Dance team photo shoot pictures

We got back the pictures from the photo shoot Avery did a few weeks back at her dance studio. They turned out great! For the older girls, they got to do some fun poses in the "rain" pictures. Avery's age group just had to stand there - ha!

Weekend activities

Our Saturday morning started off with an early soccer game in Oak Park. It rained most of the game and was chilly. Morgan played goalie the first half and had some great saves. She played in the field the second half and had some great passes to her teammates. My pictures from the game didn't turn out because of the weather.

We grabbed lunch at Bryan's and then relaxed a bit until the softball game. The field was still in decent shape, so the game was on! Morgan had a great game! She had a few hits and scored a few times. She got to pitch one inning and got two strikeouts and also tagged a girl out at home plate who was stealing from third base! We celebrated with some ice cream at Every Day's a Sundae! I didn't get any pictures and the one video I got of her hit is like a second long because I started cheering and dropped my phone! :) But here it is:

On Sunday, we really didn't have too much going on, so we went to check out the Sky Zone that opened up recently by us.

On Sunday night, Ruth came over for dinner and we caught up with her. We hadn't seen her in a while!

The girls are excited for their birthday... only a few days until they are 12 - I can't believe it!

Game Day Hair

Even though it was her sister's soccer game, we fixed Avery's hair for game day! :)

Quick walk before soccer practice

Milo was going crazy, so Morgan took him on a quick walk around the neighborhood while waiting for her ride to soccer. He was super happy!

Rainy soccer game

Morgan had another soccer game on Sunday morning. This time it was with the G2011 Select team. As I mentioned before, the G2011 Select team is short a few players so some of the 2012 girls play up and help them out. It was raining off and on before the game at 10:00. But, right at 10:00, it started raining really hard! We had brought Erin's pod for Avery to hang out in. It was collecting rain in a puddle on the top. But, she was nice and dry inside. :)

Avery brought markers, so she colored some pictures for us! Love this one of Snoopy and Woodstock!

Morgan played goalie in the 1st half of the game. The other team scored one goal on her. She also had some good saves! It continued to rain off and on the whole game.

In the second half, she played in the field in a few different positions. Morgan is #2 and has bright green shoes on.

She had some really great passes, an awesome assist and even scored a goal (which I got on video)! 

Their team ended up winning 6-1. We celebrated by grabbing lunch at Weber Grill.

Saturday sports!

Our Saturday started off with a drive to Streamwood for Morgan's soccer game. It was so hot and sunny! She played goalie the first half. It was kind of boring for her because the defense kept most of the balls away from her!

She had a few good saves, though.

Her team won 3-0 and played well. We grabbed some lunch at Portillo's on the way home. We cooled off in the AC for a bit before heading out for the next event.

Morgan had a softball game at 4:00. I dropped Avery off at Erin's house to hang out with Grandma and the cousins. She was tired of being in the heat and had already sat through two soccer games! Morgan played short stop in the 1st inning and had a great pop fly catch and play to first base. She pitched in the 2nd inning and had a rough time of it. I think she was more nervous because Grandpa was at the game and her teacher also showed up. She just couldn't string enough strikes together in a row. She walked some kids, some got hits and the other team got 5 runs, so the inning was over (5 run rule).

Morgan pitching

She sat out one inning, played center field and then short stop again in the last inning. Her team was losing in the last inning by 3 (another pitcher on their team had also had an inning with the 5 run rule). Since they were the home team, they got to bat last. Morgan got up and was hit by a pitch (the second time that happened to her in the game!). With that and some great base running, she made it around the bases and ended up scoring the winning run! Their team was really happy to have pulled it off at the end!

After the game, we celebrated Erin's birthday at the Wilken's with a pizza party! And of course, a big cookie bake!

Busy Friday night

After school, Avery had piano lessons. Then, we drove to Oak Park to see this LED light ballet that we heard about on Facebook. The show was interesting and not what I expected. It was less of a ballet production than I thought it would be and the dancers were not that great. There were five of them and they took turns dancing on the small stage. The five of them danced together at the end which was probably the best part, but they weren't very in sync, just kind of messy. I told Avery some of her dancers from her school could have been up there doing that! Anyway, the girls both thought it was cool and it's not like anything we've seen before.

Then, we headed back to Downers Grove to catch the second half of Morgan's soccer game.

Avery took a silly selfie on my phone - ha!

Morgan with her green shoes!

Her team lost pretty badly. The referee was young and wildly inconsistent with his calls. He even gave one of our players a yellow card on a questionable foul call. After the game, we grabbed dinner and crashed!

Under the weather

Avery was fighting off some random kid virus on Thursday. She started complaining Wednesday night after dance class and then woke up Thursday morning not feeling well. So, she stayed home from school and rested with Milo most of the day.

1st Rehearsal

The first rehearsal for Matilda was Tuesday night. There are a lot of younger kids in this show! Avery and Beckett had fun reading through lines and learning the songs. Can't wait to see the show!

Matilda Jr.

This past Tuesday night, Avery and Beckett auditioned for the next musical the Academy is doing (which is Matilda Jr.). Miss Haley is directing this time, along with Miss Caliegh and Miss Keely. Avery has previously taken voice lessons with Miss Haley and just loves her. The auditions went for about 1.5 hours and the kids took turns singing and reading lines for the various roles they wanted to audition for. They were also holding auditions on Saturday for people who couldn't come Tuesday night, so we had to wait until Saturday night to hear the casting decisions! We were really excited to see that both Beckett and Avery have great roles in the show! Avery will be the teacher Miss Honey and Beckett is Matilda's dad, Mr. Wormwood. We are looking forward to seeing them on stage together!

Indoor Skydiving

Avery's Girl Scout troop went indoor skydiving today at iFly in Naperville. Some of the girls were a little nervous at first, but they all had a blast! Here they are getting a safety lesson before flying.

Getting all the gear on.

Some official pictures from Avery's flight:

Here are some videos - they each got to go twice for a minute each time.

 

 

Afterwards, they got a certificate!

Group photo! We also took the girls to Starbuck's afterwards! Such a fun day!

A few family pictures

 I have loads more, but just wanted to put a few here now.