rain clouds.  I don't want to see a bear.  I'll just have someone babysit me.  And I am not wearing camouflage or khaki!!"  She insisted on wearing a skirt camping and in the car on the way to the campground, she said "I am never doing this again!!"

After all of the drama, she ended up having a great time!

It was kind of a rainy night, but some how we lucked out on getting rained on too bad.  We went on a hike on the Appalachian Trail.  The girls like to pick up acorns and pretty rocks while in the woods, so they had their little bags and were collecting "treasures" along the way. (Side note: Bridget collected a bunch of acorns on our trip.  On Tuesday, when I picked up the girls from daycare, Audrey said "Bridget, I got you something!"  She reached into her pocket and pulled out 4 acorns that she found on the playground at VCE and grabbed for her little sis - so sweet!)  Bridget had a foot growth spurt recently and the only shoes that fit her were some floral Mary Jane type shoes and Crocs.  Not thinking, we took a hike in the Crocs, which led to a blister.  We had to turn around on our hike sooner than planned because of this and it started pouring down rain as soon as we made it back to the tent.

It let up long enough for us to make hot dogs over the campfire, then it poured again.  We got another little reprieve from the rain long enough to make smores.  Audrey ate one and then asked if she could just eat the chocolate.  Bridget ate the marshmallow that was squishing out of hers, threw the rest to the dogs and asked for some chocolate too!

Since we were confined to the tent, we had to find stuff to do to keep the girls occupied.  Audrey and I recently started our first chapter book, so she and I read that.  Andy taught Bridget how to play War, which in B's rule book, her cards are always higher!

The next morning, we went fishing in the lake we were camping off of.  Here was our big catch - I told Andy that he could brag to his friends that he caught a fish on a Disney Princess pole!

I think the girls both enjoyed their first camping trip and as a bonus, Andy realized that campgrounds with bathrooms are not necessarily a bad thing!

Enjoy the rest of the pictures - I have lots of stuff about school to post when I get a chance!

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I Know!

I know it's been forever since I posted, but getting up at 5 for kindergarten is kicking my butt! I promise some pictures soon. In the meantime, here is a portrait of me from Bridget.

Kindergarten

To say that Audrey was excited about school starting would be an understatement.  The kindergarten bus round up got her pumped up and she was asking every morning if it was time to go to Vickery Creek yet.  On Wednesday (kindergarten started on Thursday), her daycare teacher asked me if Audrey was still going to after school there.  I said "Yes... why?"   She said that Audrey told everybody "I won't be here for the rest of the week because I am going to kindergarten."

On Wednesday night, I was a nervous/emotional wreck (I waiting until Andy was in the shower to do my crying because I was already driving him crazy with all of my nervousness!).  Andy told Audrey that he would make her whatever she wanted for breakfast and she chose scrambled eggs, an orange and orange juice.

We went out to the bus stop a little early so I could take some pictures.  The bus ended up being 10 minutes late which gave me more time to stand there freaking out. ;)

As soon as the bus stopped and opened the door, Audrey took off running and didn't even look back!

I got a little teary eyed as the bus pulled away.  When we got back in the house after waving good bye to the bus, Bridget said "So, you wanna watch a movie?"  I guess she thought that she and I were just going to hang out all day, which would have been nice!  The emotions crept back up a little when I walked into the daycare with only one kid.  Even Bridget felt a little nervous because she has never been to school without big sis there.

I tuned into the daycare web cam just as the bus was letting the kids off, so I was so happy to see my smiling little kindergartner make it safely into the daycare!  She had a great time at school and loves her teachers!  She doesn't know anyone in her class but she makes friends so easily that I'm not worried about it.  It looks like the next chapter of our journey has officially begun!

WTF?

This is one of the pictures that Audrey brought home from camp today...

Picture Post

I can't believe that summer is almost over and kindergarten starts on Thursday!  I figured I better update the blog before all of the exciting kindergarten posts begin.  :)

Our school system does a "Kindergarten Round Up" where they sent the bus out to pick up the little ones and their parents and take them to school for a tour so the bus won't be so new and scary.  Audrey and I dropped Bridget off at daycare and then went and stood out at the bus stop (luckily for us, it's at the top of our driveway!).  You can tell by the look on her face that I am embarrassing her already!

When we got to the school, they ended up taking the kids on a separate tour and Audrey loved it.  It got her really excited about starting school.  Every morning she asks if she gets to ride the bus to Vickery Creek yet! I am so nervous about her starting but I don't know why.  I ran out yesterday and bought a golf umbrella to use at the bus stop in case it is raining in the morning and a bunch of stuff to pack for her lunch even though she is only going 2 days next week.  I've been having dreams about lunch boxes and that I forgot to bring my camera to the bus stop on the first day!

Last weekend, we went to the children's salon for hair cuts.  I wanted both much shorter than they ended up, but that's ok.  Bridget looks even more blonde with her hair cut.  It gets lighter and lighter every day!

While the lady was cutting Audrey's hair, Audrey asked her to cut her bangs.  The lady looked at me and I said "If that's what she wants, go for it!"  It turned out pretty cute and Audrey loves them!  She was worried that no one would recognize her, so when she walked into Grandma Mary's house later, she held her hand over her bangs so Grandma would realize it was her. ;)  When I told her that they wouldn't recognize her at daycare, she said "Well, when I walk in with Bridget, they will know it's me."  Good thing Bridget was there!

Here are some cute pictures from my phone.

 I traced Bridget with sidewalk chalk and Audrey colored it in.  It looks just like her!

And here are some funnies:
The girls were dozing off in the car on the way home from Uncle PJ's birthday dinner.  Andy said "Oh good. Once they fall asleep, we can stop and get ourselves some milk shakes and we won't have to share them." Audrey perked up and said "If you get milk shakes without us, I am telling both your mothers to call the police!!"

Audrey to me while watching TV "Was everything in black and white when you were little?"  I'm not that old!

Andy had to drop the girls off at daycare the other morning because I had an early meeting.  Bridget started crying because she didn't want to go to school - "I want to go snow bear hunting with you Daddy!"

Bridget wanted me to take her across the street to talk to the neighbors one evening.  I told her no because I didn't have a bra on.  She kept insisting that I did and she finally pointed to my eye BROW and said "See, you do have a brow on."  I wouldn't want the neighbors to see me without my brows!