School Jog-a-Thon 2016

  Last week was Poinsettia's annual Jog-a-Thon for the school.  This year we were blessed to have temps in the mid to high 70s, which was a dream compared to last years 90s. I was excited to see how Skylar did seeing that last year she was the top girl runner of her class.  Being the smallest in her class I wasn't sure if she could repeat her title, but Madden and I were anxious to see how she did.

#GoTeamBlue!

Of course she was the only one in her class running in a skirt.

Pre run silly faces with her bestie Lucy.

Skylar did amazing!  She and Lucy pretty much ran side by side the whole 45 minutes only stopping for a couple quick water breaks.  I was really amazed on the kids running for that long.  45 minutes really felt like forever.  

In the end Skylar ran a total of 28 laps.  She didn't run the most in her class, but she was definitely one of the top finishers for the 1st grade girls in her class.  

Skylar's Soccer Season 2016

Third time was definitely the charm for soccer this year for Skylar.  She had her best season yet and we had the best group of girls and parents anyone could ask for.  After last season and feeling pretty disappointed in the coach I really didn't have much desire to sign Skylar up again, but when Jake and Eric said they would coach the girls it was a no brainer.  The Golden Pandas were born with a mix of girls from Skylar's school and Sophie's school.  

Soccer Sisters!

Jake and Eric went above and beyond as coaches, and I'm not just saying that.  They were so wonderful with the girls and made the season such a blast for all of them.  They coached the girls so well that you could see improvement in each and everyone of them by the end of the season.  Jess and I were in charge for glitter and glitz.  We always made sure our girls were the most sparkly ones on the field. 

We pretty much wait two full seasons for Skylar to score a goal and this season it finally happened and happened a lot.  She was so much faster and more aggressive this season.  She never liked to come out and take a break.  She would always ask her Dad to put her back in.  It was so great to see her put everything she had into each and every game and practice.

Not only was I proud of Skylar, I was so proud of Jake.  He really stepped up and did a fantastic job coaching. I had parents every week telling me how happy they were with him as a coach.  It was also such a special time for Jake to coach Skylar. I know he really loved being out there with her.

Someone else who had a great soccer season was Madden.  If you go back and read my previous soccer season post you would read how hard Madden was at games and practices.  This season he was given the title of Assistant Coach Madden.  He carried the ball bag to practice and would help set up cones.  He became friends with a bunch of the little brothers for the team and would love playing with them.  We can't wait for next season when Madden will actually be on the field playing.

Always having fun!

Besides having the loudest mom cheering her on, Skylar got extra support from Grandma and Grandpa who's fall visit fell on a soccer weekend.

All these pandas girls became such great friends so fast.  Each week they had would have so much fun together.  Always cheering each other one and giving high fives to show their support.

For our end of the season party we took the team bowling.  The coaches gave short speeches about each the girls and they all received their trophies.

It's so hard to believe how little Skylar was when we first signed her up for soccer.  I remember her going to her first practice where she didn't know anyone on the team and started to cry a bit because she was so nervous to even tell the team her name.  She was the by far the youngest and definitely the smallest on the field whenever she was out there.  It has been so rewarding seeing her play these past three seasons in the Girls Under 7 League.  She never once complained, whined, or said she didn't want to play and can't wait to see what next season on the big field will bring.  

Monthly School Awards

Couldn't be more proud of Skylar for winning the Behavior Award for the month of October.  We are so lucky to have such a well behaved student.  She is totally rocking 1st grade!

Skylar's 1st Grade School Photo

October 2016

Just a sweet moment between siblings.

Grandma and Grandpa made a visit down this month.  They introduced the kids to Mad Libs, baked a lot of muffins and played Jenga all weekend.

Skylar and Madden on their BOO mission.

Halloween Craft Party at Ava's House.

Brick or Treat with her BFF.

Nathan's Pirate Birthday Party.

Halloween 2016

Each year I feel like we can't come up with a better costume idea, and then we do.  We wanted to do a joint theme with the Rossittos so I came up with the idea of Alice in Bressi Land.  I sent a email to everyone assigning them their characters and I must say we hit it out the park.  The kids took no convincing whatsoever.  Sophie and Skylar were stoked from day one on it and to much shock Madden LOVED the idea of being a playing card.  

It's always such a bummer when Halloween is on a school night, but what can you do.  We all still made the best of it and it definitely didn't seem to detour trick or treaters from coming to our neighborhood.  It was probably one of the busiest years to date.  We passed out over 1200 pieces of candy in about three hours.  The kids also didn't do to bad themselves, coming home with two full baskets.  

The Queen of Hearts and her Loyal Spade!  Skylar really got into character. 

"Off with her HEAD!"

Best kids around!

Heading out for trick or treating.

We really had a blast with our theme and is it crazy to say that I already have our costume idea for next year!

School Halloween Parades

Skylar's school Harvest Parade was a ton of fun.  The whole school went all out, with a ton of awesome costumes.  Skylar wore her popstar costume.

Lucy and Skylar

This was the first year that Madden's school had a costume parade at school.  He didn't want to wear his actually costume because he thought he would be to warm so he went with the HULK.