SOCCER

Marin had her first soccer game today. She did her best to keep up with a bunch of aggressive boys but she was definitely a cautious player. ;o) She was so cute. I found out later from the assistant coach that she played every quarter except for the last couple of minutes of the last one. Honestly, I had NO idea they even were keeping time/quarters?!?!? So...go Marin! She did stand out there a few times watching instead of actually doing anything. But, hey, Burke and I were just proud she didn't cry any (That happened a lot with teammates....). And out little buddy Graham stood out there and starting singing Itsy Bitsy Spider. Oh my word. It was so hilarious. Man, he is cute. But they all did super and I think they will enjoy it more and more as they play!


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Soccer companies apparently don' tmake socks/shin guards/cleats for  REALLY REALLY small people.
Bless her...she played as best as she could with what she had.
We did find some "gear" that may fit her better for the next game. We will have to see if she will wear it or not though. ;o)

She calls her jersey her "soccer dress". 

#8!
She really wanted the number 5. Talked about it at home before we left so when her Aunt Carolyn sent a picture of her big boy cousins in their soccer jersey proudly wearing the #8 as well....it made us all HAPPY!!
I love that they all have the same number. Sweet, Sweet!

Her team...The Spiders.

It's her turn to do the drill. 

Go Graham, go! 

The cheering section. 

 It's kinda funny that they have the exact same expression on their face. 

And Hollis only stole the cone 3 times. 

Go Marin! 

Easter 2014

Easter Fun 2014!

Dyeing Easter eggs. 

The Easter Bunny came to our house! 

Tippy Toes to see....so excited!
BTW, the Easter Bunny didn't mind that she was wearing her Santa PJs. 

So Happy!

 Then our best buddies and neighbors came over for an Easter egg hunt! Graham was hilarious. He just wanted the candy inside so every time he found an egg, he sat down, opened it up, and ate his treat. That kind of slowed down his egg collecting.

 Taylor loved it! And even though she is the youngest of the group (by a few months), she did great!

We had about  a 100 egg hunts at our house so by then Marin was a old pro.
She loved it!

And so did Hollis!!

 Marin was sweet to share some of her eggs with her buddies.

After the hunt, we headed over to our neighbors for a Easter feast. Have I mentioned we love our neighbors/neighborhood?? We love it.

Garden!

This week we planted a little mini raised garden in our backyard. We have this little hidden space behind our garage, so we decided to try gardening in that little spot. Hopefully we won't kill it all or feed the squirrels and raccoons...

But we have a little squash, peppers, cucumbers, carrots, tomatoes, and watermelon! Hopefully by summer we will have some vegetables. 

Burke said he wanted no part of the garden but, of course, because he's the best dad/husband he helped us out!

"Marin, where's your garden?"

This girl LOVES her garden. She really did all the work. Didn't want me to do anything.
So I just helped dig the hole and she put the plant down and buried it...all by herself. So very proud. 

Our garden.
Hollis was napping during this part and we were trying to beat the rain.
But I saved her a tomato plant to plant in the black pot.
She did help water the garden which is probably their favorite part. 

Marin made a little garden book in our "mom school". Her she is reading all the things are garden needs to grow.
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In other news, we started the "Intro to Potty Training" with Hollis. She got to pick out her very own pair of panties. The ones she chose....Mickey Mouse Superhero boys underwear. Ha! She completely had her heart set on them! So stinkin' cute. Of course, they don't know the difference and she wanted to go to bed wearing her "mickey superhewo" panties. It's a start!