McKenna's Gap

Kenna did finally lose her first tooth. She actually had her permanent tooth already grown in behind her baby tooth so you can't tell much by these pictures that she lost a tooth. She's been working on her second tooth and thinking she's pretty cool to have lost a tooth!

Lately

It's been a while since my last post. I guess with school starting we aren't doing as much "blog worthy" stuff lately. Since school has started life has settled down a bit. The girls go off to school each morning and everything throughout the day has fallen nicely into a good routine. Because the girls are gone in the morning Jase and I have taken on the project of doing a minor bathroom renovation. Our upstairs bathroom has needed some attention since we moved in a year ago. It's taken a little longer than expected but we finally finished it. I have a few small details to add but the work is done. I'll try to post some pictures soon.

Kenna did lose her first tooth finally, and a day or two later, Halle got her first two teeth! Kind of fun when you think of it like that! Pictures to come soon!

First Day of School

The girls started school today. Kenna had her first day of kindergarten. Kayla had her first day of pre-k. They were so cute getting on the bus together as they waved goodbye. It's sad a little to let my babies go, but it's good!

Soccer Week 2

This weekend the girls had another soccer game. This may be a long explanation but I want to remember this specific game. Mckenna has a knack for soccer. She's quite athletic (much to my surprise). Each week they do drills for practice and then play a game for the last 15 minutes or so. She does really well at the drills but when the games start she would kind of stand there. When I asked her about this last week she said that her coach said not to crowd the ball. She also said that when the ball comes by her all the kids are around it and if she tries to get the ball then she'll probably have to steal it from her team mate. I like her sense of team, but come on-- get in there girl! Well this week they started the game and the coach set her up to kick off the ball. She kicked the ball and then stood there and looked at her coach and he said, "Go Mckenna go and get that ball and score." Guess that was all she needed to hear because she scored 4 goals after that. She was AWESOME! I also have to say that it would have been 5 goals, but when she got close to the goal she passed the ball to a team mate and being the good team mate she is she said, "go ahead, you can score!" After her 4th goal they made Mckenna the goalie, where she blocked to score attempts. I think we'll be going to many soccer games in the future!

The other plus was that because Kayla noticed that we were cheering for Kenna she finally wanted to go out and play with the team (they are on the same team if you didn't read my previous post). Kayla actually went out to play the game at the end and stayed in with no crying or forcing her to stay. It will be fun to watch and see how Kayla grows and progressed this year and next. Mckenna started out as one of the kids that didn't want to play last year.

One other thing, we made Kenna wear her shin guards and socks in the correct manner which was a fight. She attributed her ability to wearing her socks the right way. Whatever works, right?

Kenna isn't too excited to have her shadow trying to play goalie!

Balloon Surprise #2

Like I said before they do a balloon festival here each year. They usually launch the balloons at the fair grounds, but they change the location sometimes due to wind direction. Jason is on swing shift and I just didn't think I could get three little girls there by myself in all the crowds to see them launch. Last year we didn't end up going either but I knew that because our house is on the hill you can see the balloons in the distance if you can see around all the trees. This was the plan, until we looked out the window and there were balloons every where across the street. I guess because of wind direction they changed the launch site to the (high school fields which our property backs up to). We watched the balloons launch and fly directly over our backyard but the most awesome part of the night was watching two balloons side by side going up our street. They were so close to the ground that we could talk to the people in the basket. I thought they were going to clip a few of the power lines. Home made ice cream, and hot air balloons in your yard was a great way to end the last week of summer!

This is the parachute guy that frequently flies over our house. It was fun to have him there at the same time as the balloons.

Starting Soccer and Balloon Surprise

We woke up this morning to a big surprise. This weekend is the balloon festival here in Presque Isle. There is a developmental center around the corner from our house. I guess this year they had asked a balloonist (is that what they are called?) to come and show their residents a balloon. So we woke up to a balloon right in our front yard. The girls were very excited. Mckenna was pretty sure she was the coolest kid when I took a picture with her and the pilot. We stayed for a few minutes to watch them take it down too.

Also this past week, the girls started soccer. They are on the same team. As I expected, Kayla had a hard time. She isn't a shy little girl, but it does take her a while to warm up to people. She's just like her mom. She wouldn't really go out and play but I think if we keep going, she'll warm up to it. Kenna on the other hand was kickin' butt. She is such a little trend setter. She doesnt' like the way her shin gaurds look under her soccer socks so she (and then of course Kayla follows) wears her shin guards over her socks. She firmly believes that this looks cooler and that soon all the other kids will do it this way. What the heck? She is only 5! What am I going to do when she is 13? Anyway, here are some pics of the little trend setters!

Pre-Balloon Festival Activity

Just for fun picture--First swing ride





The balloon festival is in a couple weeks. The arts center did an early activity for kids this past Saturday. The girls had fun painting and making their own hot air balloons. It was a fun activity to do before the real balloons come to town. Can't wait to take them to the balloon launches in a couple weeks.