Loving M & Ms: April 2009

The past week has been crazy. I have had the head cold Pooh had after Easter and I am just starting to feel better. I think Doddle and Pooh enjoyed me being sick. I will not able to talk for three days and try displining children with no voice. Needless to say, they were able to get away with things they normally would not have. They did enjoy having popsicles since that was the only thing helping my throat.

Doddle had another soccer game on Saturday. We were a little concerned if she was going to want to play considering she did not want to play last Saturday after falling down during the game, but she was a trooper. She played throughout the game and did great. She ran after the ball the whole time she was on the field. Although, I think Pooh had a better time at the game. She was all over the place. Her favorite was running onto the soccer field, especially when they were playing. I wish they had a league for 1 yrs olds :).

Doddle has another game this Saturday at 9am. Everyone is welcome to come and cheer for her. I know she would love to see everyone. We are going to try and come to town sometime this upcoming weekend we just are not sure which day?

The past several weeks have been super busy for all of us. Doddle had her first soccer game two weeks ago. Josh said she played wonderful. All the girls on the team were aggressive from what all the other moms have told me. When Doddle was the goalie she stopped a goal and she had fun trying to score a goal. I think she likes playing soccer.

I was not at the game because I was in Charleston, SC doing the Cooper River Bridge Run (6.2 miles) along with 3 other Moms in our group. The bridge was a beast. I did finish but not in the time I wanted. I have had some set backs in my training with my foot. I am going back to the doctor tomorrow to get the results of the bone scan. Hopefully, that will give us some answers.

Easter morning was interesting. Pooh woke up with a fever of 103 and was not in the best of moods. Doddle was excited to see what Mom and Dad (yes, the Easter bunny DOES NOT bring Easter baskets) had put in her Easter basket. She was very happy to see she got a Leapster2. But I think she would have been just as happy with candy and the money in her Easter eggs.

Pooh was not sure what was going on but was happy to have some M&Ms and plastic eggs to play with. As you can see in these pictures she was not feeling the greatest.

Pooh was sick pretty much the next week. Finally around Wednesday she stopped having a fever but still did not feel like herself. She is finally starting to feel more like herself but has not lost her cough yet.

Josh has been training for a 1/2 marathon (13.1 miles) over the past several months. Saturday was the big day. He and Lisa both ran the race. He did a great job. The course was a lot hilly than he expected but he finished the race and was happy with his time considering the course layout.

Doddle had her second soccer game on Saturday and I was happy to get to watch. Since Lisa was running the 1/2 marathon my parent watched K while her brother played his game (Ed coaches his team). Here were the girls playing before the soccer game. K just had her hair cut the other day and it looks so adorable. Doddle likes K hair but wants to keep hers long so she can put it up in a ponytail or pigtails.

Pooh had a blast running all over the soccer fields. She had so much open space. She did fall and bust her lip but that is nothing new for her.

Doddle and her teammates finally getting ready to do their stretches before the game. Actually, Doddle just watches everyone else do the stretches. Coach Andy was a little worried when we only had 5 players at the start of the game. The rest did show up; they were just a few minutes late.

Doddle played great when she was on the field. But during the second quarter while she was playing her and player from the other team fell down going for the ball and Doddle was done for. She did not get hurt but she did not want to play any more.

Doddle standing beside Coach Andy getting ready for kick off