My Little Chef

I was in the middle of making dinner when I was called out of the room for something (I can't remember what now). When I came back Allie had slid a chair over to the stove and was stirring dinner!


She looked at me and smiled and said "Ayee help you!" (Ayee is how she says Allie) I guess I need to be careful about leaving the kitchen when I am cooking!

Soccer Finale

The regular soccer season is officially over. Last Saturday Emma and Gracie both played in their last games of the season. Emma's team won 6 to 1 with Emma scoring 3 of the goals!

In the third quarter of Gracie's game the score was 5 to 1 the other team. In the fourth quarter they came from behind and scored 5 points to win the game! They were both very exciting games and a great way to end the season!

Garage Doors Shouldn't Do This

This is what happened to my garage
door today when I tried to open it

This is SO not what I wanted to do today!

Pancake Characters

Emma has been working on her pancake characters,
and she got a couple of really good ones!

Mickey Mouse

Tweety Bird

Emma's Example

It drives me crazy when you have these sweet children and other kids are mean to them! Before Emma's soccer game yesterday, one of the girls on the other team said something really mean to Emma. The other girl told Emma that she was going to lose the game because she is fat. It bothered her and hurt her feelings. I tried to tell her not to let it bother her and just focus on the game. I told her that what the girl said wasn't true and she knew it. But it still hurts when someone is mean.

For the rest of the game I stewed about that. How could she say that!?! Any way Emma's team won the game and the other team all started crying. Emma went over to the other team and told a friend of hers that she played well. Then she went over to the girl who had been mean to her and gave her a hug and told her she played really well!

I was so impressed with Emma. I was considering all kinds of mean things to say to this mean girl, and my daughter was trying to make her feel better! I have always hoped that my children would end up being better than me, and in this case Emma was so much better! I am supposed to be a good example to her, and here she is 10 years old, being the better example! I hope when I grow up I can be just like Emma!

Playoffs

Emma's soccer team played yesterday. The team they played, they have played twice before. One time Emma's team won, the other was a tie. The game yesterday was to determine who goes to the playoffs. Someone had to win. If the game was tied at the end they would play another quarter. If it was still tied they would have a shoot out. If it was still tied they would go to sudden death. They went to a fifth quarter. Tied. They went to a shoot out. Emma's team won 2 to 0! She is going to the playoffs again!

Soccer

Soccer this year has been very fun to watch! Gracie and Emma have both done very well. They love the game and are so good at it! They really are amazing to watch. I know I am their mom and you might not think they are as good as I said, but they really are! It's not just a proud mother speaking! The refs and other coaches think the same thing! Here are a couple of photos of them. I wish I could put a video of them, but pictures will have to do for now!

Emma and a teammate both go for the ball

Waiting for a throw-in

Gracie chasing the ball

Gracie up against the other team

I Love You Too Much

Another one of my favorites of Jacobs. When he was younger and we said "I love you" to him, he would say, "I love you too". Then I would tell him "I love you so much". And he would reply with "I love you too much". I absolutely love it when he said this. Unfortunately he doesn't say it very much anymore. I still say it to him though and he smiles at me and tells me he loves me too!

It is fun to watch them learn and grow, but sad at times when you love the little things they say and do, and you know that one day they will stop.

Be-licious

Since the blog is a sort of journal for me, I am putting things that I want to remember. Things that I think I will never forget, but I know will. I want to remember things that my kids say, and which kid says it!

Jacob wants burritos for dinner every night. Every time I ask him what he wants to eat it is burritos. Whatever I happen to put on the table, he says he doesn't like. Even if he has never tried it before, he doesn't like it. I guess he isn't that picky after all because once he tries it, he usually likes everything. If we can just get him to try a bite he says, "I like it, it's be-licious!"

In some ways I hope he always uses the word be-licious!

Best Patient

Today Jacob had surgery, a procedure more like, but he had to be knocked out. He was an angel the whole time. He sat there and let them put the IV in and only whimpered a little. The nurse taped it to his arm really well so he wouldn't try to pull it out when he came out of surgery. He hated the pj's they gave him to wear and he refused to use the crib, he wanted a big bed. They were very nice and brought a big bed for him. The nurse gave him a coloring book and some crayons to keep him busy until it was time to go to the OR. When he came out of surgery he would open his eyes and look at me, but I could tell he couldn't see me. Then one time he opened his eyes and made eye contact with me and smiled. I knew he was awake then. The procedure went well and the doctor expects a great recovery. The worst part of the whole thing was removing all the tape on the IV! Jacob kept saying to the nurse "be careful, just be careful with my arm." He also said to her "Next time use only one piece of tape, okay?" All the nurses said he was the best patient of the day. He kept making them all laugh. All the other kids were crying and grumpy, he was just his sweet self! He wanted all of the nurses to come to our house to play with him and his toys.

I explained to Jacob that I wouldn't be able to stay with him the whole time. I took a picture of him and the girls out of my wallet and told him that he could hold it while I was gone. That way he could at least take his sisters with him. He held on to the picture and showed anyone who would look at it. He told everyone their names. One of the nurses asked him which was his favorite sister and he said, "I love all of my sisters!" What a sweet boy!

Cute Pretty

My cute curly top kid - Her hair is past her shoulders when it is wet,
but the curl shrinks it right up!

Allie loves to put on dresses and have her hair combed. She always looks in the mirror and says "Allie Cute Pretty"! I must say I agree!

Halloween Visitors

We had some very cool visitors for Halloween this year! Check out the pictures of our new friends! Too bad my kids were gone somewhere, they would have loved to meet these cool characters!

Ginormica (complete with Derrick)

Tigger

Optimus Prime

Violet

The whole cute gang!

The Many Wigs of Michael

Gracie's wig

Emma's wig

There really are no words to describe what happens to my husband at certain times. We were out trick-or-treating and when we came home Michael had Chloes orange wig on. He had been wearing it to pass out candy with Jacob, Allie and Sydney!

Halloween Party

It has been a while since I did a slide show and there are so many cute pictures, I just had to make one!

Carving Pumpkins

Michael helped the kids carve pumpkins. Emma loves it!

Gracie loves it too, even though you might think otherwise!

Jacob and Allie think it is pretty gross!

Unfortunately, I am allergic to raw pumpkin, so I am not much help!
(Did I say UN-fortunately?)