Happy Anniversary to us!

Happy 13 years! We celebrated with dinner out to Devon Steak and Seafood, which was delicious!

Sleepover

The girls had a sleepover in Avery's room the other night... we were not allowed in! :)

Last practice

We had a couple more practices to wrap up the Roadrunners season. We got one final picture with the girls' friend Audrey, who is moving to Arizona in December. They've been friends since they were like 3 years old. :)

Fall

When it's 40 degrees on the way to school, but going to be 70 by recess! You wear shorts and a winter coat, of course!

 

Trick or Treating

The girls met up with their friend Lizzie again to trick-or-treat around our neighborhood. The crappy weather held off, so we were able to get a lot of houses in! We have SO much candy!

We set up our candy outside while we were gone

Morgan, Lizzie and Avery

One of our neighbors goes all out for the holiday!

Warm apple cider (with whiskey for the adults)

Candy chute - a pandemic leftover

We stayed out until dark (light up bucket!)

 

Halloween at school

The girls' school decided to reinstate the Halloween classroom parties this year - yay! They do a Halloween costume parade outside for the parents and then a classroom party for the kiddos. I helped out this year with Morgan's classroom party.

Avery ditched the planned witch costume to be an 80's girl instead.

Morgan was Evie from Descendants 3. Although, she got all self-conscious in the car on the way to school about wearing the wig and ended up taking if off.

The Halloween parade at school.

Morgan's class party - the activity another mom brought was mining for gems in dirt and water! That's an intense activity for a quick party! The kids loved it!

I grabbed a quick pic of Avery in her classroom, too.

Morgan with Mia and Ava during the parade.

 

Last soccer game of winter season

We had our last game with the girls' soccer team this past weekend. The girls lost 4-3, but it was a good game. All the girls played really well!

Had to get a pic of Morgan and Lynnea! I think this is probably her best friend on the soccer team. Lynnea also plays on both the white and black #1 teams (and she plays on the Select team - she's busy!) They both love soccer and get along really well.

After the game, we met up with Mama and Papa at Citrus Diner for lunch.

Reflections on our first soccer season with Roadrunners... I'm so glad that we joined this club. You can see such improvement in both girls since the season started. It's been a big learning season for them. We came from the park district where although they tried to teach girls positions on the field, it was kind of a free-for-all as far as if you got the ball and could score, just go for it. Morgan was always all over the field from one end to the other. But, now, the girls are learning positions and how to stay in their spots and be ready for the ball. Learning how to pass up the field and make plays. There are 9 girls on the field instead of 7 as well. Morgan mainly played 9 and 10 (striker). Avery was defense, usually a 4 or 3. We also really liked the coach. He pushed the girls without yelling/scaring them and gave them lots of good feedback. Morgan had such a great time that we decided to sign her up for the winter league. Avery is looking forward to a break from soccer. :)