Weekend Fun

The girls had Friday off school for parent teacher conferences. We met with a few of the girls' teachers - Mr. Miller (Morgan's teacher), Mrs. Smitley (Avery's main teacher), Mrs. Hodkowski (Avery's 5th grade Math), Mrs. Rose (Morgan's orchestra teacher). The girls are doing great! Morgan could practice violin a bit more and chat a bit less in class, but got glowing reviews otherwise! Avery is super organized and a sweet friend to her classmates!

On Friday afternoon, we dropped Avery off for a weekend away with the Girl Scouts. This will be the the longest she's away from home without a family member! She was a little nervous, but very excited! I'll add another post with all the fun things she did while away!

Morgan got to be an "only child" for the weekend and she loved it! On Friday afternoon, she ran in the Whittier Hot Chocolate run (a PTA fundraiser). I think they were expecting slightly chillier weather, but it was gorgeous and warm!

Morgan and Rachel (her friend from karate)

Morgan, Tess, Rachel and Emma

Rachel and Morgan on the last leg of the race

Enjoying her hot chocolate and cookie

After the run, we cleaned up at home and then headed out for dinner. Morgan picked Uncle Juilo's, which is a place Avery will never let us go. She hates tacos, chips, salsa, etc. Boo! Morgan loved it! She got to watch them make tortillas!

After dinner, Morgan asked me to sit in the back seat with her on the way home. She thought it was hilarious!

On Saturday, Morgan had a soccer game for the "white" team. They won 11-2! She scored a few goals, but I missed getting any of them on video. But, I did get this effort. She worked hard to get the ball away and shot at goal, but had a little too much power on it!

On Sunday morning, Morgan subbed for the "black #1" soccer team in Wheaton. They ended up losing 0-2 and both goals were on penalty kicks for handballs in the goal box. They only had 10 girls for the first half and 9 for the second half, so no subs! It was a tiring game!

Avery got home around 1:30 from White Pines, the girls relaxed for a bit and headed off to another soccer game at 3:00. They ended up getting clobbered (7-1). It was gorgeous weather, though. Probably the last nice weekend for soccer!