Soccer Season has Begun!!!

It's finally time to break out the ugly UCONN Huskies portable chairs, the bag filled with drink bottles, snacks and the coloring books and crayons to keep the little girls occupied and head to the soccer fields! Okay so it's not quite so idealic now that the three older kids are all signed up for activities but it is my favorite season to sit outside and relax while watching my little cherubs work up a sweat doing something they love. Molly's soccer schedule is absurd, at best. Monday and Wednesday practices from 6:15 - 8pm and Friday, Saturday and sometimes Sunday games usually NOT in Rocky Hill. That being said - Molly loves soccer and we love Molly! Annie has an amazing soccer coach for her first year - her Daddy. They head out for Wednesday night practices (Yes, same night as Molly's practices but three miles a way on a different field) from 5:30-6:30 pm in their matching white soccer shirts with matching grins on their faces. There is something about watching my strong, able bodied husband dissolve into mush when his tiny little daughter calls him "Coach Daddy" that makes me love him all the more! Wednesdays also happen to be Mommy's "late" nights at work and a weekly doctor's appointment for Peter so you can imagine the chaos that reigns in our home!

We were trying to get a picture of the two soccer stars but Elizabeth was having none of it! She wanted in on this picture no matter what! That's what I get for taking 25,000 pictures a year of my beautiful children!

Annie and "Coach Daddy" headed out ot their first game together. I was responsible for getting Molly to her practice on this Wednesday and missed Annie's first game but I am told she has some natural talent and handles the ball incredibly. Of course - all of this information was from her father so who knows! I will defintely get to a game this week!

Annie did NOT fit into Molly's cleats from kindergarten so we went to the consignment shop where she found matching neon pink cleats and shin guards! She wears them all the time!

Molly in her official RH soccer uniform. She was so disappointed because they are exactly the same as the boys uniforms which she considers pretty darn ugly but she dresses anything up. Molly also picked out neon pink cleats and shin guards! Today was her first game but I had to bring Annie to a birthday party so I sent Bob with the camera and the video camera. Unfortunately, it rained so much that he was busy keeping the little girls dry and didn't get any pictures.

Molly got to pick any number she wanted for her team number. She was originally going to take number 26 for her birthday but when I told her that 23 was Papa's number when he played basketball she jumped on the chance to have it for her own number as well.

My susperstar had a great game. She played forward for most of the game and according to Bob had some great offensive moves and hustled like a champ. Unfortunately, we recently learned from a neurologist that Molly does, indeed, have migraines and the fall season change seems to exacerbate them. Midway through the second half she knew she was getting one but we did not have her new medicine on hand to treat her. She came home and took her medicine and slept for a few hours and seemed to feel much better. We are currently in the process of working with the neurologist to see if we should take the testing a few steps forward or simply try to help Molly identify the onset of them and treat them immediately so they don't get as debilitating as they have been recently. Molly has been a trooper through all of the tests and blood draws but since there are no real indications of anything more serious we are pretty sure that we are going to opt to reduce her exposure to radiation and forgo more testing for the time being.

Annie, Lizzie, Katie and Ellie were at the beach with my parents a few weeks ago and a friend took these pictures of them - just goes to show how a real photographer can really capture the beauty of the kids - I am kind of jealous but appreciate her sharing them with me.

I printed and framed this last one of Bob's gorgeous goddaughter - I abolutely can't take my eyes off of her! GNM - ILY!