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Connor is playing football this year for the first time. The season doesn't actually start until next week, but we've had a couple of scrimmage games. Our team has a weight limit of 125lbs and an age limit of 12. The teams we've played so far have no weight limits. Now, keep in mind that although Connor is playing on the 125lb team, he only weighs 80lbs (soaking wet and fully clothed...on a good day). One of the guys he was lined up against today looked to be around 5'10" and weighed about 140lbs. The second guy he lined up against weighed 180!!!!! Yes, he outweighed Connor by 100 pounds! This kid was bigger than David. I was a nervous wreck, but he made it through the entire game. All I can say is "Good For Him!" I would have been scared to death.
Tuesday was Ella's first day of 4 year old preschool. She was excited to start back and see all her friends again. She was a little sad when she realized she wasn't going to have the same teacher she had last year, but after the first day she loves her new teacher as much as she loved Mrs. Nancy. We had to make a life size self portrait to hang on the wall outside her room. We were given the cutout and had to make it look like Ella. We cut yarn for the hair, and used felt to make her an outfit and shoes. Since I'm not very artistic, we decided to take a picture and blow it up for her face instead of attempting to draw it on. It turned out really cute! The head ended up a little big, but Ella thought it was funny!
Sunday afternoon we all went to Tannehill State Park to spend the afternoon. It was such a beautiful day...the temperature was in the low 80s and there was next to no humidity which is unheard of for August in the South! The kids had a great time feeding the ducks, throwing rocks into the stream and walking through the water. We had a great time watching them play! We're not getting a lot of family time together with Connor playing football, so we made the most of the afternoon.
Connor is playing football this year for the first time. The season doesn't actually start until next week, but we've had a couple of scrimmage games. Our team has a weight limit of 125lbs and an age limit of 12. The teams we've played so far have no weight limits. Now, keep in mind that although Connor is playing on the 125lb team, he only weighs 80lbs (soaking wet and fully clothed...on a good day). One of the guys he was lined up against today looked to be around 5'10" and weighed about 140lbs. The second guy he lined up against weighed 180!!!!! Yes, he outweighed Connor by 100 pounds! This kid was bigger than David. I was a nervous wreck, but he made it through the entire game. All I can say is "Good For Him!" I would have been scared to death.
Tuesday was Ella's first day of 4 year old preschool. She was excited to start back and see all her friends again. She was a little sad when she realized she wasn't going to have the same teacher she had last year, but after the first day she loves her new teacher as much as she loved Mrs. Nancy. We had to make a life size self portrait to hang on the wall outside her room. We were given the cutout and had to make it look like Ella. We cut yarn for the hair, and used felt to make her an outfit and shoes. Since I'm not very artistic, we decided to take a picture and blow it up for her face instead of attempting to draw it on. It turned out really cute! The head ended up a little big, but Ella thought it was funny!
