That's my Goalie Girl!

Whitney played in a three game soccer tourney yesterday. She has just started learning how to play goalie. Even though they didn't win their games in the tournament, she stopped lots of goals. She is just learning how to "fall on the ball" and did a great job stopping balls that she was close enough to grab. Although she is tall, she is a bit disadvantaged in the height department! At six years old, you just can't get up to the top part of the big goal when the other teams kicks one up in the air over your head. I know that it frustrated her to be scored on but really and truly she did a great job and had a good attitude about it. I really thought she might get mad but she just took it in stride. She even did a little dance every now and then. For those of you who know her I am sure you can just picture that in your head! My goofy girl!
The first pic is Whit watching the ball when it was at the center line of the field. She really did a good job paying
attention to where the ball was at.

The second pic is her throwing the ball back just after she saved a goal. :D Sister girl can throw the ball back too! She gets it out there for the girls!

The third pic is Whit just before she saved a goal. If you can, get a good look at her face! I love it! You can see her excitement and adrenaline pumping!

The last pic is Whit missing a shot. She would be mad at me if she knew I put this on here. The ball was a hard one to catch. The girl in yellow crossed it and buried it in the corner of the goal. Those are had to stop sometimes!

Although soccer takes up the majority of our Saturdays, I really do love watching my girls play. Especially when it makes them happy and feel good about themselves. :D

Good Sunday Morning! How is everybody doing today? Good, I hope!

I posted these pics of the girls this morning because it has been a while since I posted and I meant to post these a while back. These are their 1st day of school pics. I take them every year. I really love how these turned out. I took these in our front yard. Both the girls were so excited about school this year. So far, they are both having a great year. No checks in their behavior calendars and their grades look pretty good too! I am proud of them!

On the homefront, we are looking for a new place to live. We are leasing this house until Jan. 15th. The people that own it live in Florida. From what I understand the house sat empty for about 3 years before we moved into it. The couple that own it would just come stay in it from time to time when they had bad weather where they lived or just to get away for a while. Well, last Wednesday I got a call from the real estate company that is managing the house. They told me that the couple want to move back and would we move out early. I was in complete shock! In this town there are nearly ZERO rentals and the ones that are open don't accept pets. So, I think we are looking into buying a house. We are supposed to go look at one today. Mike sent off for a certificate of eligibility for a VA loan. I hope it gets here soon so we can get the process of getting a house going. Cross your fingers for us! Gotta run! More later!

Wow! It has been quite a while since my last post. I didn't realize just how long it had been! Let me catch you up. :)

School started on Aug. 27th. I love my class! I have some really sweet kiddos. It took me a while to settle into my schedule but I am into my routine now. It really feels great to be in the classroom again!

Our computer was sick for about a week and a half. We had to send it to the hospital to get fixed. It was pure torture not having it at the house. I was in total withdrawal! So glad this baby is back!

We started our new softball season last week. We were moved up to the next division since we had done so well the past two seasons. That made me a little nervous but we actually did well. We won 7-2. I have really enjoyed playing ball. It feels really good. And, I am happy to say that I am actually starting to run FASTER! I know. My family's jaws have dropped on that one. Just remember that I said faster. I did not mean with deer like swiftness here. :) But, you can call me Lightning if you want. :)

Soccer season started at the beginning of Sept. They have had 2 games each so far. Both of them still enjoy playing. Allison is on the Flash. It is written on the back of her uniform. That's kinda funny to me. You see, she takes after her momma in the running dept. She's just not super fast so flash on the back of her uniform just makes me giggle. Whit is on the Pink Panic. She loves her bubble gum pink uniform. I do too. Pretty darn cute. ;)

The girls have had a great start to the school year. I am really proud of them. They are not only doing well on their work, but they are also getting no marks for behavior. Anyone who knows my girls will know that is GREAT! They are such little chatters!

Since the computer crashed I haven't uploaded any pics. I have a couple pics of the girls that I just love! I always take 1st day of school pics and these are just precious. I can't believe how grown up my girls look in the pictures I took. As soon as I get them uploaded I'll post them.

I'll try to do a better job of updating. Now that I have settled into my school schedule I hope to be online a little more. I love to read comments so please be sure to leave one when you stop by!

Amy Winehouse=Rehab

I love this song! It's my new fave! I love it's retro sound! Pretty groovy, huh? :D Enjoy!

Pics, Finally!

Welcome to my classroom! I finally got some pics of my room up for all of you that have been asking for them! I am sorry it took so long but it has been hectic the last three weeks. Up until a few days ago I wasn't sure how I was ever going to get everything done. But, magically, it all came together and this is the end result. :) I still have a couple of things I'd like to do but they can wait for now. I just wanted to get my room teachable and I am pretty happy with it now!

This is the outside of my door. Our school theme this year is "We're wild about learning!" and we kinda have a jungle theme going on throughout the school. This is my contribution. I decided it would be fun to have a "jungle-y" palm tree on the outside of my door. I am going to try to decorate it for different holidays throughout the year. I hope I can figure out how to do that! It was a ton of fun to make. I ripped paper for the trunk and chalked the leaves. Then I hot glued it all to my door!























Inside of my door. It's pretty simple. I chalked the words on there and after I get pics of the kids on the 1st day I'll put them on there. I like how the chalk looks. And, it was fun to do too!


















This is near my Reading table. The door is to the right. See my cute cow? When you open his head he moos!


















This is from my desk to my door. I added the garland above the door and the white board and the zebra print fabric to the overhead table to get some of the "jungle" theme in my room.


















This is my reading nook. Doesn't it look cozy!


















This is the view of my desk from my door. I have more behind my desk that I thought! I didn't realize that I didn't get pics of the backpack racks I made and had Mike hang up. I'll take pics on Monday and get them uploaded!

***NEWS FLASH***

I have some exciting news to share! AC Bailey designs (http://www.thescrapbooksupplystore.com/) will be having their one year anniversary celebration during the month of September! I can't wait to get it started! We will have mini crops every Friday, lots of games, and plenty of challenges to keep those creative juices flowing! It should be a ton of fun! Make sure to stop by and have a great time!
Later peeps! Have a great Saturday!