Catching Up

Finally going to add some pictures here.  First, a few tidbits...things I've remembered that were funny.  A couple of weeks ago in church, the boy passed the sacrament to me and I took it, but he wasn't taking it away.  I looked up at him and he was looking down at the tray so I looked down and Anna had a death grip on the tray.  She really had a good hold on it--it took me more than one try to pry her little hand off of it.  She is s so aware of everything.  She notices things quickly and goes after them.  You cannot get a drink while holding her--she will grab it, swat it, anything to try and get it to her mouth.
For the most part, Mary is the happiest little girl.  She goes about singing and humming.  She lives her life to the soundtrack of Dumbo--humming the tunes as she goes about whatever she is doing.  Unfortunately this didn't carry on to the soccer field.  Her first game was this last weekend and it was worse than I ever imagined.  I thought she might just lay on the grass and pick dandelions or something...that would have been great.  The game started and for the first few moments she just stood there looking around.  The next few moments she ran with the pack.  I was feeling proud.  She even kicked the ball.  But then she started getting mad that she wasn't able to kick the ball more.  Anger turned to overwhelming sadness.  The tears started.  The wailing came.  It didn't stop for the rest of the game.  The other team would score and she would run off the field crying.  She would sit for a few minutes and we would talk her into going back in.  Then her team would score.  The same thing happened.   Then it was her turn to kick off...she kicked it then got knocked down and someone stepped on her hand.  Once she got up--same thing happened.  This happened over and over again until the end of the game.  Nobody else cried or ran off the field.  Then when the treats came out she burst into tears again.  They had brought Cars fruit snacks which is a "boy snack" not a "girl snack."  Needless to say it was pretty rough.  But we will go back on Wednesday because we aren't quitters!

Before the game--she was playing but excellent foreshadowing.