I have a confession....

I'm green with envy over my Dad's new camera. Sigh....


The kids had games this morning at the exact same time on two adjoining fields (yeah for us...we were able to sit in the middle and watch both games!) My folks joined us and my Dad brought along his new camera. I love his new camera. It's much like mine, except his doesn't have interchangeable lenses. As much I love being able to put on different lenses, it's bulky and the zoom can get pretty unstable.

I love the zoom on this camera. Do you think Carson is paying more attention to the girls on the sideline or the goal he is guarding?

Elise is really improving in her skills this year. She gets into the game and stays with the pack of girls trying to kick the ball.

I think the girls on the other team were a little jealous that Elise's team got the pink shirts (or maybe it's because her team sponsor is the favorite ice cream joint in town). Check out the stink eye on the girl behind her!

Carson on the sideline watching the game. At least he's not screwing around on the sideline!

Hmmm....Dad is pretty engaged in the game, think he'd notice if I walked away with his new camera?!?

Maybe if Carson sees how his hair looks when he's running, he'll consider a haircut? Probably not but it's worth trying!

Wrong way, Carson!

Whack!

Elise on the sidelines (taken from quite some distance away...I LOVE this camera!)

Elise and her 3rd BFF. Not her 1st, that'd be Vivian. Can't remember who she said was her 2nd BFF but Abby (above) is her 3rd BFF. Elise and Abby are about the same size (much smaller than most of their classmates) and were both convinced they'd be the only 1st graders to not lose any teeth. Elise's first tooth fell out some time back and Abby's first tooth just fell out a few weeks ago. Phew!

Besides his fashion sense (yes, he's wearing a red Cards shirt with blue plaid shorts), Elise's coach is great this year! Although I think Elise was trying to convince him she was still tired and needed to stay on the sidelines a little longer.

And, darn it, my dad remembered to take that lovely new camera home with him. I was really, really hoping he'd forget it and I'd get to play with it a little longer.

Soccer

It's that time of year...SOCCER!

As Perry usually has football games each Saturday, it's just me and the kiddos heading out to the soccer fields each Saturday. Fortunately this year, the games are mostly back to back, making our Saturday mornings MUCH easier!

Elise's game was first this morning. She originally wasn't going to play this fall. She played last year but decided she didn't want to play again this year.

But, at Carson's game last week, she ran into her old team and discovered that (a) the team has PINK shirts this year, (b) it is girls only this year and (c) her BFF Abby is on the team. My friend's husband is the coach and I mentioned to her that Elise was regretting not playing again this year. She told me they had a girl drop out and had an opening! Elise decided to do it again.

As usual, it takes her a while to warm up to new situations and would only going out on the field holding the coach's hand.

Or on the coach's shoulder (I'm so sorry Jeff for your aching back!!!)

She finally got somewhat close to the ball, but notice that she's still holding tight to Jeff's hand!


Phew, soccer is such an exhausting game!

We then headed over to Carson's game on another field.

He got a chance to play goalie, which is always a coveted position!

I lost count of the score of his game (something having to do with keeping his sister entertained!) but his game skills are really improving and he had a great game.

After the game, Elise wanted to use the camera while I packed up. Here's what I found when I uploaded the pictures...

Hair monster or mom? We had quite a bit of Ike-spawned wind all morning...lovely hair, isn't it?!?

This hairdo is even better. (I decided NOT to post the picture she took of me looking like I'm clearly irritated with someone!)

And my all time favorite self portrait by Elise...

Maybe I should hand over the camera to her more often!

We were going to head out and do some apple picking this afternoon but thunderstorms are moving into the area so we'll save that form another weekend.