Claire is in motion! She started moving by rolling to where she wanted to go, then up-graded to scooting on her butt. Now, she is officially crawling :) I don't know if I'm ready to have a mobile baby yet...but I guess I have no say in the matter.
Here is a sneak peak....
Monday, February 22, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
The last games
Jocie's second year of traveling basketball has come to an end. Last year, as forth graders, most girls were new to the game and were just getting used to playing as a team. Often times at tournaments, they were put up against 5th grade teams and struggled to score many points.
This year as fifth graders, they really learned how to play as a team. Many of the girls from last year came back to play again this year, which made our team stronger. The girls practiced really hard, and along with Coach Carl's brilliant plays, the girls had an amazing year!
This weekend, we had our final games against Waconia and Glencoe/Silver Lake and beat them both, which brought their final record to 16-2!!
Jocie played some great defense (as you can see). According to Carl, she still needs to work on being more aggressive. He said he won't be satisfied until she starts getting fouls for knocking girls down when she boxes them out...
As you can see....I need a new camera!! If you can see (in this dark picture) Jocie was playing such great defense that she caused a turn-over during this play by intercepting this pass.
Claire watched the games intently...while taking frequent water breaks :)
Time Out - the girls needed some words of encouragement
After being fouled, Jocie went to the line to "swish" this free throw. Look at that form!!
Carl getting Jocie fired up!
After wins, the girls always meet in the middle of the gym to do their "Magic" cheer....along with the water girl, Ella!
The girls are looking forward to the summer when they will make a few 3 on 3 teams so they can enter into the St. Michael 3 on 3 tourneys. We can only hope that next year will be as great as this season has been!
This year as fifth graders, they really learned how to play as a team. Many of the girls from last year came back to play again this year, which made our team stronger. The girls practiced really hard, and along with Coach Carl's brilliant plays, the girls had an amazing year!
This weekend, we had our final games against Waconia and Glencoe/Silver Lake and beat them both, which brought their final record to 16-2!!
Jocie played some great defense (as you can see). According to Carl, she still needs to work on being more aggressive. He said he won't be satisfied until she starts getting fouls for knocking girls down when she boxes them out...
As you can see....I need a new camera!! If you can see (in this dark picture) Jocie was playing such great defense that she caused a turn-over during this play by intercepting this pass.
Claire watched the games intently...while taking frequent water breaks :)
Time Out - the girls needed some words of encouragement
After being fouled, Jocie went to the line to "swish" this free throw. Look at that form!!
Carl getting Jocie fired up!
After wins, the girls always meet in the middle of the gym to do their "Magic" cheer....along with the water girl, Ella!
The girls are looking forward to the summer when they will make a few 3 on 3 teams so they can enter into the St. Michael 3 on 3 tourneys. We can only hope that next year will be as great as this season has been!
Monday, February 15, 2010
a LOVEly day
Our Valentine's celebration started on Saturday night after church, when Carl took his 4 Valentine's out for dinner. Much to our appreciation, all three girls were very well behaved :)
On Sunday morning, we all got to sleep in until about 7:00 (woo-hoo!). Carl left to get the paper, and came back with flowers and Caribou for everyone! I got a LARGE coffee and a lovely bouquet of flowers.
On Sunday morning, we all got to sleep in until about 7:00 (woo-hoo!). Carl left to get the paper, and came back with flowers and Caribou for everyone! I got a LARGE coffee and a lovely bouquet of flowers.
The two older girls enjoyed a cocoa . . .
. . . . and each girl was given a red, long-steamed red rose (ahhhhhh)
Now it was my turn to give some Valentine Love. I made my usual Valentine morning breakfast of pink, heart-shaped pancakes, cheesy scrambled eggs and cut heart-shaped strawberries.
Claire got to eat her very first pancake. She didn't know what to think about it at first. She looked at it for awhile . . .
and then she looked at me with a, "what am I supposed to do with this?" look.
Once I cut it up, she dug right in and ate every last morsel!
. . . . and each girl was given a red, long-steamed red rose (ahhhhhh)Now it was my turn to give some Valentine Love. I made my usual Valentine morning breakfast of pink, heart-shaped pancakes, cheesy scrambled eggs and cut heart-shaped strawberries.
Claire got to eat her very first pancake. She didn't know what to think about it at first. She looked at it for awhile . . .
and then she looked at me with a, "what am I supposed to do with this?" look.
Once I cut it up, she dug right in and ate every last morsel!I think the best part of this years Valentine's Day was just relaxing and hanging out together. Sometimes it's nice to get all dolled up, get a baby-sitter, and head out for a romantic night on the town with your hubby, but I must say, this was WAY better!
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Birthday Party #2
This past weekend, Jocie had her "friend" birthday party. We celebrated by taking four of Jocie's friends to the Holiday Inn/Indoor Water Park in Elk River. The girls arrived at our house after school. We began by opening presents, and then we filled up BOTH our vehicles with GIRLS!!
When we first walked into our "Kid's Suite" we were blown away! It was a three room suite with a living room, master bedroom and a kid's bedroom equipped with a double bunk-bed and big screen TV (one of the three TV's in the suite) and gaming system! We quickly got into our suites and ran down to the water park. The girls swam for a while then took a pizza break up in the room. After dinner, Carl went back to the water park with the girls where they swam until closing time (10:00pm).
My camera wasn't working so well...too dark...but this is just the "kiddie" area. Then there was another huge area with 5 water slides and a "toilet bowl" slide!
Even Ella had a blast!!
Claire wasn't digging the water. Anytime we tried to put her toes in she immediately started to cry. So she spent most of her time having snacks on the sidelines.
Jocie was sick of birthday cake, so she opted to go with decorated "monster cookies" for her birthday treat.
Even though the room was quite loud and nobody got much sleep, we all had a lot of fun!
When we first walked into our "Kid's Suite" we were blown away! It was a three room suite with a living room, master bedroom and a kid's bedroom equipped with a double bunk-bed and big screen TV (one of the three TV's in the suite) and gaming system! We quickly got into our suites and ran down to the water park. The girls swam for a while then took a pizza break up in the room. After dinner, Carl went back to the water park with the girls where they swam until closing time (10:00pm).
My camera wasn't working so well...too dark...but this is just the "kiddie" area. Then there was another huge area with 5 water slides and a "toilet bowl" slide!
Even Ella had a blast!!
Claire wasn't digging the water. Anytime we tried to put her toes in she immediately started to cry. So she spent most of her time having snacks on the sidelines.
Jocie was sick of birthday cake, so she opted to go with decorated "monster cookies" for her birthday treat.
Even though the room was quite loud and nobody got much sleep, we all had a lot of fun!
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- Anne
- ...proud mother of Jocelyn, Ella, Claire and Carter, wife of Carl, daughter of Mike and Nancy, sister of Ali, John, and Jessie, Physical Education teacher to over 500 students, and friend to....many :)