Fall Frenzy

Fall 2010 was crazy! Our lazy summer came to an abrupt end in late August with the news that baby #5 was on the way. We had been trying and were very excited but I wasn't thrilled with the idea of an overscheduled fall coinciding with morning sickness. School started a couple days later with the twins entering third grade in seperate classes for the first time and Mae and Elle in preschool together. That gave me 2.5 hours to myself Monday - Wednesday and it was glorious! Almost every kid had something(s) going on. Mae in gymnastics, Elle in gymnastics and soccer with practice once a week and games on Saturday. The boys played their first season of baseball also with a mid-week practice and games on Saturday on the opposite side of town from Elle's games. The twins were also in cub scouts and piano lessons. Thank goodness my dad totally helped out and took the boys to their baseball practices for almost three hours on Wednesdays! Elle didn't love soccer, but she sure looked cute in her uniform. We pretty much had to bribe her to even play the first few Saturdays. The twins worked really hard in baseball and played on a really good team. It was really tough for me to sit through games in the hot sun during my first trimester, and wouldn't you know the one time I didn't stick it out, Jake got his first hit. Luckily, he gave us one more in the last game. When the season came to an end in November, no one was too sad. : )

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