Last night Kennedi received a peculiar package in the mail from the zoo. Upon opening it we discovered this bright orange t-shirt along with a letter congratulating her. Kennedi’s name was chosen from a drawing to receive a cool Kid’s Club T-shirt.

Although she doesn’t fully understand having won a drawing, she is super stoked to have a cool new t-shirt.

Mikayla has joined a basketball team at the YMCA this fall and their games start soon. The team is comprised of girls from her school (some in her class), so it should make for a fun time for Mikayla. See the basketball game schedule below for details on dates and times. All games are played at the Farha Sports Center (located at the Wichita South YMCA) and all games are played on court 1. In case of bad weather, the decision to play will be made 1 hour prior to game time. Feel free to call the YMCA Sports Line for updated game information at 838-9622.

• 10/24 – 3:00 pm
• 10/31 – 1:00 pm & 3:00 pm
• 11/14 – 3:00 pm & 5:00 pm
• 11/19 – 6:30 pm
• 11/21 – 10:00am
• 12/3 – 6:30 pm
• 12/5 – Noon & 1:00 pm

There is a post season tournament on Saturday, December 12th. Game time will be posted as soon as we have it.

Hope to see you in the bleachers.

It has been a couple weeks since our last update and with good reason: not much is going on.

Mikayla
Mikayla is going strong with soccer (with two goals last week) and will start basketball at the Y in a few weeks. She is currently “this close” to getting straight As on her report card.

Kennedi
Kennedi is having fun in soccer (most of the time) but doesn’t enjoy how the other kids try to take the ball from her. She had me over last week to her preschool for a “Gentlemen and Games” day where we ate snacks and played Candyland (she won, twice).

Julian
Julian is beginning to talk in complete sentences. The most recent example I heard was when I asked him what he wanted for a snack and he said, “I want a granola bar becuase it is good”. Of course it wasn’t quite that clear, but I heard every word of it.

Andi
Andi has been retaliating lately against us for leaving her in the backyard too long. She is digging up grass and putting holes in the yard. On a brighter note, she graduated dog-training school last week (where digging wasn’t covered) and is very good at sit, stay and come (on command).

Juli and Michael
We are hanging in there, busy with schedules and activities. Last weekend we decorated the house for Halloween, took kids to soccer games/practices and managed to get household chores done. Next week is all the same. Most of the time, it’s a blur.

If you’re in the neighborhood sometime, give us a buzz. We’d love to chat!