Flag Football

Reid started flag football this spring.  A parent from last year's kindergarten class decided to pull together the 1st and 2nd grade boys for a small flag football league.  There are 4 teams: Black, White, Purple, and Yellow.  They have had a few practices where they taught the boys some basic football skills and rules to the game.  Their first game was on Tuesday night.  It was pretty funny to watch as they tried to get in formation and carry out some simple plays.  Each team had to sit out 1 or 2 players and everytime it was Reid's turn he stood in the middle of the field and didn't move, instead of sitting on the sidelines.  They ended the game in a tie 2-2.  Reid is number 7 in Yellow.

Huddle with the coach!

Running to block the other team for the quarterback!

Blocking!

Trying to get to the ball to take his flags!

More blocking!

While Reid was playing his game, Sydney started teaching Elyse some of her cheers so they could be the self-proclaimed cheerleaders for team Yellow! 

New Do for Elyse!

On Saturday night, I went to Lansing to do dishes for a wedding with my mom.  Tom was home with the kids.  We did not get home until 3:00 in the morning.  I discovered chunks of long hair in our bathroom trash!  As I climbed into bed, I asked Tom if one of the girls cut their hair.  He said that the kids said it was hair from brushing their American Girl Doll.  I had a hard time believing that much hair would come out of a dolls head.  The next morning, I woke up and asked Elyse to look at me. This is what I saw!

I asked her why she cut her hair.  She said, "You said you would take me for a hair cut and you never did, so I did it myself!"  Needless to say we visited the salon on Monday to get it fixed!

Now she has a new do!

Sydney in Rocket Cheer!

Sydney decided she wanted to try cheerleading with the Rocket cheer program at her school. They had their first game on Saturday! It was cold and rainy, not a very good start. We are hoping for better weather the rest of the season!

Let's Go Comets!

She had some difficulty with her rain poncho, but she tried to ignore it and keep cheering!

We went to McDonald's to warm up with some Hot Chocolate and Chicken Nuggets. We were all cold and wet.

Elyse's visit to her class!

This is our 4th year with a child in this classroom with these 2 wonderful teachers! It is bittersweet knowing that it will also be our last year with them as well.

Mrs. M

Mrs. S

After her first day back to preschool, Elyse fell asleep on the stairs. She looked so uncomfortable, but she slept for quite awhile.

Sydney and Reid's First Day of School

The kids have some wonderful teachers again this year! They are all so excited to start back to school again!

Mrs. H with Reid in First Grade!

Mrs. D with Sydney in 2nd Grade!

It has been a year! Opps!

I have not updated the blog for a whole year. After we got our camera stolen last fall, I was bummed that I was not able to share some of the pictures we were missing. So I lost my motivation to update the blog. I am going to try to update more frequently this fall.
We had some incredible joys and an incredible loss so far this year. In June, Tom's grandpa passed away. He was an incredible man with so much influence. We will miss him greatly. Tom's grandma is now living in an assisted living center. She has alzeimer's disease and can't live on her own.
Tom graduated this spring from Western, with his bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering. He has been job hunting ever since. So far, he has had several interviews, but no job hits yet. We are so proud of his accomplishments!
We were given memberships to a local fitness center for a graduation gift. We have been taking full advantage of it. We have taken the kids swimming often, they also had swimming lessons. They all advanced to the next level in 6 short weeks. All of them are able to swim in the deep end with no assistance. Tom and I are also working hard at the gym and the pool. The summer flew by and the kids are back to school. This year is going so quickly!