It's good to be eleven

My tiny miracle baby is Eleven years old!  Her birthday is two days before Halloween and so every year I try to keep it separate.  Her birthday party is a birthday party and not a Halloween party...  She got roller blades, books and pet shops from us, money from Jensen grandparents, books from Ryan grandparents and new curtains and bedding from Leppert grandparents.  Sydney is such a sweetheart.  So sincere, helpful, petite, thoughtful, artistic, musically talented in piano and singing, hates being a middle child, very aware of other's needs and such a hugger!

This year she chose to go Ice Skating at Castle Ice and invited some friends from church and school, oh and her BFF who moved away last year.  I'm pretty sure they all had a blast, even Muna who had never skated before in her life!  She was off the wall by the time we left, two hours later!  Her friends know Sydney well, she received an endless supply of art supplies and a couple of gift cards.  Target, here we come!  All in all, I  think she had a pretty good eleventh birthday!

It is soccer season...

Bryant always has a huge smile on his face, even in the rain like today!  The other team is no where to be seen.  I think we tied at 3 all.  Bryant has finally kind of figured out this game and was a bit more aggressive at following the ball.  He has a great coach and we have met so many nice people and their boys!

The heater vent

All of the my kids do this...tuck a blanket around themselves and lay on top of a heating vent, hogging all the heat!

Character Day

Last week on Thursday the kindergarten classes had a Character Day, where the kids were able to come to school dressed as their favorite character.  Bryant wanted to wear his Iron Man Halloween costume, but I talked him out of it as he would have wanted to wear his mask.  So he wore the Koala bear costume of Taylor's when she was five!  He was so cute!  My photos are backwards, so this is of him coming out after school.

This is Bryant's friend who was dresses as a Transformer but, the funny thing was, is that he thought he was bee!  No joking!  

 They toured through the other kinder classes and then through the office to showcase their characters!

This is Bryant's class.  Some had costumes, but the teacher handed out puppets or masks if they had forgotten to bring one, so everyone was happy!

Problems

I am having a problem publishing...just wanted to see if this one went through.

Weekend Work!

Sydney loves to climb trees and in fact, it was a requirement in buying our home. But the crab apple tree needs trimming every year because we do not like falling, squishy, sticky crab apples on the driveway. We don't let Bryant climb trees yet, poor kid!

Middle School Soccer

Earlier this week, Taylor's middle school team had a jamboree, where the three teams each played a twenty minute game against each other. Mc Knight won both games, and it wasn't even close in comparison of talent! Should be a good year!

This is right after Taylor scored a goal!