Soccer to them

Rylie played soccer this spring through the YMCA. She loves soccer. Our friend gave her a goal of her very own for our backyard. She played last fall and was really good at running the whole time but didn't quite get all of the kicking in.

This spring, however, everything clicked. First of all, she was very excited because her team was called the cougars, her jersey was blue also. She and daddy love the cougars of BYU. She has already told us that her school is BYU. I guess we should be saving up for tuition.

Rylie has grown so much that she looked like a giant out there with the rest of the 3 year olds. Her team was very cute. One day, the coach's son got frustrated because he couldn' t kick the ball into the goal, so he just picked up the ball and chucked it into the net. Another game, most of the other team was lying on the ground while Rylie's team was running with the ball to their goal.

There was three kid pile-up as well, but no casualties. I'll have to see if I can post some of the video. Out of bounds didn't really exist in these games. On one occasion, Rylie managed to dribble the ball behind the goal, back around the fans on the other side of the field, and finally back into the middle of the field.

Rylie with Snowball

Rylie turned into a scoring machine in the last few games as well. One of the other parents brought a big stuffed husky dog named Snowball to practice and put him behind the goal. The kids now had something to aim for and it worked. It also worked quite well to distract the other team who would spend time trying to ride it, pet it, etc. In one game alone, Rylie scored 8 goals and she only played half of the game! So funny!

Rori is beginning to get more mobile. The other day she turned herself 180 degrees in matter of minutes while just lying on the floor. Watch out world, here she comes! It's amazing how much she has grown, but she loves her sleep still.

Rylie"isms"

Rylie says the funniest things. Of course I think they are funny since I'm the mom. Here are a few.

• On coming home from Primary one day, "Heavenly Father made male and email" This would be the 21st century version.
• At Walmart to the cashier, while I was pregnant with Rori, "You know what's in that big thing? (pointing to my stomach) My sister."
• To the nurse at the OB's office after Rori was born, "I'm thinking of getting a brother baby."
• After I opened the bathroom door to check on her, "Mom, you shouldn't come in here. I need some privacy."
  

I know there are more, but I'll have to post them later!

Spiderman, I mean Spidergirl

If you haven't noticed, our daughter loves superheroes just like your regular 3 year old girl does!!! She is a tomboy and loves to pretend about superheroes: Spiderman, Superman, Batman, Ninja Turtles). Here she is in one of 5 pairs of Spiderman pajamas she owns. If I tell her she is Spidergirl, she says no, I'm Spiderman. Her 3rd birthday cake was a Spiderman cake.
Last summer we were in Utah at a kids' carnival. All of her girl cousins were getting fairy face painting, but she happened to see that the lady could do Spiderman. She was insistent on getting Spiderman, so we compromised with a pink faced Spiderman instead of the traditional dark red. Pretty funny!