Goal!!!

Addie is the super star of our house at the moment! During her first game she made a goal and was the "player of the week" from her team (Green Butterflies). Then she scored 3 goals during the next game! She is really good at soccer and is LOVING every minute of it. We have some fun video of her first game/ practice that we will have to edit down and add to the blog when we get a chance.

At school she was the "student of the week" last week also! She is loving all day school. In fact, everyday when Michael comes home she does this little chant thing saying "All day kindergarten, all day school". And to top it off, today is her 5th birthday. She took to school today, cupcakes her and her best friend decorated yesterday.

Margaret is a super star in her own right too. She is starting to crawl, but only when she is really motivated. For the most part she is content to just sit watch everything around her. Today she also stood on her own for a good 5 seconds . It was really cute because she didn't realize that she was holding onto two toys and not my hands at first. When she did realize I was not helping her, she decided to sit down carefully. I have some adorable video of Margaret playing that we will edit down add too.

We hope that everyone is safe and sound and not flooded. I'm just thankful that we our house is up high on top of the ravine since it is still raining for the 4th day straight.

Back to School

It's amazing how fast the summer can fly by! We have been nonstop busy this summer and then our camera died on us! So the lack of photos is due to the lack of camera. Michael's parents are letting us borrow their old camera (thanks!) but due to battery issues we can only take 2-3 photos and then it needs to be recharged. BUT we do have some new photos to share.

Addie started school yesterday and these are photos from her first day of Kindergarten. She was very excited about school this year. Her first day went well. She likes her teacher and can not wait to dive into the reading and writing. Each child in her class has their own journal to draw/ write in every day. I'm sure she will love that part. Next week she will start going all day. Addie's excited about taking her lunch to school and spending the whole day like the big kids.

Addie is going to play soccer this fall. Her season starts on Saturday and goes through mid-October. She talks about it everyday and is ready to get on the field. We will have to update everyone on this topic after her first game.

Margaret is growing and changing everyday. She is eating all sorts of food and loves her sippy cup. Her main goal with her sippy is to get the little water that is in it out and all over herself! Margaret is trying hard to keep up with her big sister. She is not crawling yet but she is rolling and pushing and pulling to get where she wants. Her favorite thing to do right now is to hold onto your hands so that she can pull herself up and walk around the house. She is getting really good with walking. Michael and I both think that there is a chance she might walk before crawling. But who knows!

Addie's Bike - Without Training Wheels!

The other day, Addie's best friend, Moira, had been working on riding her bike without training wheels. I didn't even know that Moira had a bike other than her trike, because she never rides it. Anyways, I heard all about it and how Addie wanted to ride hers without training wheels, before I even got home.

The wheels came off and down the driveway she went!

Since then, The girls have really gotten fired up about this. One day, they were waiting for me when I was driving home from work. I didn't even get to the door. They were fired up and ready to ride. That evening, not only did they take turns going up and down the driveway, but they went around and around the cul-de-sac that Moira lives on. Addie did something like 13 laps in a row. It's a big loop too.

Since then, Emily has taught Addie to take off on her own, and the next day, Addie taught Moira. Other than our documented one above, I don't think sh'e hardly even wrecked. She is doing really well. So well, that we went with some friends to a bike trail in South Haven, where she rode her little bike 3 miles. Yeah. We had quite a time convincing her that she could not ride her bike to school. Across town and through traffic is a bit different.