Two medals, a trophy and a funfilled week...

What a great weekend and week we have had. Emma has been playing soccer for a few years now and we have loved watching her get better and better each year. She is great at scoring goals and this year we have seen her improve even more. Saturday was her last game for the season and though she is sad she does have a trophy to show for it. Grandma and Grandpa Wallace came down and were able to see what a great athlete she is, not just in soccer I might add.

Last year she told me she wanted to do a kids triathalon, so on Saturday not only did she play soccer, but she did a kids triathalon. We practiced several times over the last few months and when it came time for her to line up I just knew she was going to do great. I could tell she was nervous as she stood there quietly waiting for her turn. I stood at the end of the pool where she would swim and as she came down, jumped in the water and started swimming I was so choked up. I saw her swim from one end of the pool to the other and back and was just so proud that she had enough courage to do this race. I was able to help her transition to her bike and watch her ride away on her 1 mile ride. I couldn't see her the whole bike and I just wanted to know how she was doing and if she was nervous or scared. I stood there anxiously waiting for her to ride back in and when she did I ran and met her to help her hang her bike and take off her helmet. As she ran off for her 1/2 mile run she tucked her hair behind her ears in her cute shy way and I just about cried. The lady doing the announcing works for Steve so she knows Emma and yelled into the mic, "Go Emma!" I could hardly wait to see her cross that finish line and give her a big hug and tell her how wonderful she was for doing this. When I saw her running down the hill towards the finish line I was all choked up again. My sweet little Emma is growing up and is amazingly talented. She got a finishers medal which she is so proud of.

Then to show her many talents she entered the reflections contest at school and won 1st place in visual arts for 1st grade. She got a medal for that during an assembly at school today. I am so happy for Emma and that she is not afraid to go after the things she wants. I love you Emma.

Tinkerbell is hiding...

Shay had not been very consistent in the whole potty training department, so to help I bought her Tinkerbell panties and told her not to pee on Tinkerbell. Well, that didn't work for Shay like it works with some kids. Last week it finally clicked and she is doing well. She loves her tinkerbell panties.
The other morning Shay had slept on our bedroom floor and she woke and said in her cute little voice, "Tinkerbell is hiding." I said what? She said, "My Tinkerbell is hiding in my closet." She couldn't find her Tinkerbell's the night before so her first thoughts when she woke up were they must be hiding in her closet. I love the cute things little kids say and do.

Halloween

We had a great Halloween. We carved pumpkins, had several parties, dressed up in costumes, and had parades, and the girls had pony rides. We had sleeping beauty, Thumbelina, Abby Cadaby, and a pirate.