Today was another beautiful day for soccer! The game was at 10:15am so we had a little time to lay around and eat breakfast together before rushing out the door. After a brief warm up on the field the "
Butterflies" were ready to play. Especially our little
Butterfly who could not wait for the game to begin. Within two minutes of the game starting our precious daughter had her first unassisted
GOAL!! She was so excited you would have thought it was her birthday. She first ran to the sidelines with a huge smile on her face to give Cary and I high-fives. We told her "good job" and that we were proud of her then we had to tell her to get back on the field and play because the game was still going on. Of course it thrilled us both that she came running to us. (a true moment to treasure) After running as fast as she could back onto the field she got high-fives from her teammates and coach which made her day. The rest of the game went pretty quickly with only one other goal being scored. They did manage to keep the other team from scoring at all though. Kaylee never once said she was tired this week during the game and is already talking about the next game. Cary may have a little athlete afterall.(because we all know that "gift" would not be from me) Who would have thought I would grow up to be a soccer Mom?
Well tomorrow starts Kaylee's Spring Break so we are off to Waco to see Papa, Nana, and Great PaPaw. It is our turn to get a little spoiling:) Kaylee will definitely be on Cloud 9 since she gets her every heart's desire at my parent's house. I know that is how it should be. I suppose I have mentioned to Kaylee that I will enjoy spoiling my grandkids one day because we had a little conversation about it the other night before bed which went something like this.
Kaylee: "I am going to get married one day, right?"
Me: "Someday, yes."
Kaylee: "Then you will get to have grandkids because my kids will be your grandkids. That will be fun, huh Mom."
Me: "Yes, that will be fun because I will get to spoil them then send them home to you."
Kaylee: "That's okay because I am going to live next door with my husband."
Me: "That would be perfect...I pray that comes true."
Kaylee: "Me too Mom because I do not ever want to be too far away from you, Daddy, or Campbell. You're my forever family."
If only she would always want to stay close. I know one day when she has bigger wings she will fly away only returning home when she can...in my heart of hearts it is what I want for her. However, right now I am going to treasure evey moment of every day.
Both of my sweet girls are at a very fun age right now. Kaylee is learning more and more each day about how things work in the world. Campbell is learning to find her own voice and that if she wants something she has to crawl to it. No more bringing it to her. It's a hard lesson for my baby. I am truly blessed and I try not to take it for granted. Thank you Lord.
This weekend was a jam packed one for us. First Kaylee had a birthday party to attend for a friend in her class at school. It was a fun party in the children's area at The Grace downtown. I think Kaylee's favorite part was driving the car. ( and eating the cake too of course) Kaylee also had two soccer games to play due to one being cancelled last weekend. She was so excited to have her "Butterflies" uniform on for the first time. It is about three sizes too big like all the other girls but that just makes it all the more adorable. The first game was played on Saturday. 
Coach James is so good with the girls. You can see the team warming up in this picture. The famous "Butterfly" stretch. The best part of playing at this age is that there is no pressure. No score is kept. All the girls get an equal amount of playing time. Also at the end of the season all the girls get the same trophy.
You can see in this picture they are getting a little pep talk.) They actually split each team into two teams -- so that two games are going on at the same time and all the girls get to play. Once, Kaylee got the ball and got to dribbling so well that she just kept going past the goal, onto the adjacent field where the other half of the team was playing, made a right turn and kept going through the middle of that game. It was some great dribbling, though.
Now on to Campbell. She is crawling everywhere she wants to go. That does not mean that she will not just sit there and pitch a fit if she is tired of moving though. She made it in the nursery on Sunday for the whole class time without me being paged! When I went to pick her up they said that she only cried once when she hit her head and they put her in the swing. Evidently she really liked the swing because when they tried to move her to a table for class time she would have nothing to do with it. So they put her back in the swing and she went to sleep. I said whatever works but I think it is funny we do not even have a swing at home. 
Here is a picture from the game. Campbell enjoyed supporting Kaylee with her friend Kaitlyn. They were so cute watching from the sidelines. Occassionally Kaitlyn tried to sneak on the field which was so funny. I am sure by next year I will be chasing Campbell off the field and Leslie can laugh at me:)Campbell is such a happy baby most of the time. She loves to watch Kaylee all of the time though. I love my girls!!
Well we had a great trip to Dallas. The girls did much better than I expected in the car. I do think once Campbell is facing forward we may have to break down and get a TV for the car. Time will tell on that one. It was so nice to get to see our friends and have some girl time. As you can see from the picture all of the children had a blast at the Cowboy/girl Party for three of Kaylee's sweet friends. They roped a horse, pinned the badge on the sheriff, put the pigs in the pig pen, and had sack races. All of the Moms involved went to a lot of trouble but the children loved every minute of the chaos. My friend Amy did a great job making the cake too. I just enjoyed watching all of the fun. Kaylee has already asked when their next party will be...not for a while I am afraid all the Birthday Moms need a break.
Campbell had a lot of fun with her boyfriend too. They were so cute smiling at each other and looking for each other when they woke up each day. I think she looked for Trenton this morning and was a little confused by his absence. I cannot wait to see what fun things they will be doing the next time we visit. They are both growing up too quickly.
Kaylee and Trinity played so well together the past few days with minimal arguing. Our big girls are growing up too. Kaylee had so much fun at Sunshine School on Monday. The directors and her teacher let her come visit for the day. On the way to school she wanted to know what letter they were on in class. When Honey told her they were on "R or S" Kaylee sighed and said " I sure have missed a lot of letters!" Mrs. Leslie said she wanted to know exactly how many letters she had missed so they counted them together. She asked Kaylee if they wrote their letters at her new school in Abilene and Kaylee said,"Well we just sing the alphabet which I learned 3 years ago...I do not think the teachers there know how to write their letters." Too funny! Kaylee was so excited all day long. Her teacher said she just sat and watched everyone and smiled. When I picked her up at the end of the day she said,"Well Mom everybody still loves me!" So cute! That afternoon she and Trinity both got a treat because Uncle Mark took them to see Curious George and they LOVED it! They were so excited with faces beaming as they left for the theatre. When they returned there were two wiped out girls in our house. After all the children were in bed Honey and I went for a late dinner with Traci and Amy. It was great to laugh and catch up on everyone's life. It is so wonderful to have such close friends to talk to and lean on. 