Soccer Camp

Our summer officially began this week with Soccer Camp via our Park and Recreation (which I love). Ms A was so excited, especially when she saw Ms J on their first day. She loved learning how to toe stop, pass the ball and play games like clean the junkyard (kicking all of the soccer balls to the opposing side before the time up) and sharks and minnows ("minnows" trying to get their soccer ball to the opposite side before they get tagged by the "sharks"). She loved being the shark. They also had several scrimmage games with each other. Ms A was pretty good at being the goalie and cheering Ms J as she made the goals.

Good Sportmanship?!?

We were playing a little game of Old Maid this evening when Ms A drew the WITCH!!! (Just a little background: She Hates/is Scared of the witch. The story of Dora and the Snow Princess made a HUGE impression on our little one.) Tears and screams immediately ensued. Reed quickly grabbed the camera while I tried to calm her down.

Here are a few shots of the during we just chose the witch card from mommy.

(notice the HUGE TEARS. She's been doing that since the day she was born.)

and after, she wanted a picture of the Princess Dora cards.

I convinced Ms A to let daddy draw the last card from her hand, even though the game was over. You should have seen the gloating. I think we need to find out how to teach our four year old to win/loose gracefully and cheerfully. Any ideas?!?

Tag Game

I've been tagged for crazy 8s.

8 TV SHOWS I LOVE TO WATCH:
1) Numb3rs
2) Without A Trace
3) Cold Case
4) The Mentalist
5) Nightly news
6) Word World (Ms. A's influence)
7) DragonTales (another Ms. A fav which I introduced her to)
8) Sesame Street

8 FAVORITE RESTAURANTS:
1) Santorini's (American Greek)
2) Juan Colorado
3) Nona Amelia (first date with Reed)
4) Olive Garden
5) Thai Garden
6) Happy Panda
7) Indian
8) Other Chinese restaurants

8 THINGS THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY:
1) Haircut
2) Trimmed the Butterfly bush. It doubled in height since we left for Malaysia.
3) Raked leaves, which Ms. A loaded in her bucket and dumped in little piles throughout our lawn. :) She loves playing in the leaves.
4) Pulled grass and weeds from neighbors bordering bush bed.
5) Made Christmas cards
6) Emailed a friend from high school
7) Chased and tickled Ms. A
8) Worked on my church calling

8 THINGS I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO:
1) Going to bed tonight
2) Going to a corn maze/pumpkin patch on Friday!!!
3) Party at Rachel's
4) Thanksgiving with Reed's family
5) Mom's visit for Christmas
6) Baby shower for Ksenia
7) Mr. P's Baptism
8) Going Trick-or-treating with Ms. A

8 THINGS ON MY WISH LIST:
1) Healthy Family
2) Finished paint job in the bathroom
3) New home with storage and a craft room (five to six years away)
4) Vacation to Ireland and England to visit Caitriona and go to her wedding
5) Vacation to Hawaii
6) Vacation to China
7) All the stamps and accessories my little heart wishes for and a place to put them (see #3)
8) Someone to cook yummy, healthy dinners for me and my family

8 people to tag:
Whoever wants to. :)