Saturday, April 10
Today was Emma' first soccer game! She was so excited and did a great job! Her smile and enthusiasm made it obvious she was happy to be there. And it was so fun to see her going for the ball and interacting with her teammates. I asked her afterward what her favorite part was and she said, "Being the winners!" Dallas and I both laughed. Her team DID score a bunch of goals, but I made sure to ask, "What if you hadn't won? What would have liked?" And she said something like, "Being out there with everyone and all wearing our same outfits." She was really excited about everybody matching and just being a part of a team. We are looking forward to watching more of her games and seeing her continue to develop her skills.
After the soccer game, Dallas and the girls had an appointment at the library (due to covid, we can only go to the library at scheduled times). Dallas was pretty excited. It's only been the last few weeks that setting up appointments has even been an option. Anyway, the appointment was for an hour and only a max of five people could go, so we decided the babies and I would go home while Dallas and the girls explored the library.
I thought I might get a bunch of stuff done while they were at the library but only one babe fell asleep and honestly, I was kind of tired too (Dallas and I went to bed after midnight last night and I woke up at 5 this morning to run...and the babies woke up twice in between midnight and 5...not exactly a mountain of sleep). So instead of attempting to clean or work on projects while chasing the awake baby, I decided to let her crawl and play around me while I sat on the floor and read my book, The Mountains Sing. This is for book club and Dallas picked it up for me almost two weeks ago and I've barely read it. In fact, I only started because EMMA STARTED READING IT and I did not want her to read it without me reading it first! It is a super well written book about also very sad. If Emma wants to read more of it, I will have to read it with her so I can censor it.
Dallas and the girls came home - all happy and excited! Emma was finishing up her American Girls book...she'd read pretty much the whole thing just on the drive home. Alice was excited because she got HER first chapter book! And Lucy was happy about a book she had about tucking animals into bed. I kind of wanted to just have everyone crash on the couch and read. We did that for a bit...but I think I would have liked to sit there with everyone and read the rest of the day. That's something I'm trying to do better with - just sit and read or take a break sometimes.
Dallas also did some frisbee today and boy oh boy. the babies STOOD! They've done little bits of standing here and there for the last week, but today they legit stood for at least 20 seconds. This is big!
I got to go shopping with Alice and Lucy and I loved it. I always love shopping with my girls. Initially Alice wanted this to be a mommy-Alice date, but I knew how much Lucy would also want to go, so we invited Lucy and she (of course) said yes! I'm so glad they got to have some time together. They played with each other the whole time in the cart. We visited Target (we were mostly there to return stuff and get some princess bandaids...but left with way more than that) and then Old Navy for masks. We also looked for sandals at both places. That was fun - the girls ALWAYS love trying on shoes.
We came home and Dallas and Emma had done violin and finished up the laundry. Don't worry - I am sure Emma loved her time with Dallas and the babies. We hurried home though cause Emma called to remind me that I had promised her we would have smoothies at dinner. I told her Dallas could make her one, but she was doubtful so we hustled home and slurped down some delicious banana and soy milk smoothies.
Okay, we are finally to the end of the day! I don't usually give a play by play...but today you are getting one. We finished the night off watching the last hour of COCO. How have I never seen this movie? It is SO good! It has an incredible message, awesome music, and is just so colorful and fun, and I totally did not see the end coming! It is now one of my favorite Disney movies and the girls and I are motivated to learn some about our ancestors tomorrow.
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