Millie's First Day of Thrid Grade EXCEL

This was an exciting day for Millie. For the first time the first day of school was one she had been to before! No wonder she is a ball of nerves as much as she has been moved around with so many new schools. She didn't know what to think about returning to a school and already knowing where her class was, how to get lunch, where the school buses were and already having friends! Woohoo! I am so glad she is finally settled in! It was a little new, though, because her school offers an EXCEL program beginning in third grade and she has a locker. She tested into this program and she has three teachers instead of 1 and they rotate, along with a group of fourth graders, to each of these 3 teachers throughout the day for specialized instruction in different subjects. I am really excited she will be more challenged with this program this year. And I'm super excited that her 2 best friends are also in the program so she didn't have to leave them behind and meet totally new kids again.

Reed's First Day of Kindergarten

Reed was super excited for his first day of Kindergarten. I asked him what he was most excited about and he replied, "The school bus doesn't have seat belts!" Oh goodness. He had a great day and even ended up in a video the school system put out. He shows up at minute 3:48 after all the strange and unrelated first aide stuff.



After he got home he said his best part was -pause- "mostly everything". However, after the second day of school he said he didn't have a good day. I asked why and he said, "I got in a fight with a second grader on the bus. But I got her." My, my. After I heard the whole story, and Millie was a witness and verified it, he was defending someone who was getting picked on (a third grade boy who he and Millie were sitting with). So he was being noble and in his mind he was doing the right thing, but I still had to explain that he can't put his hands on anyone for any reason. If he sees someone being bullied, he needs to tell a grownup. His reply, "The bus driver said we couldn't get out of our seats so I couldn't tell her!" I'm not sure what to say about that, he has a point, as usual.

More Softball

I had just a few more softball photos to share and then I will get on the back to school photos.

UofL Softball Practice

In between games during the Regional playoffs we had some time to kill and needed some batting work. So one of our coaches pulled some strings and our team found themselves getting batting practice and the University of Louisville indoor batting facility on campus with one of the UofL coaches. Can't beat that.

Babe Ruth Softball Ohio Valley Regionals

Millie's team has made it big time. They are playing this weekend in the Ohio Valley Regionals which is the last step to the World Series in Florida. It's a pretty big accomplishment to have made it this far and only 20 teams total from across the US will play in Florida. The 5 day event is taking place in Fern Creek, KY. Fortunately it's not too far from home so we can drive each day.

The first day of events was a big kick off. Lucky for us, it was the hottest day of the year so far with a heat index of over 100 (please note my sarcasm). It was pure torture. Although we didn't need a hotel the coaches thought it would be fun for the girls to all stay at a hotel and we could have a team party that night and swim. So we checked in to the hotel around 1pm then headed to the fields for team photos around 2:30. The girls (and Reed) goofed off until it was time for their photos.

After seeing lightening in the area, they made everyone go inside where we were able to get a big group shot of all of our Floyd Knobs teams that were competing this weekend as well. It's pretty amazing that we have 3 teams that made it this far, 1 in each division from 8U up to 12U.

After that was a big parade from the school to the track where each team was introduced and they did a short welcoming speech which included University of Louisville's head softball coach Sandy Pearsall. It was so hot most everyone left the stands after the girls walked through and stood under the bleachers in the shade.

When the speeches were finished the girls headed to the fields to participate in some optional fun events. There was a running event, a throwing event from home to second, a hitting event and a pitching event. Millie chose to do the running event with a few of her other team mates.

She didn't win but one of her team mates did. It was a long hot day but the girls enjoyed it and really enjoyed the swimming and pizza party that night in the hotel. I'm glad mom came and stayed with us because she sure helped entertain Reed.

Tennis Champion...Again

Well, I guess we need to make room on Millie's trophy shelf another First Place trophy. She played in a tennis tournament today at Floyd Central. She has not picked up a racquet in over a month due to her constant and never ending softball season (more on that later, we are not finished).

They youngest category they have is 10 and under so that is where she has to play even though she is only 7. She played in this same category last year at age 6.

There were only 3 girls signed up to play so they did a round robin and the each played the other 2 girls. Millie's first opponent was only 6 years old but she was really good. I'd say she was much better at age 6 than Millie was. She will be an amazing player in a few years. Every game was close but Millie ended up winning the match 8-3.

Millie's next match was against a 10 year old from Jasper. This little girl was very good too but Millie also beat her 8-3.

Since Millie beat them both, that put her first place. The tournament director didn't have a trophy for her because at the time of ordering trophies, they had no one in this category signed up but he will order her one and get it to us.

Millie had a great time and was excited to tell her coach how she did.