Soccer Season Coming to a Close

Fall soccer season is nearing the end. Emily has a game the 24^th and the 31^st and then her season is complete. Both games are in Dublin at the fields that are walking distance from our house.

Tony and Kristen appear to have a game on Sunday somewhere near Easton at 2pm? That is the information that Tony gave me last night when I spoke to him briefly. He said that is what the coach told them at the end of the game last week. We do not have any more details than that.

They also have a game in Dublin on Sunday, November 1^st. I suspect that this will be their final game. I do not know if their team will play in any tournaments, but we leave for Disney that next weekend so they would probably miss the tournament.

So, if you were looking to get to a game this season, those are your remaining options.

The mind of a 7 year old

Yesterday we were driving down the road and Emily started rambling on about fences. I could not follow what she was talking about at all and asked her to clarify and the conversation went something like this:

Me: Back up … what fences are you talking about? The ones along the road? The ones around a yard? Where are these fences?

Emily: I don’t know. They are everywhere.

Me: But you are talking about a specific fence. Where is it?

Emily: I’m not talking about one fence. I’m talking about all of them. They are in the ground.

Me: Okay, I get that. But that doesn’t narrow it down for me. What do the fences look like?

Emily: (rather frustrated with me at this point) They have lines in them and things like socks can go through them. There is one at my school.

Me: Do the lines look like Xs?
(and socks?!? Seriously, how is this a clue?)

Emily: No, Mom! They look like LINES! STRAIGHT LINES?!?! All beside each other.

Me: I’ve seen fences that are made up of lines and sometimes people put white, Styrofoam cups in them to spell out words. Is that what you mean by putting things through them?

Emily: No, those are Xs. I said these fences have straight lines. Plus these are in the ground.

Me: But aren’t all fences in the ground?

Emily: No, the ones I am talking about lay down on the ground. Like they are flat on the ground.

*long pause*

Me: Emily, do you mean grates that water runs down and the straight lines keep things like big sticks and leaves from getting stuck?

Emily: YES!! Those type of fences.

*MUCH CHEERING ENSUES*

Me: Okay, those aren’t fences, honey. They are called grates. What is it that you wanted to tell me about grates?

Emily: Oh I don’t remember anymore.

And that is when my head exploded.

The Toothless Wonder

It has been a long time waiting (at least it felt that way), but Emily's tooth finally came out yesterday. Well, with a little help from Daddy. It had been just hanging on - literally -for days and days. We had gotten down to where her lunches were coming home uneaten because it hurt to eat. Then on Saturday afternoon she couldn't even eat Spaghettios because it hurt her tooth. That was when Daddy decided to take action.

It really didn't take much and the drama was over quickly. He just wanted to "see how wiggly it is" and they agreed that Emily would put her hand up if it hurt and Daddy would stop. There seems to be some confusion as to whether or not the hand went up. Daddy didn't see it.

However, the tooth fairy was very generous due to the extraction methods. She takes that into consideration, you know.

So far Emily has lost 5 teeth and only 2 permanent teeth have come in and she has another wiggly one on the bottom. She is a bit slim when it comes to teeth. We are having fun asking her to say things requiring the use of her front two teeth although I don't think she is finding it as funny as we are.

This morning I challenged her to eat an apple. I was just kidding her, but she was pretty incredulous that she could do it and do it she did. She didn't get the entire thing down, but she ate way more than I ever thought that she would.