The end of an era....

I think, atleast for now, Jay reliving his soccer glory days through both of his girls may be over, atleast where kate is concerned. We FINALLY had our last game of the season on Saturday. It was early and pretty chilly - Kate wanted no part of it and spent the first half doing this -

laying on the blanket next to momma asking for a snuggle! Poor Jay was pacing back and forth - i really thought he was going to run out on the field and kick the ball himself! I don't what he said during his half time pep talk but it worked! Kate ran out on the field like the champion she is - they had a great game and ended up winning 4-1. They (along with every other 3 yr old ymca participant) earned a gold medal! Here is a picture from the very moving and formal medal ceremony.

Don't worry, it didn't interfere with the less formal, but just as moving, eating of the scooby doo snacks!
We managed to keep the paparazzi away long enough to snap this group shot of our champion team!


After the game, Kate celebrated in her own personal way, the double handed eating of cherry twizzlers!


From Kate's game we headed straight to Brooke's. It was another 3 game Saturday! These girls are amazing and SOOOO much fun to watch. They have really stepped it up and are playing some serious soccer. Brooke has become a staple in the starting line-up. Although she is normally one of the youngest and smaller players on the team she is holding her own. She is now playing a defensive position and her opposers are not too crazy about her. Saturday this girl who i am not kidding was as tall as i am and was wearing full make-up (we joked she probably drove there) YELLED at Brooke to get off of her! Brooke was guarding this girl and she could not get open. The girl got so frustrated they put her in another position because she just couldn't lose brooke! It was awesome! This team they played has not had a loss all season - until Saturday! The soccer sisters beat them 3-2! Sorry there aren't any pics but the last game it was so cold, we were bundled up and it was getting so dark i never even took the camera out. I will try and do better this week!
Should be a fairly quiet week this week. The last few weeks I have been waiting for some changes that just may not be happening. But hey, you know what they say, "when you least expect it, expect it!"

In search of the Great Pumpkin!

Halloween seemed to last all week this year! Perhaps it was my girls busy social calendar that was the ever-contributing factor! Miss Kate ended up with 3 costumes this year. You have already seen her first one as the Princess Witch. For her friend Lawson's birthday party and for actual trick-or-treat, my Kate transformed herself into "KATYBUG."


and then once we were home, Kate changed again....ooooooo spooooky!


We ordered Brookie's costume online, looked pretty cute for a witch costume. Once we got it home and tried it on, i thought it looked more like a French maid than a witch, brooke referred to herself as a "french witch." OK, i can live with that.


We started trick-or-treating in our neighborhood beginning with my dad's house. It has become a tradition, I hope to continue. i think my girls might have got a little extra from "the ogre" of course, it was before 8pm!


After we hit the usual haunts in our neighborhood, we met Aunt Bootsy, Mouse and Lillie at their favorite haunt - Mesta Park. They really go all out, the kids love it and it keeps us adults entertained too. Helped us log a few more miles on our exercise routine too!


We made it home early enough to hand out candy to our little neighborhood ghosts and goblins by 9pm the girls were lights out and Jay and I watched the 5 scariest Ghost Hunters episodes - what a great end to a very Happy Halloween!

My little star!

Kate made her television debut this morning on the local Fox News channel. Unfortunately, she missed her cue and had a Christine Latti moment - yep, she was in the bathroom! Oh well, she soon caught up. This was a little spot for the Harn Homestead's Haunt the Harn. She and another girl, Olivia braved the early morning and cold temps and learned that sometimes in TV, it's all about hurry up and wait! We showed up a little before 7am and didn't go live until 8:15. In the meantime, Kate was able to get her make-up done!


Here is the finished product - how beautiful is this girl?


Kate finally made her appearance despite the bathroom incident but got a little camera shy, luckily, the host Lauren, helped her out!


Miss Kate and Olivia helped demonstrate all the fun activities tomorrow night at Haunt the Harn. They showed Lauren how to bowl with pumpkins, bobbing for apples, eating cotton candy and finally cooking s'mores on a campfire!




All-in-all, another great day at Camp Lacy!

Halloween

So tomorrow's my birthday - yay! Sarah aka Aunt Bootsy and I are going to spend the day with our 2 little girls. I think we taking them to a pumpkin patch and then off to a grown up lunch or as grown up of a lunch you can have with a 3yr old and a 1yr old. Jay has to work late tomorrow and the rest of the week but I am trying to keep my eye on the bigger prize - Christmas Shopping money! For the first time Kate is very excited about Christmas. Every sentence now begins with I want that for Santa Claus. Yes, for Santa, not from! Right now her too biggest things on her list is a "pupcake maker" and Swim to me Puppy. We will see how that changes closer to the day. Brooke is still not sure what she wants but I am sure she will figure it out soon!
Of course before Christmas, we have to get through Halloween. Both girls are going to be adorable little witches. I may or may not be their accompanying black cat!
On Wednesday of this week, my littlest witch, is going to a local museum to film a special for tv. Not sure of all the details but we are very excited! Here is a preview of her in costume.

I will keep you posted on times the special will air! :)

Another Soccer Saturday...

Saturday was a BEAUTIFUL day here in the heartland! Poor Jay had to work so I was in charge of all things soccer. Kate had a 9am game followed by Sissy's at 11 and another at 3. Finally, Brooke was going to play her first game as a soccer sister - excting stuff!
Brooke's BFF has been staying with us while her folks were out of town so i had three girlies to get up and get ready! We were up and ready so early, i forgot to feed them breakfast. The four of us ladies, enjoyed Starbucks as an early morning treat, Brooke's friend had never been! I caved and bought a Pumpkin SPice Latte AND a pumpkin muffin - so good. Of course an Il Primo Grande Green Tea Chai, Skinny would have been MUCH better, that, my friend, is a perfect fall day in a cup!!

Kate had a pretty good game, stayed on the field but insisted on holding the coaches hand most of the time. She looked happy and had fun, that makes me happy!


After Kate's game the older girls were ready for their first game of the season. Both girls has a bit of first game butterflies going on!


The first game was crazy, they were playing against some serious competition. But the second game they totally dominated! Brooke was all over the field - she really came into her own!


And guess what?? Miss Brooke, my stinger goalie/always plays defender did.....SHE GOT HER FIRST GOAL!!! Her daddy cried- how sweet is that?

Another crazy week in Lacy Land! Parent teacher conferences are Tuesday, we are expecting great things!

Dear Mr. President...

Brooke and Kate are both taking a Wednesday night class at church. Kate's is very sweet, basic bible stuff mixed with playtime and snacks. Brooke's class is awesome. It prepares the kids for middle school and hopefully some of the choices they may be faced with soon. The focus right now is on responsibility and respect. The best part? They have homework each week to complete. The first week they had to make their bed every week and write a letter to a person of authority. Brooke chose the president of the United States. I am going to share the letter with you:

Dear Mr. President

Thank you for serving this county (pretty sure she meant country). At school we got to vote and I voted for you. I respect you for who you are. My mom and dad voted for John McCain but I voted for you. Tell Malia Ann hi and send a letter!

Love, Brooke
age 10


I am sure Mr. Obama will love this letter - I can see the return letter now.

Dear Brooke,

Thanks for voting for me in your school election; however, that did not count. Your parents vote would have. Please tell them HAHA, I was elected anyway with 51% of the vote without their sorry-a$$ votes!

Sincerely,

-B

I haven't mailed the letter yet but found her yesterday looking through the OKC phonebook. After 30 minutes, i finally said, what are you doing?? She replied, "i am looking for Barack Obama's address!: Sarcastic momma asked her if she was looking under the B's or the O's. The O's,duh! she replied. Hmmm, the O's in the Oklahoma City phone book?? "Oh." was all she could say. hehehe

Busy but loving it!

I think i mentioned in my last post how busy things have become. They most certainly are! Since that post we added one more chorus class I forgot and enrolled Kate in a ballet/tap combo class. We changed dance studios but i LOVE our new one! It is close to the house and just seems very friendly! She had her first tap class last week, it was the cutest thing I have ever seen. My dad went with me and agreed, these little dancers were too precious for words. They have a recital at the end of May, I can not wait!
Brooke is doing very well in school (it seems) and is loving her new soccer team and chorus. She seems so well-adjusted and an all around good kid - makes a momma proud! Her first soccer game was rained out but they spent the day at an indoor water park so she wasn't too upset. She has two games this weekend and kate has one Saturday. Poor Jay has to work on Saturday morning so he will miss Brooke's first official game as a Soccer Sister.

Today was one of the guiltiest days i have had since i became a SAHM. Kate and I went to the Oklahoma State Fair with Aunt Bootsy, Lillie and Papa. We had THE BEST DAY!!! I really felt bad that Jay and Brooke missed it! The weather could not have been more perfect. It rained a little this morning but by the time we got there we were left with a beautiful cool day! Check out miss kate in her rain boots~


OUr first stop at the fair, A Pronto Pup of course, or is it a Poncho Dog? I can never remember which is an Oklahoma thing and which is a Kansas thing.


The day was filled with typical fair fare. It was so much fun to have the "babies" try new things. I think my dad had his head set on trying everything out there! It was so much fun. everything he ate, he would say, "I think this is the best thing i have had out here!" We laughed and laughed, walked until we were sore and ate until we could eat no more! Here are some of our snack pics!







Besides eating, the girls enjoyed seeing the animals the most. There was a birthing center with babies that were actually born during the fair. We also visited the petting zoo - we all really enjoyed that. I dont think Lillie or Kate wanted to leave!






As you probably remember Kate was dead set on having a blueberry muffin pony for her b-day. I did the best I could and promised her as soon as we could, i would let her ride one. Yesterday she started talking about riding a black momma pony and also a camel. NO IDEA where those came from but she was not going to leave the fair without both - luckily I managed to pull it off! Thanks Aunt Bootsy for being a good sport for riding the camel with her!! I owe you one! By the way, the pony she rode was actually named Top Hat but she renamed him Black Sugar! Where does she come up with this? I think she is going to be very creative like her momma!



All in all it was a fabulous day so thanks Papa and thanks Bootsy and Lillie - i think we ought to make this an annual tradition!