There really is life outside of football.  It seems that's all I post about these days.  But we really have plenty more to keep up entertained.  Last week, Molly was sick.  She never gets sick like a normal kid....snotty nose for a couple of days and then it clears up.  No.  It always sets in her ears and settles in her chest, and we have an ear infection and cough for about two weeks. 

Tuesday, we went to the doctor after all of our home remedies had failed.  Her ears were fine, and they sent us to the hospital for a chest x-ray to make sure there was no pneumonia. 

 

There was no pneumonia.  Thank God!! But they gave her a round of steroids to take.  If I have never said that Molly is the hardest kid to get to take medicine, let me tell you now.....It is AWFUL!!  I always try to the nice, sweet, talk-you-into-it approach first.  Sometimes it works, but usually I have to hold her down and it is a big ordeal.  Steroids and cough medicine twice a day about killed me!  But by the time the prescription was gone, she was FINALLY doing it by herself.  It just took a lot of coaxing and a lot of patience. 

 

She is back to being well for a while.  I really think that her being sick isn't as often the older she gets.  That's a plus.

 

Sadie and Sophie are perfectly normal sisters.  Sophie adores Sadie.  Sadie adores Sophie.  They fight and argue all the time.  That's normal, right?  What is also normal is when I leave my phone laying around and I find random selfies on it.  Normal. Right?

 

Sophie really doesn't like to have her picture taken.  She very rarely poses for me.  When I point it at her, she often covers her face or runs.  I keep telling her that she is making it hard for me and she is going to be upset one day when there are no pictures of her.  She's going to think I left her out.  This is proof that I try really hard and she doesn't cooperate.  I have to sneak to take pictures and this is the face I get when I point it at her.

 

With Molly, it really depends on what kind of mood she's in.  Sometimes she just poses and eats it up.  But when she's not in the mood, you can forget it!

 

When they are doing something that they think is silly, then they are all about taking a pictures.  Molly thinks bubbles are the greatest thing ever!  Especially when she catches them.  So she yells, "Take a picture!"

 

Sophie thinks that she looks beautiful with Sadie's homemade tutu on her head.  I told her she looked like my little sunshine.  She said she looked like a lion.  Either way, precious!!

 

We are still loving AWANAs.  Sophie and Molly look forward to it every week.  I have really enjoyed it so far.  This is my kindergarten group.  They are a hoot.!  Molly has learned so much in her little class.  It amazes me every week how much she retains. 

Sophie is doing very good in her book and she is learning her verses fast!  She really loves her teacher and enjoys getting to be with the kids in her group.  Anna Kate is home schooled, so the only time she gets to see her is at church. 

We are a family that takes selfies.  We have established that Sadie and Sophie love selfies.  But Molly also loves selfies.....as long as Sadie and Sophie don't try to get in her selfie.  She's funny about stuff like that!  Molly wouldn't let them in this one.  They had to take their own. 

 

We are also gearing up for deer season.  Larry has been taking Sophie to target practice.  He takes the 22 rifle and sets up a target.  Molly likes to go too.  She also likes to shoot.  Sophie says that she doesn't like Molly to go because she wastes bullets.  Sophie said that Molly likes to shoot automatic.  (We don't have an automatic 22, but Molly shoots so fast that you would think it was.)

 

Molly thinks she has to be involved in everything that everyone else is.  Here she is target practicing with her bow.  It is bow season ya know.  

Something that is fun to watch is the way that Molly is with Sophie.  She adores her the way that Sophie adores Sadie.  Sure it gets aggravating when someone wants to do everything that you do, and go everywhere that you go, and have everything that you have.  But if you really sit back and look at the big picture, it is precious.  You can't find a deeper love that that.  I know someday they (Sadie and Sophie) will see that.  But today....I just have to remind myself because they aren't listening and sometimes I can't hear it over the screaming.

 

 

It seems like these days, Sadie isn't home very much.  Maybe that is God's way of preparing me for her to move out and go to college.  Between cheer, golf, church, football games, school functions, friends, boyfriend, gymnastics, and La Villa she is always on the go. Sometimes I have to just tell her that she has to stay at home because she hasn't been home all week.  Sometimes I just watch her drive off. 

 

But I am so thankful for our relationship.  We almost always have fun.  We most always get along.  We most always understand each other. 

 

Larry is still hanging in there with all the craziness.  I'm sure it has to be hard to live in a house with four girls.  I'm sure any one of us alone can be hard to live with at times, but he hangs in there and forgives the fights, the drama, the rants, the million pairs of shoes, the hair shed all over the place.  I'm thinking maybe we are breaking him down.  He is stuck with us.  There's no way out!