School Day Craziness

Now that school and soccer have started, my weeks are flying by, even as the laundry and dishes pile up! 

During the first week of school, we were able to see Emily along with her kids. Meredith and Anna Christine were able to enjoy a couple of prolonged play dates which were so much fun. Meredith talked about them  for days!

Overall, we have really had a great start, despite the busyness, and every one seems to be settling into the routine. My bedtime has progressively gotten earlier as the weeks have passed. Will is loving 2nd grade at ECS. He tells me all about recess or P.E., but doesn't remember the other lessons as well -- go figure!! Maggie and Meredith are at home with me, which has produced a much different dynamic for us. Ballet started up this week, and Maggie is also learning to knit from a dear, sweet lady in our church.  I'm including a couple of photos of "reality" just for a good laugh.

This is a mild version of what the kitchen can look like during the week.

The bane of my existence -- IRONING!!




Meredith and Anna Christine loved having a tea party and dressing like 
princesses.

Great fun trying to get all 6 children smiling and looking at the camera.

Anna Christine cracked a smile on take 7, but we lost the attention of all the boys.

Below are some shots of our "Roman Feast." We had a really fun memorable night on Labor Day dressing up in stolas and togas and eating grapes, olives. homemade focaccia bread with olive oil, lentils, grilled beef, cucumbers in yogurt, and an apple tart for dessert.

First day of soccer!! Maggie's team won with her scoring 3 of the 6 goals (her coach had told the girls ahead of time that if anyone scored 3 goals he would buy her a milkshake. He didn't realize how motivating that was for Maggie!!)

Will's team lost pretty badly, but the opposing team was exceptionally good! Our team never gave up and scored our only goal late in the 2nd half. Will made some great plays defensively, offensively and as keeper. Lots of fun getting back into the season.

This was Will as keeper. He did his best to stop this last goal, but he didn't quite get there.  He did make some other great stops though. (At this point I was taking pictures with Meredith asleep in my lap. She has been sick with a tough virus this week and was having a hard morning!)