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Em's team did great yesterday and were 6th in the standings; so today's three touchdowns probably knocked them down to 8th, last place.   However, she is having a great time so all is good.  [eta: nope, they finished 6th!)

Can't find the memory card reader so no pics of Bub's soccer game yesterday.    Morning club game (team IMHO looked bad) was a 2-0 loss.   Afternoon indoor game was a 3-2 win:  team ended the season 1st place in their division and the boys all got champion t-shirts!   On top of that, Z had open gym for his school team from 7-9 this morning - kid is sore and tired right now!

The freshman scholar athlete breakfast is Tuesday morning - which is ironic because his grades right now are suckish and he only has two weeks to get back on track. 

The boys went to Z's conferences recently and it was more of the same stuff: great kid, bright, first one in the class to get concepts, lots of potential blah blah blah.  Why can't he get his act together???

His courses for sophomore year?    American Studies (Sophomore English class), Principles of Engineering,  Honors Spanish III, Honors FST (Functions, Statistics and Trigonometry), Honors BESS (Biology/Earth Systems Sciences) and *choke* Physics.   Next year is going to be interesting.  And by interesting I mean Oh crap.  

 

But I can darn well tell you where I'm not: Walt Disney World!

Ben and Emma are however - for the Varsity All-Star Cheer Championships!

Good luck baby girl!! 

BCE better frickin go to this competition next year *grumble grumble*.

I ♥ positive peer pressure!

On of Em's friends made such a big deal over her hair the other day (she actually brushed it that morning) that today not only did she brush it BUT she also had me dry and flat iron it!

First Day of Middle School!

 

The kids on their respective supply/photo/schedule pick up days

 

 

 

Em's annual check-up

Em is 57 1/4 inches and 72 pounds (nurse forgot to give me the sheet but it looks like 37th percentile for height and 15th percentile for weight)  - she has grown an inch and a half since she stopped gymnastics!   She too is very healthy and apparently got her dad's eyes because her vision is fine!

Poor sweetie got her Tdap and Gardasil vaccines and the flu-mist so she is resting on the couch!

Cuteness #1

I had to take Em to Sweet & Sassy today because last night, I had to cut a comb out of her hair. ("Moooo-oooom, why didn't you just tell her I got gum stuck in it? She kept asking me how on earth I got a comb stuck in my hair!"  Funny, I was wondering that as well....)  She got a trim and a beautiful 'do!

 
 

 

After her orthodontist appt yesterday, I realized how much her teeth have already changed in just 6 weeks.  I don't think the top picture really illustrates the change (and ignore the fact that her teeth are blue from Sweet & Sassy pucker powder....) but she no longer has "fangs"!