Crafts and volleyball

 First thing this morning, Ava got some paper to draw a picture of Luke.  She said he was sad and crying in the picture because he missed her at home.  Before their bath we decided to do a messy craft where you paint their hand and arm and then make an impression of it on paper and it makes the trunk and limbs of a fall tree.  Harper thought that was a cool thing to do, Ava not so much.  Harper finished her tree by finger-painting the leaves, but Ava didn't want to, so I gave her paper to cut out some leaves.  Harper wanted scissors, too, and they both did pretty well with them.  Papa took them for a lawn mower ride afterwards so they could look at the fall leaves outside.

 We took the girls back to Kelly at Union this afternoon and went to Costco before going to the Castle Rock vs. Woodland volleyball match.  The girls played great and easily beat Woodland in 3.  A great start to their season.

A relaxed and happy Macee talking to Nicole before game 3.

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Riels soccer

Rielee, #1, just before she scored

Rielee's soccer jamboree was this morning.  She is playing 8U, which means she is on an all-girl team.  She was anxious to get out there, and also played goalie during the 20 minute game. 

Mommy and Baby

The girls have been playing a lot of "Mommy and Baby".  They seem to trade off being the Mommy.  In the picture, Harper was Baby and Ava was reading her a book.   This game went on all day, even when it was potty time and Papa went to take Harper in the bathroom, she said "No, Mommy will take me!", so Ava had to sit on the side of the tub like Papa does and monitor Harper as she did her business.

Parker-7th grade football

Parker, #13,  going in the game

Parker's 7th grade football team played their first game against Woodland this afternoon.  They scored on their first possession but then made some defensive mistakes and ended up losing.  Parker played most of the game and had some good tackles.  While I was there, Papa took the twins to watch some of Auna's first home match before he took them back.  He said they didn't pay any attention to Auna at first but then in the second set, they noticed her and both cheered loudly for her.  They also both told him they had to go potty but actually must have just wanted to check out the bathroom, because neither one had to go once they got there.

Auna is a Pirate

 Auna played her first game as a Pirate today at the Red and White game, usually the 7th and 8th grade play each other but this year they had enough kids to have each class play separately.  Auna did great!  Reminds me of another volleyball player in the family...


Em's CWU roster picture for 2012

 

Auna's 1st day of school

 Auna came over this morning before her 1st day of 7th grade.  Ava and Harper were so happy to see her and happily posed for a picture with her.  After Auna left they took their bath and then Ava asked if we could make cupcakes.  She helped me stir the batter and then helped fill the baking cups.  They both helped with the frosting, every time I went to take a picture, one or the other was licking the frosting off their knife.   Ava likes a lot of frosting on her cupcakes, as well as a lot of sprink-ka-kulls, as they called them.  Harper's cupcakes didn't get much frosting because she kept eating it.  When they were finished, they took  two cupcakes over to Vera and Alan, then played in the sandbox.   

Macee's future coach

Today was an exciting day for Macee as her future Gonzaga volleyball coach Dave Gantt came to visit.  We were invited over to meet him, too.   We heard a lot about the volleyball program, his coaching style and his family.  He is a personable guy and was open and honest about what Macee can expect there.  They had pizza and he ended up staying for over 3 hours.  Macee will have her official visit at Gonzaga next month.