The West Family: Ballet, Ankles, & Scrimmages

It's finally Tuesday again so Elle was back in her ballet shoes. It was her third lesson and somehow the cuteness of the whole leotard, tights, skirt thing is just not getting as old as I thought it would! I've been trying to get Elle to call her teacher Miss Lisa, but I get the feeling she just prefers Lisa but her refusal to add the Miss. She was slightly distracted in class and kept looking at something behind her that seemed to be much more interesting than what was going on in front of her! Also, Elle doesn't seem all that into dancing with her left leg. When it is time to switch from right to left she just continues using her right leg, but crosses it over the left to go to the same side as everyone else. Bless (Miss) Lisa's heart, because I do not have the patience for all that!

After ballet we ran over to the UPS store to get a paper notarized so we can get Elle a birth certificate. Apparently, I never submitted the paperwork and now she's three and Brian's new job needs it on file for their records. It's now been almost two weeks since I submitted the request to get the birth certificate, so now $80 and a notarized paper later it should be shipped soon! UGH!

The notary was running late so we decided to head over to the Halloween store while we waited. I kept Elle far away from the princess side to rule out the possibility of a melt down, and it was a success. She tried on masks, hats, and a ninja turtle shell. By the time we got back to the USP Store the notary was there. Five minutes and eight dollars later we were on our way home, which Elle was NOT happy about because she wanted "to go downtown to eat with daddy!"

After school Elle was taking a bath while I cleaned my bathroom. Kai came up and I asked him if he would run downstairs to get the windex for me. Somehow in doing that he fell and hurt his ankle. It isn't too swollen and he is walking on it so hopefully it isn't a big deal!

Luke's coach set up a scrimmage today for the boys against Freedom, so we headed down there. Olivia was extra excited because Luke's coach needed her to babysit his two younger kids during the scrimmage, her first EVER babysitting job! It was all very exciting! Turns out the 2 year old wasn't excited about his dad not holding him the whole time, so he and I became fast friends. Fruit snacks, granola bars, and iPhone games once again win the day. So, Olivia played with their 5 year old. She got a little distracted at times, but I think for a first time it went well. I'm proud of her, she is growing up so quickly!

Luke played great during the scrimmage. He didn't play too much the second half because we were winning by quite a bit, but he had a great time non the less. After every big tackle he had he would jump up and do one big clap! At one point he came off the field and came over to the fence to tell us his couch had to take him out of the game because he was "destroying those kids!" He is hilarious! It was a good win for Luke's team because they have been struggling a little bit to get their offense going. I'm hoping this will be a turning point.