September - Our busiest month!

 3 days of school down, so far so good!  September promises to be even busier than years past.  All 3 kids are running cross country, Emily is also playing soccer, and Andy is also doing marching band.  

Andy ran in his first JV cross country race and beat his goal (to break 24 minutes). He ran 23:13.  Weather was perfect, overcast and low 70’s.  The course was a bit hilly and he has a new goal to break 23 now!

Emily enjoyed one last fun day before the start of the school year and went to Bear Paw beach adventure park to play.  They had lots of fun!  Jack and his friend Alex came too.  

Everyone’s school days went smoothly.  Jack has to take the bus to the high school with Andy, because there was a French 2 issue at the middle school.  But he actually really likes doing French 2 and Algebra at the high school.  He gets an extra study hall mid day so he thinks that will be really useful.  I’m sure school will get old quick, but I’ll take the good days while we have them!

Last weekend before school!

 Emily had her first soccer tournament with her new team, the Toros.  She played side midfield and side defense.  Although they lost their 3 games, they really fought hard and learned a lot.  In their best game they lost 1-2 against a top-tier team from Green Bay.  We are looking forward to seeing the team grow together this season!  Emily has some really nice friends on the team.  They practice 2-3 times per week.  Their next game is September 11!

Andy marched in the first football game of the season on Thursday and then in a parade today.  The end of the parade was a mad dash to the busses as it started to pour!  Although he was not really excited about playing the clarinet in middle school, he loves band in high school.  Their theme this year is 2000’s British pop songs (like One Direction, That’s what makes you Beautiful, and Cold play’s Viva la Vida). 

All of the kids are running cross country this fall.  Jack is extremely into it and is looking to be very competitive this year, Andy is mainly doing it to be active and have fun with friends, and Emily is doing it to gain endurance for soccer (she hates running just to run). Jack joined in Andy’s first 2 mile “fun” race at their home course and totally held his own with the high schoolers (funny story - He heard people yelling Go Jack!! the whole race and was feeling pretty special - until Andy told him there was a sophomore running right behind him who was also named Jack.  Haha.)

School starts Wednesday!  Emily gets a haircut tomorrow (it’s been over a year!) and we are doing one last fun day at a beach on Tuesday.  

Happy 11th birthday to Emily

Hello blog world!  I just looked up Emily’s birth details and decided it’s time to bring back the blog posts.  Hopefully I can keep it up at least once a week.   Today was Emily’s 11th birthday.  She slept in until 9, had French toast, went to the pool with me for an afternoon of swimming, and had soccer practice with her team, the Toros. Finally we had dinner at 8:30 (lettuce wraps, her favorite) and then dessert, Death by Chocolate (mousse, brownie, cool whip layers, yum!). 

We are staying up late and watching a movie tonight!  Have to enjoy these lazy days because school starts in about a week.