cheetahs soccer!

Barrett is playing his first season of soccer this fall!  The season runs for eight weeks, and they practice once per week, then have a game on Saturdays.  It's been a slow warm-up for Barrett, as he loves the running and kicking the ball, but he isn't quite sure how this whole game works.  Luckily, no one is expecting the kids to do much more than have fun!

We had a parade for the first game!

Yay for #7!

barrett: 65 months old

Oh, this kid!  Barrett had his first soccer game yesterday, and it would definitely be an overstatement to say that he is loving soccer.  Granted, it's new and Barrett is still learning what he is supposed to be doing during the game, so he's holding back and not getting into the mix of youngsters all fighting it out over the ball.  It's adorable to watch kids this young play soccer, and maddening at the same time.  You know what I mean?

We're gearing up for Halloween around here!  Barrett likes playing dress up anyways (he's usually a police officer or a fire fighter), so we ordered his costume early.  He originally wanted to be a planet, but that's kind of a hard costume to pull off, so I suggested an astronaut.  Barrett loves his astronaut costume and helmet, and wears them both multiple times per week.  I hope the costume is still his top choice once Halloween comes around!

Likes:  drawing pictures of everything, painting, stealing Britton's slime

Dislikes:  when I yell too much during the soccer game (seriously, how will they know they are running to the wrong goal if no one tells them?)

110 months old

These kids keep me busy, so it seems I never get around to updating my posts until their monthly posts are due!  Britton has gotten busy this school year too, with her dance classes and piano lessons. But she also got into GEMS (Girls in Engineering, Math, and Science) Club, which meets monthly, and she also won her election for student council!  She's also auditioning for the fourth grade play - fingers crossed, because she learns if she made it next week.

We're gearing up for Halloween!  Britton is going to be a black cat this year, with her ballet leotard, a black tutu, cat ear headband, and a fake fur tail.  We are going to make the tail together this weekend - some fun sewing time!  

Likes:  painting with acrylic paints, anything crafting, riding her bike around the neighborhood, reading every book she can get her hands on

Dislikes:  only playing Yahtzee - Britton would love if we would play more Scattergories!