Our busy weekend

Here's 2 pictures of Noah and Lii from Friday. He looooves this motorcylce that Sherry and Rob gave him. How cute are they?




It rained all day Saturday. The twins soccer game was cancelled but Kelsey still played. You should have seen me and Susan (Karisa's mom) on the sidelines. We were both hunched under 1 umbrella. We got soaked! The good news is that Kelsey's team got their first win of the season! They're now 1-1-1. They were pretty excited. I wish I had some pictures.

Saturday night we went to a Vera Bradley Bingo at Century High School. There were a bunch of us that went. Jenna did so good and almost won a handful of times but never did. She had so much fun though. And then at the very end I won one of the big door prizes. It was a $76 Vera Bradley bag full of gardening stuff. YAY!

Kelsey had field hockey on Sunday. They had their first loss. The team was from Catonsville and they were really good. Some of their girls were a head taller than me! It was a tough game but Kelsey played really well. She's getting better and better each week. Her team was a little jealous of the other teams uniform. Look at those hot pink socks!




After the game we went to Piney Run Park for our annual "Dinner Club" picnic. The dinner club is a bunch of my parents friends. Every year they have a huge picnic and all the families come. It was alot of fun. Here are some pictures.





Kels and her friend Tori

Morgan's new pet

Well not really a pet....but she found this catapillar. She loves this thing. She refuses to let it go. I love this picture I got of her holding it.

Yay Noah and Lili!

Today was the first day with no tears when I dropped them off at preschool. (Lili's the little girl I watch all week for those that don't know.) Usually Lili gets upset and then Noah gets upset seeing her cry and they both start. Today Noah went right in. He loves school but hates saying bye to Mom so his bottom lip was shaking a little bit. I carried Lili in (instead of letting her walk which I normally do) and handed her off to the teacher. No tears....they both went in. It was great.

They're so cute when I come to pick them up. They're always sitting down in a circle on their little mats singing songs. Noah just sits there...perfectly still watching the other kids. Lili gets into it. She does all the hand motions and dances around. They're so cute.

And what do I do in that 2 hours by myself? Sherry and I went to breakfast this morning. Just the 2 of us...no kids...it was strange but fun! Then we went to WalMart and Kohls. It's amazing how much you can get done when you don't have to lug the kids around. It's nice to have some adult time for that short period of time.

Sherry, if you're reading this...what are we doing tomorrow from 9:15-11:15????? :)

The girls sports this weekend

The twins had a soccer game at 8:30 am on Saturday. They did great! Their team ended up winning 6-5. Morgan was a wing the first half and defense the 2nd half. Jenna was midfield the first half and a wing the second. Poppy even came to cheer them on. Here are a few pictures.

Morgan


Jenna


Both of them


Kelsey's soccer game was at 8:30 pm under the lights at Freedom Park. They ended up losing 0-1. Kelsey played defense the entire game (which she's not so happy about) but she did really well. It was so foggy and dark that I couldn't get any good pictures.

Here she is before the game.


And this is what the rest of the pictures look like.


Kelsey had a field hockey game on Sunday. She played so well and almost got a goal. It was so exciting to watch her. She is really loving it and you'd never know it was her first year by watching her. She's picked it up pretty quick. The ref's ended the game early because the sprinklers came on in the field so they tied 2-2.

Here she is.




The team running through the sprinklers


My nephew Jason went with us. He didn't mind the sprinklers coming on. It was sooo hot!

The joys of getting 4 kids ready in the morning.

First of all, Kelsey and Jenna are awful in the morning. It takes them 30 minutes to get up and out of bed. They can never find anything to wear and their hair never looks perfect. There's always drama and it drives me crazy! Morgan's a morning person. She wakes right up, throws something on, brushes her hair and teeth, makes something for breakfast and plops down on the couch. Noah seems to be most like Morgan. He's happy to watch tv and lounge around.

Well this morning was another story. I was packing the girls lunches when I hear Kelsey yell, "Oh my gosh Mom, come look at Noah." I run upstairs and he's sitting there with the biggest smile on his face saying, "My eyes." Yeah...they sure looked beautiful. He got into my mascara. I can't believe he knew what to do with it.

Daddy's fish, kids bowling, playing basketball

Ryan went fishing with George last weekend and came home with 3 fish. Next time the fish are going home with George. Ewwwwwww!



The difference between boys and girls. Look at their faces.


Noah just wanted to touch it. I must have washed his hands 25 times that day.


And while Daddy was going to town on the fish, I had to get some shots of the kids. I attempted one with all 4 of them together but Noah wanted nothing to do with it. He was more interested in the fish!




We took the Morgan, Jenna and Noah bowling. (Kels was spending the day with Mema and Sophie decorating for a baby shower.) It was Noah's first time going. He had alot of fun. He only lasted the first 4 frames and then was more interested in the pizza, fry-fries and pop-pops. (lolipops)




Getting some help from Daddy.


He'd stand there and watch his ball go all the way down the lane.


Jenna got a strike. She was just a tad bit excited.


The girls cheering Noah on as his ball knocked down the pins. I love this picture!




And finally, here are some pictures of our basketball game the other day. It was the girls vs. Daddy and some of the neighborhood kids. Later on I joined in and us girls ended up beating Daddy's team. We had so much fun!

We also learned something about each of our kids. Kelsey is a team leader (some might say a little bossy) and is in it to win it. Morgan isn't much of a team player and if she doesn't have the ball, you're sure to know about it. Jenna is a good sport and wants to make sure everyone has a fair chance. Noah just loves being outside and it doesn't matter what you're doing because he'll have fun no matter what. :)

Forgot something

Today was Kelsey's first field hockey game. She did great! They won 2-0 and she got a hold of the ball a few times. She's already told me she likes it way better than soccer and is giving up soccer next year. YAY, I was hoping she'd like it. I'll have to get some pictures at her game next Sunday.