It's been a long time coming but Maggie finally scored her first goal of the season. And it had her parents literally jumping for joy. Seriously. Her father was jumping up and down with his fists in the air. He was so proud! We had a great angle from the sideline. We watched her beat the defender, shoot, get the rebound and put the ball in the far corner just as if we were running right behind her. It was totally awesome. Gary celebrated his birthday this month. I'll give you three guesses what we did. Did you say soccer? Do we do anything else? Gary's boys had a game on his birthday so we celebrated in pieces spread over three days. First there were ribs. Then video games. And finally family time.
We got 14 inches of snow just before Thanksgiving and the kids couldn't get enough of it. It closed down school and work and cancelled everything so we got a nice, peaceful break before the holiday chaos kicked in. We played in the snow, watched movies, drank hot chocolate, delivered a calf and perfected Gary's sweet potatoe casserole recipe. By the way, you didn't misread anything. Gary helped deliver a calf on our break. Tug, aptly named for the method of his birth. It was quite an experience!
Molly has been a dancing fool this month. Her sister borrowed Just Dance for the Wii from her friend and Molly wants to play it every waking minute. I'm pretty sure she has danced to every song at least once and her favorite is "Who let the dogs out." Some of the moves are a little tough for her but she is a hoot to watch. She is supposed to shake her shoulders in one song but it seems like everything but her shoulders shake... especially the tush. On another, she has to do this "gallop" move and watching her try makes me laugh every time. But she is confident she knows what she's doing. At the end of one song, the "crowd" on the game started cheering and Molly squealed "they love me!" Of course they do. And so do I!
