Rachel’s Soccer team had an end of the year party at one of our local pizza places. It was a fun season and the girls just loved each other so much. Rachel just loves Soccer!!
Soccer Field Cake
Rachel with Coach Adam, receiving her trophy!
The Girls with Coach Adam
Look at that smile. Sarah was so jealous of Rachel’s trophy and wanted her picture taken with it too. Rachel was a good sport and let Sarah share in her spot light!!
Explora is such a fun place to go so when the weather isn’t great it is fun to head inside and let Sarah play and use her imagination. I took Sarah there twice in about two weeks, which is an accomplishment for me. I always felt like I was betraying Rachel when I took Sarah to awesome fun places while she was in school. So of course that meant that poor Sarah never got to go anywhere. I decided (with the help of my friends) that poor Sarah needed to experience fun stuff too and that Rachel would just have to get over it. It has taken Rachel a while but she has finally accepted that Sarah should get to do fun stuff too.
Making waves with Gina
BUBBLES!!!
playing in water
This day Sarah would not leave this station. She had so much fun opening gates and watching water levels rise and drop. It was so funny to watch her play with the same stuff for about 15 minutes straight.
Balancing
Sarah learning what musical vibrations look like!
Rachel actually hated being catcher but she sure did look cute in all the gear!
Rachel the Catcher
Tagging a runner out at home
Rachel and Kirra
Rachel and Kirra are special friends, I sure do love both those girls!! They are just TOO CUTE!!
Pierce and Rachel
Rachel had two friends play Tee Ball this season, Kirra and Pierce, but they were all three on different teams. It was fun to play against them!! Rachel made several new friends on her team this year so it was OK that she didn’t end up on the same team as her friends, maybe next year.
The girls had so much fun searching for all the treasures that the Easter Bunny brought. I love the look on their faces of pure joy!! It is good to believe!!! Well except that Sarah think that the Easter Bunny brakes into your house and steals your stuff. I guess she got this idea when she woke up and saw the empty egg cartons that the night before held their beautiful egg creations. But for about a month after Easter every time something was missing Sarah would reply “I thinks the Easter Bunny took it”. We tried and tried to explain to her that the bunny didn’t take the eggs he just hid them so she would have fun finding them but still she believes that if something is missing it must be that blasted bunny!
Sarah found her basket
sitting with their baskets
playing with the toys they got from the easter bunny
The Easter bunny spoiled my girls this year. He brought them each presents that ‘mom’ said she wouldn’t buy but something the girls would really want.
Sarah REALLY liked Peeps
Enjoying her yummy treats!!!
Rachel loves Easter time because we have several decorations to put up and the best part is she gets to dye eggs. I know I should be better about down playing the Easter bunny but why deprive your child of the joys of childhood. We still try really hard to focus on Christ’s Resurrection too but to no surprise that is not the part my children get excited about.
Sarah coloring eggs
Rachel with one of her egg creations
making master pieces takes concentration
Dad even got in on the fun!
Rachel really did have a fun time playing t-ball this year. She did a great job but definitely has a lot of her mom in her. She would flinch and close her eyes every time they threw the ball at her. She told me one day “I don’t mind when they hit the ball off the tee to me but I don’t like it when they pick it up and throw it at me”. She did get A LOT better as the season when on. The best part was that she loved playing and wants to play again next year.
All dressed and ready for her first game
fielding the ball
First time at bat