Soccer Saturday

Spring soccer season has begun.  Today was our third weekend of play, but the first weekend it actually felt like spring.  It is so fun watching our kids get into the game and enjoy themselves.  Guess I have officially become a soccer mom!  Ella Catherine has a new coach this year.  She was a little nervous because she was playing her old team this morning.  They tied 3-3.

Carter is on a whole new team too.  I think he coach is the cutest!  :)  His team fought hard but couldn't ever quite get in their groove.  They lost 3-1.

Getting some last minute guidance from coach

Ready for kick off

What you can't see in the picture is that Ella Catherine was using her body to block the ball.  Super proud of her aggressiveness.

Making a run at it.  She got so close to a goal on this one that I might have yelled shoot it a bit too loud and broken my promise not to yell.

Keeping her eye on the ball

LOVE her hustle

See, I told you Carter's coach was a cutie!  Matt giving carter's team some last minute instructions

Although it makes me a nervous wreck, I do love watching him play goalie.  He really has been practicing hard and shown some great progress

See that kid on the ground blocking that goal kick?  That is Carter!!  Way to go Bud

Goal Kick!!!

I was too quick with the camera on this one!  but right after this Coach and player/Father and son shared a high five.

Love this pic because Matt has been working with both kids on their throw ins.  It paid off.

Princess/Super Hero Day

Today was Princess/Super Hero Day at Cassidy's daycare.  She initially wanted to be Batman.  That is the beauty of having an older brother and sister, her options were WIDE open.  Unfortunately, we couldn't find brother's batman cape.  In the process, we looked through all of Ella Catherine's princess costumes from when she was little.  No to Cinderella, No to Snow white, No to Tinkerbell, No to sleeping beauty and No to princess Sophia.  But a BIG yes to building her own princess costume starting with a tutu.  Thanks to our good friends and hand me downs we had a Rapunzel shirt and she just happens to be Cassidy's favorite princess.  The rest just fell into place and Ella Catherine helped put the finishing touches with her socks from her dance recital some years ago.  LOVE my free spirit!!  Guarantee that no one else had the same costume.

So Happy

So proud of her outfit