Ansley's 1st Soccer Game

So the big day finally arrived! Ansley's 1st soccer game. I have to say she looked so cute.Yes, I know.. . its soccer not a fashion show-haha!  I do have to mention that I had green ribbon to put into her hair, but it mysteriously went missing just before the game--hmhm. . . I wonder what happened to it?? Chris said he didn't touch it. Hmm, again.

But back to the game. Ansley wasn't nervous. at all. She was totally oblivious to the whole idea of a "real" game, which is a good thing. We played at Windermere Park for a 10am game. They rotate players in and out, so she got to watch from the sidelines for a little while.

Then she got her turn. . . she did a great job of staying in the game and running around, BUT we don't think she really understands the concept of the game--to actually get the ball from the other team and get it into the goal. But, it was her very first game and she will do much better this upcoming week. She even got to play goalie and stopped 3 balls in between twirling her hair and smiling at us. She loved playing goalie and can't wait to play it again next week.

On a funny note, I was taking so many pictures, Ansley actually would stop and pose for me in the middle of the game. So Chris told me to put my camera up because she thought she was in a photo shoot. What can I say? I am a proud soccer mama!

In the end they did lose. . . pretty doggone bad. But it was fun and that is what counts! Ansley earned two stickers for her uniform. One for playing a good game and one for being a good goalie! Yay Ansley--we love you!

Here are some pictures for you! Video to be uploaded this weekend hopefully!

Oops! I am out of storage. . .I will have to upload the rest after a purchase a little more space for my pictures. Keep checking back in! I have some cute ones that I haven't gotten to post yet.

Here they are!!

 Waiting for her turn.

 Ansley and Coach Rodney! I went to college with Rodney. Such a neat photo for me to look back on !

 Great stop Ansley!!!!

What???

Ansley is having to learn her address for school. She has our street name down but CANNOT memorize that 4 digit street number! At the dinner table tonight, I was teaching her a chant to remember it with. She was rolling with it for a few minutes and then got frustrated and gave up. She normally catches on to things very quickly but this was difficult for her and its frustrating to her.
A few minutes later I thought I would try it with her again. To my surprise, little sister (who had been sitting nearby), blares out the entire address AND correctly! What?? She is 2 1/2!  Her daddy and I look at each other and crack up! Where did that come from?  Her daddy then follows up and says: "Alpharetta(she repeats back : "Alphawetta")  "Georgia" (she repeats back. . . "Bulldogs!"  God love that baby. She automatically associates Georgia with Bulldogs! How funny is that?!

Sometimes because she is the baby, we think and treat her as if she is really younger than she is. When in fact, our little girl has quite the  range of knowledge under that head full of hair!
We love our girls!  And we are thankful to them for making our days and nights entertaining! 

No pictures tonight, but I hope it made you smile!


***(By the way, Ansley did finally get that 4 digit street number, but she certainly did not like little sister "beating her to the punch!" ;-))

Just for You Juju!

These are for you Juju! They aren't perfect, but really is that possible with 2 young ones. Enjoy these special moments.

How can you even pick a favorite??

My Conscientious Child

It doesn't look like much of a post, but it was actually too sweet, NOT to share. While playing with me on Thursday, Kylie snapped my headband into two pieces. She said, " I sowy Mommy. I didn't mean to bake it."

Then she quietly got up and went into the kitchen. I could hear her getting something out of a drawer. She came back with a roll of tape. She then proceeded to tape my headband back together. How about that? Such a sweet, thoughtful little one. :-)

Its Buster Bear Time Again!

 Ansley and Buster Bear relaxing together after a hard day at school.

 Ansley, Kylie and Buster playing Leapster together.

Ansley and Buster at Anna's Birthday Party!

 Ansley and her BFF's! Aren't they cute?

Ansley had Buster Bear again this week. This is a home project for school. We enjoy the company of Buster Bear for a few days, take pictures and record all of our fun in his journal. Here are a few of our pictures from the weekend.

Circus Time!!

On Sunday, we took our girls to their very first circus. It was at the Gwinnett Arena this time.  Aunt Juju went with us too which made it super fun! Upon arrival, the girls immediately became tense around all the noise and crowds, but after a few minutes they began to relax and enjoy the show. It was really good! Kylie will tell you she was most excited about the elephants( "efants") God love it----she was getting a bit tired and  Juju ended up taking her out for just a minute and they both missed the elephant segment. We were so sad. Thankfully, Kylie won't remember and didn't seem to even know she missed it. She had already seen them several times parading around and helping in other acts. Ansley was most excited about the elephants, but ended up liking the "trampoline people" best. She was not at all happy about all the motorcycles in the caged ball. I think she was worried,  just like the rest of us, that one wrong move and they would have a BIG wreck. It was pretty amazing! Thanks to Juju, both girls brought home fun souvenirs.  Juju bought Kylie a stuffed lion and Ansley a sword. So sweet Juju! Thanks for always being so generous to your nieces. I think you have made them a bit rotten!

 

Kylie and Mommy

Silly Daddy!

How do you like this look?

Ansley and Juju

Kylie and Daddy

Kylie is holding on tight! She was a little nervous at first with all the lights and sounds.

Kylie's first bite of cotton candy! She wasn't too sure about it at first, but then it melted and she couldn't eat enough of it!

Not real sure about those motorcycles!

She really never sat still.

Aren't I cute in the hat? Check out my new lion cub!

"Look at my new sword!"

Mommy, Ansley, and Daddy

Ansley waving Bye!

 Kyky saying good-bye!