Hannah Skating Lessons

Last year Hannah attended a birthday party at the local ice skating rink. She loved it and asked often to go back. Based on her interest Nana and Papa decided to pay for two sessions of ice skating lessons as their Christmas present to her. True to form Hannah asked A LOT of questions before deciding to take the lessons. Where will the lessons be? How long is each lesson? How many lessons in the session? How many kids in the class? Where will the parents be? Can they watch me? You get the idea. She was hesitant the first lesson when she saw how many classes were being held at once and thus the number of people in the arena but with some pressure from mom she got on the ice and enjoyed herself. She will never be Dorthy Hamill but she is now is competent on the ice and loves to skate.

Freezing Rain/Ice/Snow Storm

If you have been following our blog recently you know I am trying to get caught up and just finished Halloween. I still have many posts to add but thought a current one would be a good idea today.

Over the last 48 hours we have experienced freezing rain, sleet, ice and snow. I think we have covered every kind of precipitation possible. Today is Wednesday January 28. The girls have been out of school since Monday and are already scheduled to be off tomorrow. I don't think it looks good for their return on Friday.

We have ice covered trees and we have lost a lot of limbs. We hope we don't lose the big tree in our front yard. The bushes on one side of the house are so bent over the only way between the two houses is to crawl under the limbs. Both outside AC units were frozen completely over by ice at least two inches thick. It took me a while to chip most of it off. The girls all played outside in the snow, unfortunately by the time I got home Rachael was already inside so I only have pictures of the older two outside.

Rachael's First Lost Tooth

On January 14 Rachael lost her first tooth. She lost it at the end of the day at school. I knew she had a slightly lose tooth but was surprised. She never played with the tooth like her sisters do with their lose teeth. Her teacher put it in a tooth shaped holder on a necklace to take home. On the way to Nana's house she had to take it out and look at it. Unfortunately she lost it. She became very upset. Her big sisters explained to her the tooth fairy would still come if she wrote a note explaining what happened. Grace helped her write the note - it was very cute. The tooth fairy did leave a dollar coin in her tooth fairy pillow - on the first night! Our tooth fairy was off duty during the New Year Holiday and during a bought of bad weather so the older girls have each had to wait an extra night lately. I don't know what is wrong with that tooth fairy!

Grace Soccer

Grace's soccer team, The Cheetahs, (with assistant Coach Craig) had an outstanding season this year. They are passing better, playing position, anticipating, talking to each other during the game, and working well as a team. Grace does well in the front line but is really known for playing Sweeper. She is called the teams Super Sweeper. She has incredible speed which she uses to her full advantage and really is good at finding a way to get the ball to her teammates. It is fun to watch this team play. The girls tied for first place in their division. They then went on to a state tournament in Berea where they placed first place in their age group. Grace played in the first weekend of the tournament and then had the tough decision whether to play the second weekend or be in a horse show. She chose the tournament (after a lot of pressure from her teammates to play) and is glad she did. They earned a GIANT team trophy and where in the newspaper. Grace was given the honor of having the trophy first.







Text from newspaper:

Cheetah girls rule On November 8, 2008 the Lexington Youth Soccer Association (LYSA) 10-year-old girls Cheetah soccer team defeated the Louisville Okolona Lightning 2—1 to win the state Commonwealth Soccer Tournament in Richmond. Pictured in the front row from left are Jessica Daniel, Mallory Baker and Grace Kelly. Second row from left: Phoebe Clardy, Amanda Moore, Sydney Strup, Kate Johnson, Macy Baker and Julia Beard. Third row: Coaches Stuart Daniel, left, and Craig Kelly.

Lexington-Herald Leader November 26, 2008

Grace and Hannah Field Trips

Grace and Hannah each had a field trip this fall so Craig and I played rock paper scissors. Craig went with Grace to Mammouth Cave on October 15 and I accompanied Hannah to the Lexington
Explorium for Native Americans Exhibit on November 13.

Halloween 2008

Halloween this year followed tradition – first trick-or-treat at Mom’s office, home, fast dinner, then Dad, Grace and Rachael meet up with the neighbors to trick-or-treat in the neighborhood. Mom and Hannah handed out treats. Grace dressed up as Bat Girl, Hannah was a (very cute) witch and Rachael was a zebra. This year Halloween was on a Friday and the weather was great - very helpful. The girls all had a great time and collected far too much candy. Every year I try to get them to do something together but it hasn’t gone over yet.