Hannah making sure she has a good hold on those reins! 

Hannah riding with a nice straight back 

Hannah poses with her horse Remy after a good ride! 

It is better to look good than to actually play dahling! 

Which came first crazy soccer girl or..........

Or crazy soccer dad? (who by the way is Sophie's assistant coach)

Harabuji enjoys the game and doesn't even mind when Hannah puts a Red Sox hat on him. 

Sophie practices her dance moves 

What are they all doing? Are they crazy? Don't they know they could mess up their outfits playing like that?  

This might actually be a very rare photo of Sophie actually engaging in the game. Of course, it could be that the ice-cream man just pulled up! 

Sophie, our future secret agent, listens to the other teams private pep talk. Mind you the three girls on the other team have spent more time playing "cheerleader" than soccer. The coach is probably telling them they need to actually try to kick the ball - not a bad thing for Sophie to overhear! 

Sophie feels triumphant. Her team has won and she hasn't even had to break a sweat! 

Could anything be more boring than watching Sophie play soccer?????? 

Yes, Watching Hannah Horsebackride! 

Today was the first day of school. As usual, I have posted their first days of kindergarten as well for comparison sake 

Sophie's first day of Kindergarten 

Sophie's first day of first grade 

Hannah's first day of Kindergarten 

Hannah's first day of third grade 

Today on their last official day of summer the kids had a lemonade stand to raise money for Hurricane Katrina. They made about $24. which I think is good for a bunch of 5-8 yr. olds. After a while they realized they should advertise what they were doing more. See picture below. 

Sign advertising their efforts 

Last year when we went to Disney we surprised the girls. The girls thought they were going to NYC. Hannah told her whole class that she was going to take a picture of herself on Balto the dog who they had just studied about in 2nd grade. She was very disappointed that she had "lied" to her class when we didn't go to New York. So when we went there last week made sure to get a picture of her on him. However, I think the moment was lost. 

Sophie rides Balto 

Hannah and Sophie pretend to be rabbits at the children 

Mike and Komo caught off guard wave hello outside the children's zoo