Dessert Theater

THA held their 2nd annual dessert theater last night. Of course, O and Coop wanted to go for the free desserts. Haha.

(This Mommy bought her dessert the morning of at the store!)

Cooper's class wasn't in it but the rest of the school was! O dressed as Charles Goodyear aka white lab coat and safety goggles. Ha! She looked fabulous though. Al and I were do proud of her.

And wouldn't you know, my camera ran out of battery about 20 seconds before her ONE line. Argh!!!!!

Soccer has started

It's Upward Soccer time at our house!  Every Saturday for the next two months will be spent out on a soccer field.  Cooper LOVES soccer - and he's actually pretty good at it too.  He's got crazy speed.  O, on the other hand, enjoys it but only when she's playing certain positions.  Ha ha - she's a trooper though, and I'm proud that she keeps at it.

Al and I are coaching O's team this year - which is funny since neither us know what we're doing.  But, I can tell you, (and I'm sure Al would agree) we are having a GREAT time coaching these girls.  I honestly wasn't sure what I was getting us into (yes, I volunteered Al - ha ha!) but I'm glad I did it.  We are by far not the best team out there, but that's ok.  The girls get along and seem to be having a good time.  I had offered to help coach Cooper's team but with their practices at the same time on the same day and games at the same time some this season, I won't really get to help.  I promised him that I would make it up to him and volunteer to coach his team next season.  He'll be moving up out of the kindergarten/co-ed teams and into an all boys team.  Talk about interesting!  Ha ha!

We had our first game on Saturday - my team got stomped.  No, STOMPED.  Those girls on the other team showed no mercy whatsoever to my girls.  I guess that's a good lesson to my team, but it would have been nice if the other team had eased up a little before the last 6 minutes of the game.  We had no substitutions so the girls had to play the entire game and they got wore out.  I think the game this weekend will be better though since they now know what to expect.  At least that's what I'm hoping/praying/doing a dance for - I hope the first game isn't going to be a hint on how all our games will be going.  That might make for a long season!  Ha ha!  Seriously though, the girls are doing great and I'm super proud of them. 

Super Cooper before Sissy's game.  He's too cool ya'll.

My O - ready to play!

Wish us luck on Saturday!  :)  

Tooth Fairy is Playing Favorites

Cooper probably thinks the Tooth Fairy is playing favorites or just doesn't like him at all.  He's 6 1/2 years old and doesn't have ONE single loose tooth yet.  His baby teeth are perfect.  I kid you not - he's got the prettiest little baby teeth I've ever seen.  He wants a loose tooth so bad I'm surprised Al and I haven't found him knocking his head against the wall or something.

Olivia, on the other hand, has lost more teeth than I can keep count.  I don't know how many teeth you're supposed to have, but I swear to all things mighty this girl has lost about 100.  When she had her first loose tooth, the Tooth Fairy was ELATED.  But then she kept losing them and the Tooth Fairy had to take out a small loan to keep up. 

Luckily, we had a dry spell after that.  The Tooth Fairy was able to pay off her loan AND save up for future lost teeth.  All was right in the world.  Olivia didn't lose one single tooth last year.  Not ONE. 

Then a few days ago she mentions a tooth was hurting and was loose.  I joked that it was probably a permanent tooth and it was falling out because she doesn't brush her teeth well enough.  But no, it's ANOTHER FRIGGING BABY TOOTH (which is good I know, but seriously, aren't they all out already?)  The Tooth Fairy started to get nervous because O's record is not to lose just one, but several.  Finally the tooth came out last night and the Tooth Fairy was able to scrounge up a few dollars to put under her pillow.  (Tooth Fairy has an online shopping problem and always short on cash.) 

Cooper was mad this morning.  I mean, I had to force the boy to brush his teeth because he's now on  a mission to just let his baby teeth rot out.  *sigh*  I locked the garage door because I fear he may sneak in some pliers and try to pull a few out.   I even explained to him that the Tooth Fairy liked him and his sister equally, it just wasn't time for him to lose any teeth.

He's still not a happy camper.  And honestly, pulled teeth kind of grosses this Tooth Fairy out. 

Happy Easter!!!

Getting our eggs DID.

I had totally forgotten how fun dyeing eggs could be. We had a blast. And I didn't even care about the mess. That says a lot.

We did some at home and some at Nana's. So tomorrow should be very fun and interesting when the egg hunt commences. :)

Happy Birthday Olivia

Happy nine years Olivia!!! I am so blessed to have you as my daughter. I hope I celebrate 100 more birthdays with you.

Last day at eight

Can you believe my girl will be NINE years old tomorrow? Neither can I.

She's a great kid. Her heart is big and she's smarter than her Daddy and I combined. She loves her little "bother" but still argues with him about *everything*. She asks a million questions watching movies or tv. She will drive you insane with her stubbornness.

At nine years old Olivia loves:
CSI:Miami
Skirts
Basketball
Painting her toenails
Blue NOT pink
Harry Potter
Peace signs
Clemson
Lala loopsy
Calling me "mom" instead of mommy

Can it really be nine years?