Sleepyhead Samba

Good evening everyone. Busy week with an exciting weekend in the books. The week started out rough. I had to take Remi into the vet to have his nail fixed that he busted. The morning before, he literally licked the nail right off. Gross. He's doing fine and hopefully will be able to run again soon. Wednesday we had practice. Had our goal scorer missing because it was her birthday, which was fine because I needed to work on some basic things with the other teammates. I wish they would take practice a bit more seriously which in general, effects how they play at games, but we'll get back to that. They did some shooting and counted their complete passes which was by far, the most focused I've ever seen them. ALL week Mia and Cecilia were planning an epic sleepover at Cici's house and by Wednesday night, Mia already wanted to pack up for it. TOO early kid.

Saturday, she woke up super excited for her game and sleepover. The weather was sketchy and we didn't know if they'd cancel or postpone the matches. Luckily, they didn't and we got on. Mia played against her long time best friend from 3K Olivia's team. Despite being outnumbered in age (almost all of them were 2nd graders) we held a 2-0 lead before half time. Because I was short two players (including my 2nd half goalkeeper) I had to keep Antwita in net for the 2nd half. She let in a couple goals she normally wouldn't have had an issue with and they tied it. Soon, they picked up a 3rd goal. We nearly equalized and a few girls on our team complained that their shorts were getting pulled at when they were going to shoot. What??? I was proud of the girls and I hope we can win the last two games of the season.

We drove to Woodstock after the game to meet up with Leanne to go over Air BnB's for our big trip next year. We got our dates nailed down and some places figured out. Great progress. We drove home, Mia packed up, and we were headed to Cecilia's. Mia could barely contain her excitement. It turns out, Cecilia couldn't either. Her fantastic parents told us that Cecilia waited by the door for quite some time just waiting patiently for Mia. The girls played dolls, watch movies and had an amazing time. We were invited to hang out, watch the Badgers game and stay for dinner. Jill played dominos with Cecilia's Mom's friends and they ended up having a dance party as well. Great people and an absolutely fun time. The girls tried really hard to stay up but ended up crashing by midnight.

The next morning, we picked her up a little after 9:15am. Mia DID IT! She stayed over at a friends house without getting scared or calling us. We anticipated she would get nervous and want to go home, but she bravely did it. Proud of that little diva. They had breakfast in the morning and when we arrived, they were playing outside.

Later, we drove to Jill's parent's house for Tommy's belated 30th birthday party. Good food and cake. He loved his gifts and was glad we could spend time with him.

Mia's off the next couple days due to a teacher inservice so we'll probably hit up the park before work. School's been going well for her. She's been playing with some other friends to avoid some drama and she's really enjoying when they pair up with older kids to work on projects together.

That's all for now, thanks for reading!