Like Ridin' A Bike...

Keely has learned to ride her two wheeler this summer. She did so on her own timeframe and most likely could have done it earlier, but as is typical to her personality she had to choose to do it. She isn't all that into though and she meanders around mostly watching everything around her instead of where she's going on her bike. But she can do it and it's nice to think we could do family bike rides now. This video was taken a couple of weeks ago at the park where she plays soccer.



Speaking of soccer, she has now played in two games. It's quite cute when they are this little but I have to wonder how much they get out of it. There are 8 girls on her team, all of which go to her school and are in the afternoon Kindergarten (but she knows most of them). They play 4 vs. 4 with no goalie. That's a recipe for breakaways and a lot of goals. In just her second game she scored her first goal! I'm glad that I got there in time to see it, as I was rushing from Quinn's soccer practice. She was beaming and just thrilled to score a goal, and more importantly in the right goal (trust me, it happens -- you spend a lot of time yelling turn around as they head the wrong way). So she likes it and they have 4 games left in this season.

While I am on the subject of Keely, a couple of other follow ups on other things I have talked about recently.

--She seems to have gotten over her separation anxiety. Thank goodness!
--Her behavior in school has improved dramatically. Seems she just needed to get into her groove and understand the rules. I got a nice e-mail from her teacher today saying that she has been sitting at tables with her friends all week and only needed one reminder to not chat. Her teacher is proud of her and we all hope that it continues. Her behavior at home and EDP has also been quite good. Not sure what we did but she seems to have fallen into a nice pattern. She is such a good helper and will do whatever you ask of her...she loves to unload the dishwasher and will get something for me most times that I ask. She is so loving, constantly hugging and kissing me and saying "I Love You, Mommy (or Mimi if the mood strikes her)"...so sweet :)

So that's the update on Keely. And I've realized that most every post this month has been about her. The rest of this month's posts will focus on my firstborn who will turn 8 in just one week!