The Russo's

The soccer games have started. They only played one so far, last week was rained out. They have 8 players on the team, so they rotate in and out. Josh is the assistant coach and had to do more than his share of helping. Our team is all boys, but it is a co-ed league. Some of the kids cried when something didn't go their way. At one time 4 of our boys were crying!  Hudson didn't cry, which I was glad about. He smiled the whole time he was on the field. He is not very aggressive about getting the ball. He did better at the practice last week.  His team scored some goals, but they don't keep score. It was fun to watch them trying to figure out what to do. It is a little confusing if you have never played before. She doesn't look happy, but she was cheering for Hudson.

Hudson's school had a lunch for Grandparents Day on the 6th. Papa, Nana and Nana B were able to attend. They had lunch and then the kids performed some songs.    They made a craft for their grandparents " Grandparents hold our hands for a while, but hold our hearts forever."  Hudson is blessed to have godly grandparents who are involved in his life and love him. Here is the class performing some of the songs:    

Hudson did the Zoo Zoom race again this year. It was supposed to be a half mile run, but somehow it was a mile. Along the way kids were getting tired and crying. Hudson wanted to stop, but Josh helped him to keep going.    Emerie was one of the ones crying Leilynn moving fast   Josh decided to run the 5K after the fun run.  Watching Josh and the runners come through So proud of our runners!  All the racers  We walked through the zoo for a little bit after the race. Gianna loved the monkeys and they came right up to the glass.   Muddy Mayhem  Two weeks later, Josh did another race with some co-workers. It was an adventure run with obstacles, water, sand and mud.   Before the race    We could only see the end of the race that had a slide and some planks to walk over.  It took about an hour for them to do it. They had fun and want to get more pe...

Gianna's party was on the afternoon of August 24th. We had it at Pretend Play Party which we have been to a couple times. It has a lot of different sections where kids can play and pretend to be different things. I just wasn't in the party planning mood this time.   The party room where we had snacks and did the cake.    They had color sheets for her party, but I don't think anyone colored. They were having to much fun playing.  She had nine guests and they were all family members   My camera battery died and I had to use my phone for the rest of the party. Epic fail as a Mom!   We had quite a few pretty princesses!   Gianna was so funny blowing out her candles, but no one was videoing. We had her do it again and recorded it.    She had to open her presents on the stage in front of everyone.  Leilynn helped her open the presents. Gianna kept running away to play before all...