Advice

I am looking for some advice. I washed and dried a load of laundry the other day and when I went to get it out of the drier I realized someone (Elsie) had a yellow, pink, and purple crayon in her pocket.... I put stain remover on and washed again but no change. Some of the clothes look ok with a few little specks of color on them but there are 3 shirts that are ruined if I can't get the crayon out. Any ideas?

Elsie's new birthday toy... She is now "two-a". She had a fun birthday. We celebrated on Sunday because Saturday was a very busy day. We had cake and ice cream (pink of course, luckly pink is strawberry and is actually quite good). She was already to blow out the candles. She learned a lot from Grace's birthday. She got a book, a dress, socks and this aqua doodle. She really likes drawing on everything so we thought this might keep our stuff safe if she had a mat to draw on. She is really growing fast and is very cute!! We love her so much.

Ben Soccer

Ben made the save!! They didn't win the game but Ben did a really good job as goalie and then later assisted in the one goal his team got!! Way to go Ben.

Terrible two's

So do you see this sweet innocent little girl who will turn 2 on Saturday? Well she did an all out kicking and screaming two year old tantrum yesterday..... No holding back. We took Grace to school a little late because she had a Dr apt. When we got to the school Grace's class was in the library so I went to her class to help her put her backpack in then I was going to take her to the library. Elsie on the other hand decided she wanted to stay and play in the class room. So I had to pick her up kicking and screaming and carry her all the way down the long hall (Grace's class is of course the last one in the hall so we had to pass at least 10 others to come back to the library), get Grace to the library, and go out to the car. This still didn't slow her down. Then I had to force her into her car seat (that little body is surprisingly very strong) . I bet it took me at least 5 minutes to get her clicked in. Then as we drove away (tantrum still going) she wiggled out of the top part of the car seat so I had to pull over and physically force her back in. Luckly the short ride home calmed her down but WOW. I wasn't ready for that one.

Thomas Soccer

Yesterday (9/18) was Thomas' first soccer game for Gorham Middle school. His team beat Windham 5-0. Thomas did a great job in the game.

Here is Grace playing on one of the Kindergarten soccer teams. There are many. She has natural born talent. Notice how she stays right with the ball as long as it is by her feet and other kids are not taking it. Once the ball leaves her foot it is up to someone else to kick it!

Big 5

Grace's 5th birthday... She has been waiting for this for a whole year..... She is the youngest in her primary class and it just kills her that everyone else had their birthday but not her. Now I am sure she will start planning for number 6. There is just no keeping up with her. We also had a party with her friends. Two hours with 8 4 & 5 year olds is enough to put me in the loony bin. Wow, we had a whirl win of fun.