The Brittain Buzz: busy new year

Monday, January 14, 2019

busy new year

It's been quite a month already! We celebrated Steve's birthday with two 1/2 pies because we couldn't decide on just one. Market Street sells halves, which is awesome. We had 1/2 cherry and 1/2 lemon. Not the right number of candles, but they did the trick. I would like to say we had a nice evening of celebration, but really we went to soccer practice and then picked up burgers. His present was tickets for an upcoming Stars game, which we're all excited to attend!

We had a work day before the start of the semester, and the girls had to come hang out with me for a while at school so Steve could run to a meeting at work. They kept themselves busy wandering around, and I was shocked to see this picture of Sara with Striker! He lives in 5th grade, and I don't mind him in his cage, but I usually keep my distance. I am proud of this brave girl!

This picture of Emma barely shows the bright red, sweaty face that came off the soccer field after three back-to-back games last weekend. We've decided it's time for her to join an academy team. She went to an eval one night last week, and was asked to play in two games on Saturday (on top of her already scheduled rec game). She played so well ... three games, three goals. I'm so proud of her focus and her work ethic. It'll be fun to watch her continue to improve with great coaching.

Between an exhausting week, then all the soccer, a full morning of cheer practice, and a baby shower on Saturday, I was feeling beat and behind yesterday. As I was doing load after load of laundry, I realized it had been a while since I'd done any ... that stuff piles up! You would think with a mostly free Sunday I would have made it to the grocery store, but it was cold and gloomy, so the best I could do was order for pick-up tonight. Nobody was disappointed that we had to go out for pizza last night. Sara has been working hard on her two Harry Potter sets.