Just so I don’t forget those little feet

This is mainly one of those things that I am posting just so that I don’t forget.  Today I was upstairs, and Mitchell and Sophie were downstairs playing Wii.  I could hear them screaming with delight, and Sophie said to Mitchell.  “Hurry, fast!!  Go and get Mom!  Go as fast as your little feet can carry you!!!”  She had broken one of her records in baseball.  They were so excited, and they couldn’t wait to show me her new score.  Her little voice was priceless.  With all of the excitement they both had, you would have thought they had actually won a real silver medal.  Thank you, God, for letting them show me to appreciate EVERY exciting moment.

One more thing, the other night at dinner we were talking about nicknames.  Matthew always calls Mitchell his little man, Mitchell-Man, and the list could go on.  Then we started talking about nicknames for Sophie.  She has several as well.  Mitchell said, well you could just go by “ph”  We all just laughed because of all the ones we have heard that was definately one that we have not heard.    By the way, Sophie’s most common nickname is Sophie-Gofie.

Any Chicken Jokes?

Okay, so the kids really think the “Why did the chicken cross the road?” jokes are really funny.  They love making them up, and I am really running out of creative guesses for why a chicken would cross a road.  They have two favorites that they made up that we hear quite often.

hers…Why did the chicken cross the road?   To get to Lubbock!  Then, much laughter…

his…Why did the chicken cross the road?  To go check on his little chicken babies!  He doe not say “chicks”, but “little chicken babies”.  Then, more laughter. 

If anyone knows more chicken jokes…send them on!  I can only hear the same joke so many times in one day.

Shool is OUT!

Okay, so the kiddos have finished school.  I survived.  I actually cried when I dropped Mitchell off for his last day of Preschool.  I know, I know…Good grief, Steph!  Get a grip!  I just cannot believe how much he has grown this year.  He used to hold on to my pant legs at the beginning of the year, and I felt like I must be the worst mother in the world practically shoving him into his room.  He was not a fan of school until about November when he realized 1. I did come back to get him 2. They don’t take naps and 3. He actually was having fun.  Towards the end of the year when I would pick him up, he didn’t want to leave!  Talk about a change!  Now, he walks right into the classroom, blows me a kiss, I blow him a kiss, we “catch” each others’ kisses and I go about my day.  Wow, he’s growing up…all way too fast for me.  Then, there’s Sophie.  She’s all finished with Kindergarten.  She thinks she is so BIG.  Her last day of school she practically jumped out of bed…which never happens by the way… and ran downstairs to eat breakfast.  She did everything really fast all morning. I told her we were not running late.  Her response, I know…     I ‘m ready to get to first grade.  Slow down, my sweet Sophie.  First grade will be here soon enough.  I can’t believe how much she has learned this year.  One thing special they did in their class was to have a friendship book.  Each child had to write a page in Sophie’s book about what they liked about Sophie, and of course Sophie had to write in everyone else’s book what she liked about them.  Her teacher wrote in everyone’s book as well.  In Sophie’s book she wrote one of the things she loved about Sophie was that she loves Jesus.  I pray that Sophie will always love Jesus the way she loves Him now.  (By the way…I shed a tear…or a few…when I dropped her off on her last day, too.  I know, I know…)

I can’t believe the school year has finished, and summer is here.  YAY!

The past two weekends

The past two weekends have been pretty busy for us here at the Goforth casa.  I am just going to list…”in no particular order” as they say at the awards shows some the things we have done.

• Sophie had her first ballet recital for Ballet Lubbock.  She had previous recitals in Amarillo, but this was her first in Lubbock.  The venue was larger, and both sets of grandparents were in attendance.  It was Mother’s Day weekend, and it was very special.  She loves to dance.  She practiced a lot at home the week leading up to the recital, and she could hardly wait for the actual recital.  Her part of the recital was really short, but it was still as sweet as could be, and I LOVED every second of it! 
• We we able to celebrate an early Mother’s Day with my mom, and Matthew’s mom was here on the actual day.  We celebrated Mother’s Day by just spending time as a family.  When my mom was here on Saturday, she made a potato casserole for me, and Charlotte had ordered a ham for everyone.  So, on Mother’s Day all I had to do was heat everything up, and ENJOY!  We all had a great day!  Thanks to my mom and my mil for everything!
• This past Saturday, the kids (and Matthew) participated in a tennis clinic at Lakeridge with a tennis guy named Luke Jensen.  He is a famous tennis player who won the French Open and some other stuff during his career.  He now coaches at Syracuse.  The kids had an absolute blast.  They won prizes.  Sophie will tell you she won a dress, when in fact it is just a really, really big t-shirt!    They slept in their shirts that they won last night.  They also got to talk to Mr. Jensen.  Matthew did the adult clinic, and the kids cheered him on.  They were so tired when we left late in the afternoon.  They slept wee Saturday night!
• Also on Saturday, Sophie had her last soccer game of the season.  She got her trophy, so she was thrilled!  It has a little soccer ball at the top that spins.  So fun!  I should have some pictures of these events on the Flickr sometime…I don’t know when….but SOON!
• Mitchell is getting to be almost expert at both tennis and bowling on the Wii.  Sophie likes the golf.  I think we need to get us another controller and some more games.  Although, did you know you can check out the games from the library?  You can!  That means they are free!  We checked out Winter Sports 2008.  Ice Skating is not my favorite I’ll tell you that much!  I am getting pretty good at Cross-Country skiing!  YAY!
• The school year is winding down which means end of the year parties!  Mitchell’s class is having a luau, and Sophie and her class get to go to Jump N Jungle and do all kids of fun stuff.  I’ll tell you all about their parties later…they haven’t happened yet. 
• One more thing…Sophie gets to advance to Level One at her Ballet school.  She had to “perform” a test lat week, and she passed on to the next level.  We got the letter in the mail today.  She was so excited when I told her, she literally screamed.  She was really glad that her hard work paid off!  So, Congrats to Sophie!

I think that’s all she wrote.  Summer will be here soon!

Wii love it!

We just got a Wii a few days ago, and I have to say…I really like that thing.  It is so much fun!  You can move and groove.  We only have the sports game that came with it, and I think I may have found another addiction…along with my Webkinz.  Just kidding!  It is really fun though.  We can all play it together and have a great time.  Also, from what I understand, you can play somehow with your friends who have a Wii.  Guess we’ll have to have to read the instructions to figure out that part.  It is a really cool new toy.  I have already learned not to challenge my children in any of the games.  They pretty much ROCK at all of them.  It’s also pretty fun to make up more Miis.  So, if you have a Wii…let me know how much fun stuff it does.