Fall Soccer

All 3 kids decided they wanted to play soccer this year. Jason and I got suckered into coaching! It's great except for the fact that our kids don't want to listen to us. So here, 1/2 of our team is our kids...so that's 1/2 the team that doesn't listen to us. Oh well...lesson learned.

They are all doing good. Seth loves soccer still and scored 3 goals in his first game. He is improving with each season that passes. Elaina really likes it, which surprises me. She's pretty good at it in her own little way. Grace seems to enjoy it, but is a little hard on herself. She gets very upset at herself is she can't do a drill just perfectly. She is also very dramatic about it, so that adds to the coaching issues.

All in all, I hope they just have fun! I think it's going to be an interesting season to say the least!!!

First Day of Kindergarten

(Sorry for the underlining...not sure how to remove it!)

The house was buzzing with excitement this morning as the kids climbed out of bed. They couldn't wait for their first day of school. They got dressed in their special outfits, ate breakfast and headed out the door for school.

I had to take some deep breathes to keep from crying on the walk there. We headed to room 16 and found our seats. I could feel the tears welling up inside as it was getting closer and closer for me to leave. Seth, Grace and Elaina did great. There were no tears from any of them, although Elaina did look a little forlorn sitting at her new seat, amongst her new friends. As I approached Grace to hug and kiss her goodbye, I almost lost it and all I could think was that I had 2 more kids to get through. I managed to hold back. Next think I know, I'm looking around and none of the other parents were crying. I started to wonder what was wrong with them!

The day was a success. I picked the kids up. They were very excited to tell me about their day. Grace got into a wrong line at lunch somehow. That scared her some, but she bounced back rather well. Elaina is sad that she didn't make any friends and thinks the day is too long. Seth is well...Seth. Easy going, laid back and seemed to really enjoy it, although didn't have much to say about it.

So, we shall see how it goes once this soaks in. I think we are in for a wild ride!!!