Monster Mash, Parker's last game

 Rielee was excited this morning to see how the girls would react to the spooky "Monster Mash" singers since they were afraid of them last year.  To her surprise, they weren't the least bit scared and even touched them.  (The girls had changed into princess dresses right after breakfast.) 

We went to Washougal in the afternoon to watch Parker play in the last game of the season.  He played great, with one play where he stripped the ball, causing a fumble, and  he also intercepted a pass, which I kind of got a picture of-

 

 but I got so excited, that the next picture of him running with the ball, well, not so good-

 

 

 They won the game 33-6.

Parker and his buddies, Luke, Nathan and Tony

Witch masks

Ava and Harper with the little wood witch masks they painted today.  They were very proud of them.

Luke's game

Luke heading in the locker room at half-time

 We went to Battleground to watch Luke's game this morning.  He played great defense and recovered an on-side kick and his team won easily.  Ava and Harper were good during the game, playing and snacking the entire time.   Harper was actually much happier than she appears in this picture.

 

 

 



Soccer, volleyball, gymnastics

 

Rielee playing goalie

We went to watch Rielee's soccer game at 9 a.m., except I had the wrong time and it didn't start until 2. We went to the R.A.Long tournament instead and then I came back to watch her play later.  She played well but was very upset with herself because she didn't score a goal.  She had 2 assists but that wasn't as fun to her as scoring herself.

 

The Rockets won the tournament, beating Kelso, Ft. Vancouver, Napavine, Evergreen, R.A.Long, and Kalama.  Afterwards, they all ran out of the gym in a rush to get ready for the homecoming dance.



 

Ava and Harper started gymnastics today,  Kelly took this picture and said Harper did really well and Ava held back.  Can't wait to watch one of their classes.

Little painters

After breakfast and the big kids left for school, Harper asked if they could paint birdhouses for their Grandma Barb.  They worked on them for a half an hour, they are serious little painters and really careful that they try to get everything covered with paint.  Then they went right into the tub for clean-up.

One thing leads to another

Twins are funny, things can be going along just great and then all of a sudden, chaos breaks out.  Our trip over to feed the chickens and check for eggs was like that.  The girls were excited to get the eggs, but then oops, Harper accidently broke one, no biggy, they had 3 others, they love the chickens and feeding them. But while washing their hands with the hose, they managed to get their feet and flip-flops wet and first Harper, then Ava, got upset when they got gravel inside them, and start hopping around and freaking out.  I tried to calm them down and rinse them off, but then Harper remembered that she has a sore on her foot, and that, in turn, reminded Ava that she has a sore toe.  Now both are crying and neither one can walk, "no walk!" and they want to be carried.  We didn't want to do that and were discussing the options with them, or lack thereof, when Ava and I noticed Rielee's wagon beside the garage and... all was well.  Happy girls again, just like that. 

Busy Sunday

It was a busy day with the kids. Parker had us all up very early because he was going fishing with Grandpa.  After he left, Auna came over and had breakfast with us and hung out with Rielee.  I made some cookie dough to bake later and then went outside to work.  When Parker got home from fishing (no luck there), he and Papa went to Prospectors and Winco.  Rielee made us a picnic lunch and set it up on the front lawn, then she helped me do some watering.  She brought a cookbook home from school Friday and wanted to try one of the recipes, so she made these pretzel sticks with a mini-marshallow stuck on the end and then dipped in white chocolate and covered with sprinkles.  Auna helped her with them and Rielee thought they were quite tasty.  Uncle Alan stopped over to visit and he agreed that they were good.  Then they made "fall leaves" sugar cookies.  Rielee wanted to make brown frosting so she dumped in all the food colors and it came out an awful dark, yucky color, but she wouldn't admit that it was bad until she frosted a cookie and it didn't look very appetizing, then she wanted to make red leaves instead.  After dinner, Papa watched football and the kids and I went outside,  I did some more pruning and they played until it got dark.