soccer team

This is the girl's soccer team, the Cyclones. They are not great, but do have fun. We have two sets of twins on the team. This is the second season with this team, and probably the last. The girls are being scouted for an advanced team with one of their old coaches.

TOO SOON FOR BOYFRIENDS!

Sara came home and told me that, remember the boy who asked me out to the movies, now he asked if he could hug me! How are these kids growing up at such a young age?

I do believe that Sara has a boy who likes her, and I tell her it is OK to have a boy as a friend, but as a boyfriend, not now. She still says yuck to boys, so I am feeling good for now. Of course, Ruth had to tease her relentlessly, just like a sister should.

MISC

Well, I once again lost the battle in my gardening endeavors, this time with a tree/bush trimmer....so, when there is a little branch stuck on the cutting blade, do NOT run your fingers along them to take it off.....one finger typing takes much longer. Thank goodness this time I did not have to go to the hosp for stitches.

Ruth and I got our first pairs of real glasses. We figured that Ruth had a problem when she could not see the clock across the room. I decided I needed something besides reading glasses when those huge signs on the fwy were getting hard to see. Mine are a copper color and Ruth's are black with green inside.....very cute.

Sara had her first Chinese class and loved it. Three boys in her class she knows from school. Sara is the most advanced, follow by our friend's daughter who came home from China a month ago. Though she is more recent, she was in 2nd grade and Sara was in 6th when she came. When the question was doing flash cards for the class, Sara and Y kept shouting the answers, so I asked them to give the rest of the class a chance since they were becoming frustrated.....it worked out well, and the teacher teaches from her home 1/2 miles from us :)


Lots of rain and we are NOT complaining, but this had cancelled our Friday night soccer 2 hr practice and the games on Sat. Makeups will begin next Sunday since 3 games have already been rained out and we must do makeups.

EASTER

We are now well stocked with chocolate. The family get together was wonderful as usual. My mom cooked an A+ meal with the help of some of my sisters and nieces. Being not such a great cook, I get clean up duty afterwards....wash wash wash.



We went to the school where my sister teaches and saw the garden they they now have. My sister Chris applied for a grant, the largest the school district ever gave out, and won it. Each grade level, K-5 & Special Ed, have a garden bed and they kid plant, water, weed, and eat what comes out of the garden. They have magnifying glasses to see the bugs, or butterfly cocoons. Now the kids actually see and work on the cycle of seed to either flower or food.





We played croquet in the back yard.....I lost. This is my niece Megan, she came in second.













We did the Easter egg hunt, now with more money than chocolate. This time we did NOT let my girls have a head start because last year they were toooooo good and got tooooo much more than everyone else. You may notice that the window behind the kids is still covered with plywood...courtesy of Hurricane Ike last summer.




The girls also helped my dad in his vegetable garden. He always has one and we help him eat the wonderful vegetables he grown.





Our dog Cooper came along and enjoyed sleeping on Jeff's pillow in the car---spoiled dog!





Sara has a huge bunny pillow and Easter is her birthday, so Sara had a birthday party for Hannah, even having an ice cream sandwich birthday cake for her.

getting ready for Easter

We have the Easter baskets down and ready....and little furry bunnies all over the house. AT THE SAME TIME, we tell the girls about the real meaning of Easter, which does not involve the bunnies, baskets, or egge, though we are not sure what bunnies and eggs have to do with each other. We will be leaving for my parents house for the big family get together and egg hunt, yes, though all but ours is out of college, we still love this tradition.