Emma's First Soccer Game!!!!!

I posted the pictures backwards. So, if you want to read the captions in the correct time sequence you will need to start at the bottom of the page! :)


Coach Eric giving Emma a "high 5" after the game.

Emma drinking out of her "big kid" water bottle. :) The little boy next to her spit his water at her seconds after I took this picture. I think that he was frustrated that Emma would not answer him when he was trying to talk to her. :P

Emma out on the field! She is on the far right in front of the flag.

Emma was more interested in playing with the flags instead of the kids!

Emma walking onto the field with her teammate. (The one who spit water at her later on)!!

Happily sitting on the bench... Hmmmmm, this cone makes a nice hat. :)

There she is again, the only girl on her team!

Emma is the one pulling her shirt over her head.

Hanging around the goal. No, she was NOT playing goalie.... :D

Sitting in the car before the game!

Emma & Pooh checking out the field...

I *had* to style her hair for the game! ;)

Full shot of Emma's uniform. The jersey is HUGE on her and the shinguard/socks are too. :) Once we got to the game we were told that we had to reverse her jersey for the game; they were the "white" team that day. :)

My pretty Emma....

Balloon FUN!

After Sophie & I picked Emma up after school today I let them play with punching balloons. They had soooooo much fun! :)

Yes, We Still Have Dogs....

The boys visited the groomer last week for their hair cuts. Don't they look cute? :)

Mikey-Age 6Jack-Age 8

"Ni'Hao Kai-lan"!

If you don't have toddlers; "Ni'Hao Kai-lan" is a cartoon on Nickelodeon . It is based on a Chinese girl and they teach simple Mandrin words. It reminds me of Dora the Explorer.



We are not big TV people but Emma and Sophie had watched the cartoon 2 or 3 times over the summer.



Obviously they really LIKED it because they were thrilled when I found the pictured shirts at Target last month. (I hate character clothing but these were really too cute and Asian to pass up)! We went to Toys R Us yesterday so that the girls could spend their gift cards from Aunt Marilyn and Uncle Henry. They spotted these characters from the show and that was it! Emma wanted the "Hoho" (my best guess is that it's a Monkey) and Sophie wanted "Kai-lan".



I think that there is definitely a "Kai-lan Kick" going on in our house! :)
(Thanks Aunt Marilyn and Uncle Henry)!!

A New Friend

Emma has a new friend at school and her name is "Kenararge", which is pronounced KEN-A-RAR-GEE. Apparently Kenararge rides the bus, she has black hair and brown skin just like Emma, she is 5 years old & she is in Emma's preschool classroom. According to Emma her friend has even complimented on Emma's clothes and hairstyles.

I was happy to hear that Emma had made a friend so early in the school year. I wanted to learn more about this little girl and perhaps set up a play date since she and Emma seemed to get along so well. I asked Emma to pronounce her friend's name a few times since it was so....unusual. It almost sounded like she was saying "Kenny Rogers" and it reminded me of that old Seinfeld episode about the chicken. (Ha-Ha).

Today Emma's teacher Ms. Marci informed me that Kenararge is Emma's imaginary friend. :) Apparently after playing on the swing the other day Emma insisted that Kenararge have a turn too. I remember having a special friend when I was about the same age as Emma.

Emma is very into imaginary play lately-everything is "pretend". So, actually I am not so surprised to learn about Kenararge. I think that it is VERY funny though!! :D