its soccer season again!!! yay!

today was katelyns first game of her second season. the coach split the team into two. it is my professional =D opinion that katelyn was put on the lesser abled team. Well, today was morale boosting for her, because she totally rocked the soccer field! She (not the team) won 5-1. She was the only scorer. I was hoping for a double hattrick...just kidding. She played well. she was definatly more understanding of what she should be doing on the field. She made it through the whole game without throwing a tantrum/crying. just like the last minute, she was too exhausted to do anything else!
i had mixed emotions. the first part of me wanted to tell her that she was the best on the entire field and that she won the game for her team and that she was the only one out there that had any clue what she was doing. the second part of me wanted to tell her that she did well, i was proud of her and that she really seemed to know what she was doing out there. unfortunatly i went with the good mommy approach, and went for the second part, but since i couldnt control myself, i told her that she was the best on the field.
i was a proud mom who couldnt keep my mouth closed!
my other though about the soccer game, isnt origional. i forgot where i read it, but i will paraphrase it because i think there is truth to it. basically what i read was something about childhood obesity and the fact that the kids who are off the couch and on say, a socceer team...they run around for 15 minutes and then get a 500 calorie drink and snack break. why? cant they run around without a food reward.
and my thought is, why do all the parents bring chips/cheetos/etc and gatorade for snack break. what ever happened to water? and oranges or somethingg. i dont know what exactly i will be bringing, but it will more closely resemble water and granola bars/apples. makes more sense to me......
anyhow, the most important is that katelyn is the best and i love her so much!

a ton of snuggling

on the way home tonight, katelyn was awake way past her bed time and she wanted to talk. she asked me if i would still snuggle with her. i assured her that i would. Then she wanted to know if i snuggle with her when i bring her home from my parents house and she is sleeping. I said that i snuggle with her every night, no matter what. she asked me to remind her of that when she was an "indult". i asked her if that was because she wanted to make sure that i was still snuggling with her when she was an adult. she said that it was because she wants to do that with her kids, but that i could still snuggle with her when she is older, but she would be bigger, so i would have to get her a bigger bed and that i can keep snuggling with her even when she is 15!

katelyn has a cousin

so, its been awhile. during the day, i think of something to blog about, something that would be interesting to the general population, but by the time i log on...the thought is long gone!
katelyn and i made a trip to maryland to support my sister in law, renee who was having a baby. She had a boy named Callan. He is a very good looking newborn! Previously i wished that we lived near renee and gene, so that we could have a closer relationship; now the pull is even greater since there are three hustons in that family now! It is very exciting to be an aunt, especially considering the fact that i had no control over that at all. =D It is more than a little sad though that Bryan is not able to meet his new nephew. That is very unfortunate! but the trip to maryland was very interesting. we are home now, katelyn has been running around like crazy, since she was either stuck in the car, or having to try to be really calm in the hospital.

in other news, katelyn is registered for kindergarten. There were a ton of papers to fill out and some of them were very random, such as whether or not we were migrant workers and what farms we had worked on in the past 6 years.....? this kindergarten thing is definatly going to take some getting used to. she and i have essentially been joined at the hip for the last 5 1/2 years. we do about everything together. we are best buds. and now we are going to be apart. that really is a big deal! it stirs up alot of emotions! we are both happy and a little nervous for the start of the next school year!!!!!

everybody really does love a slinky

we had a nice easter, despite being exhausted. katelyn got probably two of the most interesting easter baskets ever. Her basket from me had a pair of goggles and seeds for planting, her basket from my mom and dad had things like silly string and a slinky. I also scored a totally cool easter basket fromm my mom and dad....nice.
silly string and slinkys were new to katelyn and she loves them now that she know what they are and what they do. She is already asking for more silly string. (I think silly string feels really gross!)
anyhow. after we got home, she kept asking for a yellow bird. I had no idea what she was talking about, but as some of you may already have guessed...she was asking for yellow peeps. I dont claim to be the sharpest crayon in the box!
we are on to a new stage of like in our house...kindergarten registration. This is exciting, but it also will be a huge change for us. Katelyn is very excited and is already thinking ahead to whether her teacher will be a boy or girl.
these are my random thoughts for the day=D

easter trauma

this was the conversation that took place in my bed this morning.
Katelyn-Mommy, what day is it
me-(incoherantly) tuesasjdhflasiuhsdflasdy
Katelyn (in a really sad voice) we missed easter?
me-what in the world did i just say?
Katelyn-That it was tuesday.
me-oh honey, i'm sorry, its friday

my poor child!
to top it all off, I ran over a rabbit on the way home tonight....hopefully it wasnt the easter bunny=D

"you're not raising a dumb kid, ya know"

i am not one to overly brag about my child. but she is very bright. yesterday our tax guy stood us up, so we were waiting in a nearby furniture store to see if he would come back, anyhow, the salesman, kept telling me how bright she is and what a fantasic vocabulary she has. What a gem she is, etc. when we met rosie for lunch, the host at the restaurant said something about her being smart too. i know that katelyn is smart, she has insightful thoughts and is very kind. she is a blessing to me and i hope she continues to be a blessing to me and to others.

odd but true

this morning, katelyn and i were playing a game of old maid, she was being funny, because that is what she does. Anyhow...she made a face that looked exactly like one of my moms expressions. very funny. especially if you really know us.....


this morning, also... when i was snaping the snaps on the back of katelyns shirt, i apparently caught her hair in one, so she says."you caught my back hair in the button" back hair? ewww ...only a huston!! =D