Last Day of Soccer

plus a few other recent things...

Anna had her last soccer game this past weekend.  She really enjoyed playing soccer this year (her first time on an all-girls team) and she learned a lot.  Here she is with her team at the pizza party afterward.  Anna is front and center.

Here's Anna getting her medal.  The first thing her coach said about her was, "Anna (sigh) So much attitude!"  Yes, that's our girl.  Her coach also thought it was cool that Anna was the smallest on the team but always wanted to play goalie.  She did a good job as goalie (I thought she was a great mid-fielder too) and also played goalie the whole game for the one game they won.  It was a tough season, but they all improved and had a great time.

Good job Anna!

She's already looking forward to spring soccer.

And in other news...

The backyard is ready to be played in.  The weather is still nice (I think it got up to 79 yesterday).  I've been letting John and Emma play with the water table during the day.  They get very wet, but they love it.  It's nice to have a yard.

Another very exciting thing for me is that I got the garage cleaned out enough to pull one car in.  With all the running around we do all week its so nice for loading and unloading to have the car in the garage.  I can tell them to go get in the car and not worry about them screaming and running up and down the street, which does happen.  Plus its getting a little colder in the morning (50s).

 What a beautiful sight.

Still more stuff to tidy up in the garage, but getting there.

Election Day!  Happy (Sad) Day: The Fifth

On election day we had a little mini-celebration.

Election day didn't turn out the way I was hoping but I'm trying to come to terms with it.  :)  In any case, I'm happy (kind of) the election is over.  We had a fun little party, had cupcakes, watched You're Not Elected Charlie Brown and cast some ballots. The kids voted unanimously for more screen time during the week.  That ballot measure was struck down by mom however.

Emma's birthday was on election day, so she is already 2!  But we are waiting to celebrate this weekend since Scott was out of town that day.

The other thing I've been looking forward to at the beginning of November is the roundabout outside our complex being completed.  That was supposed to be completed November 1st.  It's been under construction since we moved in in July.  It's not done yet and hardly anyone is working on it from day to day.  The roundabout is there.  But there are barricades up preventing its use.  The lines on the street have yet to be painted as well.  I don't know what the hold up is there, but I'm getting impatient for it to be done since it will make going everywhere easier and faster and get the kids off the bus about an hour sooner each day.  Sooo, still waiting for that.  Maybe they'll get it done soon here.  We'll see.

Update:  A few hours after I wrote this they painted the lines on the road for the roundabout, and an hour or so later they removed the barricades and I was able to use it as a roundabout!!  Not sure if this will be a permanent change or if they will put the barricades back up as they continue to work on the landscaping there.  We'll see what tomorrow brings!