She knows it

Don't let her fool you…she knows she’s cute. I warned you…try not to fall into her traps since you’ve been warned.

Hands off

Cohen decided that he wanted to play soccer this summer. His uniform picture says it all. He LOVED it. Cohen knew right away what number he wanted and it had to have the nickname CT on it. It may have been more like a dress on him but I guess the shirt will just fit longer because he is looking forward to more time playing soccer. He did really well at being aggressive and going for the ball. He began the season falling down a lot. I’m not sure if that was his technique to stop the ball or he just would lose his balance. He figured that out quickly but like many other kids this age, his hand just couldn’t stay off the ball. The kids just couldn’t figure out what to do when the ball was coming at them too high for your feet. Natural reaction is to use your hands so they continued to do that all season. Overall though he learned a lot and really enjoyed it. He had many many moments of his happy bird flapping each and every game.

It was extra fun again this summer since Grayson also decided to play soccer at the same time. These two share many of the same interests but they are yet still very different. Playing soccer never looked more different from one kid to the next. But you know what looked the same, their smile. No matter how different they played, they both left each game with huge smiles on their face and excitement for the next game. It was so great listening to their conversations afterwards about whether their team won or if they scored or if they blocked the ball while playing goalie. It definitely made for fun car rides home.

New bling

Well they did it. Yes both of them. Sevea and Brynna both got their ears pierced. It’s been a month since they got them done and thankfully we’ve had little fight on getting them cleaned and they are healing nicely. I’ve heard so many kids that have gotten them done and then let them close but this mom is not about to let that happen. I find them both too darn cute with them.

Sevea went first. I wasn’t sure she would ever get them pierced. She said for over a year she would get them but then never seemed like she wanted to actually get it done. But then she was sure about it and didn’t let a day go by without talking about when we were actually going to do it. That readiness paid off because she did really great. Especially considering that she can make herself more worked up about things or is more easily scared or nervous. She wanted to hold my hand but didn’t shed a tear. All the build up was for nothing. She now had some cute new bling in her ears.

We never intended for Brynna to get her ears pierced at this age but she really wanted it done too. I figured why not. It turned out to be a great idea since it was definitely a sister bonding moment. I wonder if Sevea was extra brave to show Brynna she could do it too. But Brynna needed no encouragement. I told her before we did it that if she did one ear she needed to do the other. Not an issue. She didn’t seem phased by it at all. Little moments like this you can certainly see the differences in their personalities come out.