Whatcha Do..Do..Do..Do.. Doing?

Just one month ago, Mia didn't want to have anything to do with tv. She'd watch five minutes of B*arney in the morning and then she was done. I don't know what happened between then and now, because all of a sudden, she is D*ora's #1 fan. I have DVR'd every Ni H*ao Kai-lan that was ever made, but nope. She's not interested. To her, there is only one cute little girl with a brown bob. So... since I have worn out my attempts at stickers, coloring books, E*tch-a-sketches and other activities to try to keep her content during Leila's soccer practices and games, I thought I had hit the jackpot. I'd bring the portable DVD player and let her watch you-know-who so I can actually watch Leila play a little soccer, right? Well, kinda. My girl tried a million and one positions to get comfortable last night - knocking the brand new DVD player all around in the process. I exaggerate. (Only by one.) On her bottom, on her knees, headphones off, headphone on, chair flipped forwards, chair flipped backwards. You get the picture? It was pretty cute to witness, though. And she loved her do..do..do..do..D*ora.

I even made her own private "viewing room" because she complained the screen wasn't bright enough.

I couldn't resist those tootsies. (I think the other parents thought I was crazy.)

By the way, do you think our grass needs a little water? We don't want full-blown Fay, but we could use some rain.

My soccer girl.

Taking a break.

I never played soccer growing up, so I wasn't aware of this unknown rule that you must sit on your soccer ball when you are not playing. Apparently it's the thing to do.

I must brag on Leila and her team. They are 7 - 8-years old and scrimmaged a team of 9- 10- year olds last night and beat them 6-1. Leila is on a more advanced team this year. (Have I mentioned the three 1 1/2 hour practices/week!?!) The coach asked her join it, even though she has the least amount of experience of anyone on the team, but I'm proud of her that she's learning quickly and holding her own. I'm looking forward to seeing how much she improves by the end of the season.