Easter 2011

Soccer player....she is not.

She looks good....but she can't play worth beans. I am hoping it is because she is only 4 and the youngest player on the team. Out of the 6 of them, though, she was the only one bouncing and twirling and asking to go and play on the playground. Even with Todd running next to her and me screaming to run the other way, she didn't have a frickin' clue. Poor baby. I do believe she has her Mama's stamina for sports;)

My Brilliant 8th Grader:)

INTR. ALG/GEO 8
A+
Elisabeth is doing a GREAT job in Math!


SPANISH 8A
A+
Elisabeth is an excellent Spanish student!


ENGLISH 8
A+
Elisabeth has a strong work ethic.


SCIENCE 8
A
Great job this marking period!


SOCIAL STUDIES8
A+
Keep up the good work!


P E 8
A+


HEALTH 8
A+


MUSIC 8
A+
Elisabeth works hard and does a wonderful job in music class. You should be proud!

Soccer

Rain, rain go AWAY! Especially when it is a soccer day! How many idiot parents does it take to sit in the freezing, cold, pouring-down rain to watch their 4 year old children kick around a soccer ball for an hour? Apparently every single one of us. Sick people. Probably sick children after that kind of an evening.

Puddles

And she TRICKED us!!!

Guess who is RIDING A BIKE WITHOUT TRAINING WHEELS???????? You got it!!!! I made her ride her Strider bike a few days and, on Sunday, she took off on her big girl bike and did it!!!

Every parent in the world needs to get a Strider bike...yes, they are expensive but if you start them at 2, they will never need to use training wheels. I swear if we started earlier, she would have been riding a bike at 3!

Not quite ready yet....

That would be Elisabeth doing the hurdles and Bella riding a bike without training wheels. Although I would say Elisabeth was more open to jumping that Isabella was to riding. The whole time Todd had a hold of her, she was screaming, "I'm not ready!! Put my training wheels back on!!! I'm going to fall!!! Don't let me got!!" Real relaxing. Luckily, we brought her other bike- a strider bike that Aunt Alison and Uncle Blake bought her for Christmas 2 years ago. It teaches small children how to balance and therefore transfer to a bike without training wheels easier and earlier. She actually has to work to ride it but has figured out that the sooner she can master it, the faster she gets a really gaudy hot pink/purple Barbie bike.