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Sarah as Soccer Goalie
First, some background...
Sarah's soccer team has only won one game all season. Today was game number 10. We were playing over in St. Clairsville and it was a beautiful but very very windy afternoon. Plus, the middle of the field was like a lake. So, there were challenges!
Sarah's team was ON. They were zipping around the field and showing some really neat footwork. I think their coach even had some voice left by the end of this game since the girls didn't need as much direction as usual.
It's last quarter. It's tied. Then Sarah goes in as goalie.
Suddenly the score is one up - our favor. A miracle! But, a sudden score by St. C. ties it back up. Sarah is REALLY bummed.
Another solid St. C. kick at the goal and Sarah blocks it! Honestly, it brought ooohs and ahhhhs from the crowd since it was a hard kick! I was so proud.
It's the last minute of the game. We are ahead again and St. C. makes one last attempt at a goal. Fancy footwork and desperate measures at the goal line! Sarah dives after the ball and SAVES THE DAY!
Oh, I was SO HAPPY for her!!!! :) I couldn't care less that they won, I was just happy that she could be happy about the last play of the game.
I hope that is the last time she plays goalie. Honestly, I have enough gray hair as it is! :)
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Adam and Eve and Driving to Soccer
The things the children talk about on the way to soccer...always interesting...sometimes bizarre.
Matt (age 6): Isn't it amazing how our skin is made of dirt?
Mom: Really. Do you mean dust?
Obviously, they are talking about Genesis in Sunday School.
We then determined that Eve actually only received one RIB not an entire ribcage. This required much debate.
So, I am smiling and suddenly...
I turned onto the road going up to the soccer field and saw a HUGE SNAKE crossing the road. I'm talking 10 - 15 feet. Or so. (grin) Really. Just enormous. And it had its head up in the air like it was really going somewhere! It was halfway across the road!
I SHRIEKED! I SWERVED the car! After all, the passenger side window was OPEN! EEEEKS!
I guess I was thinking COBRA. :) I seriously doubt it could have slithered up the side of the car into the passenger seat, but I WAS NOT RATIONAL. After all, IT WAS A HUGE SNAKE. Maybe 30 feet.
All was well and I protected the young ones in the car from the snake threat. :) Did I mention it was HUGE? :) Maybe 40 feet!
Ironic that we pass a snake after a discussion about Adam and Eve! All that was missing was an apple or two! :)
Anyway, this is my semi-amusing tale for the day.
Matt (age 6): Isn't it amazing how our skin is made of dirt?
Mom: Really. Do you mean dust?
Obviously, they are talking about Genesis in Sunday School.
We then determined that Eve actually only received one RIB not an entire ribcage. This required much debate.
So, I am smiling and suddenly...
I turned onto the road going up to the soccer field and saw a HUGE SNAKE crossing the road. I'm talking 10 - 15 feet. Or so. (grin) Really. Just enormous. And it had its head up in the air like it was really going somewhere! It was halfway across the road!
I SHRIEKED! I SWERVED the car! After all, the passenger side window was OPEN! EEEEKS!
I guess I was thinking COBRA. :) I seriously doubt it could have slithered up the side of the car into the passenger seat, but I WAS NOT RATIONAL. After all, IT WAS A HUGE SNAKE. Maybe 30 feet.
All was well and I protected the young ones in the car from the snake threat. :) Did I mention it was HUGE? :) Maybe 40 feet!
Ironic that we pass a snake after a discussion about Adam and Eve! All that was missing was an apple or two! :)
Anyway, this is my semi-amusing tale for the day.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Matt's First Field Trip
We are entering the end of the school year and it is FIELD TRIP time. OH MY. It is one field trip after another. ST&M are having such fun!
Matt woke up at the crack of dawn on Friday because it was his FIRST field trip AND his FIRST TIME ON A SCHOOL BUS! What excitement!!! He got dressed REALLY fast because he had his outfit picked out and color coordinated on Tuesday. I think he was awake with the birds because he was so afraid of MISSING the bus (which wasn't leaving for the field trip until at least 30 minutes AFTER he usually gets to school, but he was taking no chances!) He also gave me explicit instructions on how to pack his lunch down to the last detail: how to write his name on the bag! Because, you know, I may have forgotten how to spell it or something. :) He's so cute.
Of course, we had major discussions on every last bit of itinerary as well. First they were going to Cabela's. Then over to Petco for a chat about small furry creatures. Then to the park for lunch and playtime. I had to admit, it sounded like fun. HOWEVER, Matt kept talking about the "stuffed animals" he was going to see at Cabela's and hoping they were like Webkinz.
Now, Cabela's is a HUNTING store. A humungous hunting store, but still, a HUNTING store. Somehow I was not thinking that they were stocking Webkinz or any other furry creature stuffed with polyester and covered with FABRIC.
Matt ABSOLUTELY did NOT believe me that the animals at Cabela's were covered in REAL SKIN. "Real skin? NO WAY, MOM!" He was SURE that could not be! Mind you, I have been to this store and seen the animals there! They really do have an enormous museum of hunted animals. Not my cup of tea, but this is West Virginia so I mostly keep my own counsel on the subject of hunting. I was really wondering what Matt was going to think after viewing all those "stuffed" animals!
Well, he came home all amazed because MOM WAS RIGHT. Ahhhhh! I do TREASURE those words! :) Maybe I should get him to say them again and tape them...for later replaying at about age 16. :)
Matt woke up at the crack of dawn on Friday because it was his FIRST field trip AND his FIRST TIME ON A SCHOOL BUS! What excitement!!! He got dressed REALLY fast because he had his outfit picked out and color coordinated on Tuesday. I think he was awake with the birds because he was so afraid of MISSING the bus (which wasn't leaving for the field trip until at least 30 minutes AFTER he usually gets to school, but he was taking no chances!) He also gave me explicit instructions on how to pack his lunch down to the last detail: how to write his name on the bag! Because, you know, I may have forgotten how to spell it or something. :) He's so cute.
Of course, we had major discussions on every last bit of itinerary as well. First they were going to Cabela's. Then over to Petco for a chat about small furry creatures. Then to the park for lunch and playtime. I had to admit, it sounded like fun. HOWEVER, Matt kept talking about the "stuffed animals" he was going to see at Cabela's and hoping they were like Webkinz.
Now, Cabela's is a HUNTING store. A humungous hunting store, but still, a HUNTING store. Somehow I was not thinking that they were stocking Webkinz or any other furry creature stuffed with polyester and covered with FABRIC.
Matt ABSOLUTELY did NOT believe me that the animals at Cabela's were covered in REAL SKIN. "Real skin? NO WAY, MOM!" He was SURE that could not be! Mind you, I have been to this store and seen the animals there! They really do have an enormous museum of hunted animals. Not my cup of tea, but this is West Virginia so I mostly keep my own counsel on the subject of hunting. I was really wondering what Matt was going to think after viewing all those "stuffed" animals!
Well, he came home all amazed because MOM WAS RIGHT. Ahhhhh! I do TREASURE those words! :) Maybe I should get him to say them again and tape them...for later replaying at about age 16. :)
Saturday, February 16, 2008
The Excitement of the Zoo!
Well, we finally got ourselves to the Pittsburgh Zoo yesterday! It was FABULOUS! The animals were mostly out and alert. Sarah took tons of pictures and video with her new camera. It's rather nice to have someone else be the photographer!
The most amazing and scary thing happened to Matt (see picture). He was dressed all in camo (it's his style choice this year) and this huge TIGER thought he looked DELICIOUS. The tiger could not take his eyes off of Matt and as you can see from the pic, all that separated them was a wall of glass. Anyway, before I knew it, that Tiger ATTACKED the glass! I heard THUMP THUMP as his paws hit the glass. OH! Matt was completely freaked out but kind of intrigued all the same. He is all excited to tell his Kindergarten class about it. That tiger didn't take his eyes off of Matt until we left his line of vision. I think Matt was definitely his menu item of choice!
So, that was our excitement for the week. :)
The most amazing and scary thing happened to Matt (see picture). He was dressed all in camo (it's his style choice this year) and this huge TIGER thought he looked DELICIOUS. The tiger could not take his eyes off of Matt and as you can see from the pic, all that separated them was a wall of glass. Anyway, before I knew it, that Tiger ATTACKED the glass! I heard THUMP THUMP as his paws hit the glass. OH! Matt was completely freaked out but kind of intrigued all the same. He is all excited to tell his Kindergarten class about it. That tiger didn't take his eyes off of Matt until we left his line of vision. I think Matt was definitely his menu item of choice!
So, that was our excitement for the week. :)
Monday, January 28, 2008
Matt's Trip to See the Dinosaurs
On Saturday we went to go see the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh for the first time. They just finished a complete rearticulation of the dinosaur display and it is amazing!
We were chatting about the trip today and Matt made the cutest comment. It is so funny how a 6-year-old sees the world!
He said, "It was so weird how the dinosaurs all died standing up!"
How cute is that? :) I hope it makes you smile too. They did have almost all of the dinosaur fossils standing up in their "natural" habitats.
Maybe it is a good thing that we ran out of time this trip to go see the mummy!
We were chatting about the trip today and Matt made the cutest comment. It is so funny how a 6-year-old sees the world!
He said, "It was so weird how the dinosaurs all died standing up!"
How cute is that? :) I hope it makes you smile too. They did have almost all of the dinosaur fossils standing up in their "natural" habitats.
Maybe it is a good thing that we ran out of time this trip to go see the mummy!
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