Library Card

Now that she's 6, and can write her own name, she can have her own card. This was actually a really big thing for her and she was so proud to be able to do it. I wonder what kind of importance it has in her little brain. How many times does she see me use a plastic card like this and now she has her own. If I let her she would have taken out the entire children's section. But I think we'll stick with 1 book at a time.

Fall Birthdays

We had our Fall Birthday party at our place and it was a very full house. Celebrating their birthdays were Denver, Tyler, Mikayla, Uncle Paul, and Aunt Chris. Along with my parents anniversary, congrats Mom and Dad, and my Aunt Chris and Uncle Michaels Anniversary as well. So many good things to celebrate.
Here Denver has just opened a very adorable set of Paper Dolls and has played with little else since. I think it is the first thing she thinks about when she wakes up. Possibly the funniest part of the evening was when Denver had opened up several very fun presents and came across some very cute clothes and after very exuberant responses to all other presents, my very polite daughter, pushed her clothes away and said so unemotionally, "Oh, clothes."

It's very hard to say exactly what my Mom and Michael are doing here but I'm almost certain they were having fun.

First Snow

It does not take much snow for little girls to convince Daddy that they must, must, must play outside. It has been a very chilly November here but we are trying to enjoy it. Though I must say that waiting for the bus is not fun if it's below 40 degrees.
The girls had Daddy pull the sled all around our yard (and the neighbors yard for that matter). Possum really enjoyed this fun new experience and behaved reasonably well for about 8 minutes and then his impulse control vanished and he had to come inside.

NYS Section V Champs

For the second straight year in a row, our volleyball girls won the Section V tournament. This year we played an extremely close match with Byron-Bergen. The match went to 5 games and in the 5th game we won by 2. I was beginning to worry about the effect of adrenaline on the baby. It was a great year. We went on to win the Class C Qualifier which put us in the State tournament. We lost to a very good Buffalo area team which means we finished tied for 5th in the state in Class C. Our team also brought home a host of awards including the Section V Tournament MVP(going to our babysitter!) and 2 All Tournament players. The girls accomplished so much this year. We had graduated 5 starting Seniors last year so there were some big shoes to fill. It was an awesome group of girls that were fun to coach and had a drive to succeed more than any other group.

Now that we are done, I am home almost every night which is a weird feeling after 3 months of practices and games. Everyone on the homefront is very happy I'm done. Now it's on to the holidays, a season I absolutely love and some fun family time.

Busy Days

We have been super busy lately and I haven't kept up with posting the pictures from our recent escapades. Here we went to a Nazareth Academy picnic where the girls got to play with one of their favorite little friends, Meredith. Nazareth Academy is the school I coach for and we are in playoffs right now. We play Tuesday the 4th(also Denver's birthday) for the Sectional Title.





Willa ans I also took a field trip with her Preschool class to Cobblecreek Farms. We went on a "hay ride"(no hay involved) and picked out pumpkins. It was a little chilly but still enjoyable.






































And now into Halloween with our little flower and cheerleader. Halloween was warm enough to go out without coats, if a bit windy. They made it solidly around the block but after that their little legs were plum tuckered out. Even so, they both got hoards of candy that should last them for a long, long time

It's a Girl!!

We had our ultrasound yesterday and found out that we are having another little girl. Most important is that the baby is healthy and growing just as she should be. Unfortunately, Wayne will be outnumbered! The girls, although saying before hand that they would like a boy, seemed pleased as punch to hear it was a girl. Considering that this is likely our last, I wasn't sad that this was a girl (It's hard to be sad at an ultrasound, I think the only thing you can be is amazed). I think I was a little sad that we weren't going to ever have a boy. But our girls are so good. So who could mind another one. We also got a chance to see a 3D image of her. The technology was not available in the office for Willa or Denver so we were pretty excited we got to see it this time.

Corn Maze

With my volleyball season finishing up, there hasn't been a lot of time for fun family stuff but we did manage to get out during the fabulous weather last weekend and visit a local farm that was decked out for Halloween. We did the Corn Maze, though with a pregnant Mom and little legs, I can't say we were in there long. But it was happily followed with some donuts and cider and other fun activities.