Soccer Princess

We had a busy day today as soccer season kicked off. Katelyn's team remained undefeated. They moved up in age groups which brings with it a larger field and more players. They were exhausted by the end, but seemed to have a great time.  I think the final score was 8-5 and Katelyn scored two of the goals. We are excited to see her aggressive nature return on the field. She has been a little hesitant this last year, but she was a force to be reckoned with today.

After the game, it was home for a quick shower before heading to the mall. Katelyn was asked by a friend to be in a fashion show at Dillard's for their fall clothing. She was in heaven. She was asked to pick out three outfits to showcase. Of course, hers were all dressy and fancy ones at that. I call her my soccer princess. There was a whole crew of CPA girls modeling clothes, half from first grade I believe. Of course, she wanted to buy them all (we did not). Not sure where I got such a girly girl.

Bellhop meets Island Fire Dancer

Alan and I had a rare date night last weekend thanks to Aunt Sherry. We went to the JCC's Murder Myster Luau. When we received the emails telling us who our characters were, I about fell out of my chair. I was an Island Fire Dancer. Me? They must not have known much about me because that is about as out of character as I could get. Alan was a bellhop. Luckily, our Fine Arts Department had a bellhop outfit for us to borrow. Who would have thought they would have 65 of them. Unfortunately, I was on my own for Fire Dancing. I improvised and you can see the photos below. That was one lucky Bellhop to be dating a Fire Dancer :)

Football has begun

Week two of CPA football proved to be victorious. Here are the girls and Sherry last weekend at the CPA game.

First Day of School and Owen turns 9 months

Today Katelyn started FIRST grade. She was so excited when she awoke this morning. She got up by herself, dressed and was ready to go. I had to go to work early because my high schoolers started today as well, so Alan took her to school. I popped in to see her class and new teacher when Katelyn got there. She has four kids from last year's class again this year. When I picked her up, she said she had a great day and a lot of fun. I was glad to see her excited to start school again.

Owen moved up at the JCC to the Toddler Room. He is the youngest in there, but they seem to adore him. They say he is so funny, which to me, is funny to hear about a baby. Ms. Tamelyn was Katelyn's teacher when she started at the J and Ms. Renee was Owen's teacher when he first started in February. I am expecting him to have a great year! He turned 9 months old today. We got his pictures taken. The outfit we used came from Grandmom Marilyn. It was Alan's when he was that age. He was christened in it. Unfortunately, we do not have a baptism date set yet and my little chunk was going to outgrow it before wearing it, so we used it for his 9 month pictures. You can see them at www.searsphotos.com.  Session Number: 106212  Password: TGGPC

Ellie is staying in Room 6. She moved up at the beginning of the summer. Some of her friends are back that took the summer off. This is a big year for her as she has to master many of the basics to be ready for kindergarten next year. I know she can do it.