Last year when we moved into Richland it was too late to get Samuel on a soccer team for the fall & spring. So this year I made sure I registered him in early June so he could play. He's playing U10 soccer....with that's right 10 year-olds. He barely misses the cut off (by 5 days) for U9 soccer so technically he should be playing U8. However, because he is in 4th grade they are allowing him to play up with the 10 year-olds. Typically for a kid that is small to begin with they would have problems with the older kids. Thankfully Samuel plays aggressive soccer and more than keeps up with the older kids. This picture is right after he scored a goal in his game on Saturday. I don't understand a thing about soccer, but it was fun to watch the games as a family!
Phillip started preschool this week. I am a little sad that he's old enough to be going to preschool! We debated about having him go, and did quite a bit of praying and in the end it was decided to send him. He very rarely goes anywhere without me or the family so this will be a great experience for him.
This is Phillip & Maija with Phillip's best friend Lexi. She and Phillip are both in preschool together and are so very excited to go to school together!
Maija thought she was going to school too. Can you see the backpack she has in her hand? That's her Sunday bag full of books and other things to keep her quiet during Church. She grabbed it long before we left the house thinking she was going to school too. The picture below is what she looked like when she realized she didn't get to stay. She had even lined up with all the kids so it was a little bit of a shock for her to not be allowed to go into the classroom.
So instead she painted...for 45 minutes! WOW. Then she played with whatever she wanted to because there were no older siblings around to tell her no. And then she helped me clean because well...she had mom to herself. I think this is going to be a great year!
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