Fishing

Holly enjoying a wee bit of fishing...

Camp Fire Club

Yesterday Holly's Camp Fire Club was in the local Santa Parade, her second year! They all had a great, chilly time on the little float waving to everyone. It was a fun activity that really adds to some holiday joy!

Here are here fellow Camp Fire friends...

Anna, Lilli, Holly, Leah, Kira, Kristin
The Nature Kids
Camp Fire Group

That's A Wrap!

Holly has finished up her second year of soccer! She grew a lot this year, her skills improved immensely even though her comedic act still is in full play while on the field. She is a happy girl who gallops across the field with a smile... instead of getting on the ball and taking it back. Part of me wants her to get in there to get the ball the other part of me wants her to remain the happy girl skipping down the field... as those moments are passing so quickly, she is growing up and slowly replacing those little 'kid moments' with adult ones. It is going to quickly!

Here are a few photos from her final game!

Pumpkin Carving 2011

Holly & Bryan carved pumpkins this weekend while Hudson drew on his pumpkin. They went Saturday morning to the pumpkin patch together to pick out a couple of good carving pumpkins. They chose one for me too... however, I have not had time to carve it. Maybe I'll keep it around for the month of November for harvest decor.

As always, they carved two wonderful pumpkins. Hudson enjoyed coloring his pumpkin! They had a lot of fun together. This year Holly saved a few pumpkin seeds to dry and see if they will grow next year - that should make for a fun little experiment next summer!

My Little Peacock

This year Holly wanted to be a peacock for Halloween. Not sure what to do with that I found some inspiration online and created a peacock costume! It was actually rather simple, pretty quick and perfect for her! She loves it and I love it - it was a win, win for us both.

Here is my little peacock:

Soccer Season

Holly is enjoying soccer season! It is a busy time of year with moving into school full time, activities and soccer. However, she is really enjoying it and coming a lot further with her skills. She is not a very aggressive player so that holds her back some, but she is working on it. Getting her not afraid to get in on the ball is tough but she is slowly building up that confidence and courage to do it.

Here are some shots from her last game!

Holly's Fair Entries

We visited the fair this past weekend and finally had a chance to see Holly's fair entries. She was thrilled to look for them, in fact it was the VERY first thing we did when we got into the fair - headed straight for the Pavilion to search them out.

Holly did great! She received two first place ribbons and a second place ribbon. She is over the moon!

Soccer Season

The new soccer season for us has officially kicked off. Last night was Holly's first practice. We'll be doing practices two nights a week for a few weeks, games are will be on Saturdays. Once the games start up she will be going down to one practice. She is very excited for soccer to be starting again and I am excited to see her grow this season in her skill level.


 

My Little Two Wheeler!!!

The day has finally come... Holly is on two wheels, no trainers! She had tried a couple of her friends little bikes and could do it. So, we finally got her onto a good learning bike that is not as large as her fancy new bike she got for Christmas. She got on and took off today!!! My little gal is growing up! She has been riding all night and I mean all night! So proud of her!!!