More Soccer...

Tonight we had another soccer practice. They actually got to scrimmage and it was really funny!!! It reminded me of the time my brother and his kids were here and their son Isaac got upset when we were playing XBOX because, "no one showed me how to win." That was exactly Katelyn's mentally during the game. She even broke down and cried because the boys stole the ball from her. She is really going to have to toughen up if she is going to make it this season since there are a lot more boys than there are girls right now. But at least she looks cute while doing it.

I'm Winning!

Yesterday was Katelyn's first day of Soccer. She was so excited! We got up and dressed and went to the soccer fields at Asbell not really knowing what to expect for her first year. There was about 25 kiddos there to play, both boys and girls. They were all so cute in their soccer outfits! There were two coaches so they split up into two groups. We knew one of the little girls in our group but Katelyn made a new friend named Julia. They just moved here so it was a good opportunity for both of them. They played several little games that helped them learn some basic soccer terminology and Katelyn thought it was so much fun! They played the red light green light game. In this game you have to make small dribbles toward the goal when the coach says green light and put your foot on your ball and stop when the coach says red light. Katelyn didn't quite understand the concept of small dribbles so she was one of the first kids to the goal and back. She looked at me and goes "Mommy, I'm winning!" She was so excited and wanted lots of praise. It really is amazing how kids have such a competitive nature!

After practice we decided to make a trip Springfield to the bass pro shop. Justin is preparing for hunting season and we had been trying to tell Katelyn about alligator gar. She was wanting to see one. When we got there however, she was too preoccupied with the swimming turtles to say much about the gar. Justin got several things for his bow and Katelyn got to see lots of animals. We did get her a really cute camo hat that says future hunting princess. I think Justin really wishes that he could take her hunting too someday.

And of course since we were so close to Branson we had to make a pit stop at the Tanger outlet. I was wanting to get Katelyn her Halloween costume early. We went to the Disney store and they had all their outfits on sale. She decided it was between Belle or Jasmin. Since Jasmin was cheaper we went with that one but she really is going to be cute. We also went to Nike and were able to find her a new soccer ball since hers was the wrong size for only $6. I probably should have bought more and sold them on ebay because you can't even buy a soccer ball at Wal-mart that cheap much less a Nike one. Oh well....

Mud

Justin really doesn't think I should blog about this particularly funny incident but I just can't help myself! Yesterday I was reading my book (like usual lately) while Katelyn was playing with her horses in the living room. All of a sudden she came up to me holding out a dirty finger and she said, "Mommy I've got mud in my but!" I just rolled laughing becuase she really didn't realize what was on her finger! I know that is gross but we are still trying to teach her to wipe properly and that just prooved that we are still a long ways from perfect on that front....

She said another funny thing tonight. For a long time Justin has made fun of his brother Josh because when Josh was little Justin would say, "Let's go eat, shall we?" and Josh would always say, "My name's not Shalwee!" So Justin has been baiting Katelyn to say something similar and she finally did tonight but hers was something a little bit different. He asked the same question but she said, "I don't eat shallwees." Maybe that is a family joke but I think it is pretty funny how kids will answer a question even if they don't know what you are talking about. Maybe it is practice for when they are older. Smile and nod boys....Smile and nod!

On a different note....I have been reading a lot lately! For anyone that really enjoyed the Twilight series I would recommend the Vampire Academy Series. It was way better than Twilight and I never thought I woudl say. We are also looking forward to a new series that starts tomorrow on the CW. It is called Vampire Diaries and is based off another book series. I bought the first book tonight at Hastings and have read the first chapter so far. It sounds a lot like Melrose place with teenage vampires...we'll see. I may be setting myself up for disappointment after Arkansas Author Charlainne Harris' success with the Sookie Stackhouse series and True Blood on HBO. More later....

County Fair

Tonight we went to the Washington County Fair because it is supposed to rain for the rest of the week. We always make a point to go and see what we got on our entries and to look at all the exhibits, both animals and crafts. This year was the most fun yet with Katelyn but she was definitely more interested in the rides than the exhibits. There wasn't a lot of people there which worked to our advantage. Katelyn was able to ride the ponies by herself, pet both goats and a sheep, and get on every ride without waiting. We had a blast! Then we went to Logan's to enjoy a great meal for half the price of the fair food (After seeing some of the carnies I wouldn't recommend eating at the fair this year!)

My car went to the shop today to finally get the hail damage repaired. We left Katelyn's cd's in my car. On our way home from Logan's she asked to listen to her songs. When we told her that we couldn't because we left them in the other car she decided to sing them for us. We got to hear a wonderful medley of all the Disney songs she could remember from Aladin to Hercules. It was really cute!