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I wanna be like … Liz

I’m proud of my girl Eden.  She’s had a share of disappointments in sports and school in the last year, especially things that she has set goals for, worked to attain, and not reached.  And I know it has gotten her down.  I think she constantly compares herself to her older sister who is two years older.  It is impossible for Eden to realize how much difference there is in two years; she expects to be able to do everything Liz does.

I’m really proud of her when she picks herself up and takes things on.  This morning, she got up around 6:30 and we went for a run.  She is training for the Turkey Trot 5k.  This morning, we ran 1 mile for speed.  She got 9:01, her best time ever.  A few more weeks of this, and my girl is going to be ready.

I hope I am able to teach my daughters and sons that they are on the same team.  They are never competing against each other.  They are always each other’s biggest supporters in life.


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Wicked Sticks of the West Side

Yesterday, in field hockey, the Wicked Sticks of Catonsville (my awesome field hockey team) took on the Mighty McDonogh Eagles.

The team I played was a really good team.  We lost, 1-2.  I don’t get why their team did a cheer right in front of us after they won.  I mean, really?!

I played good.  I almost got a goal.  We did good teamwork.  Mommy did a good job at coaching us, telling us to spread out and what to do.  Dad did okay too, but he yelled at the ref.  The ref was an old man that was very confused.

After the game, the other team took our team’s snacks.  After the game, we went to Jason’s Deli.  We went with my grandparents.  We got to have ice cream.  It was so yummy.  I fell asleep in the car on the way home, because it was 11PM!


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Six get sick

Not much has been able to slow down this crew lately, until the kids got sick.  First Luke… then Noah.  I thought we were done.  A few sleepless nights getting up with the boys to throw up.  No big deal.  Neither one complained just vomited and went back to bed.  But then Eden, Elizabeth and Jack all got sick at the same time.  What a nightmare.  Maggie still standing … for now.


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Kennedys take a day trip to Cascade Lake

We were planning a grand adventure today.  Maybe Assateague.  Maybe Gettysburg.  I got up at 5AM, ready to go.  By 7:30, I realized both of these options were probably out.  Everybody was tired.  So, we got …

ImageThat’s right.  Cascade Lake.  $80 for the carload to enter.  The kids had a ball.  They had a lake, some slides, some diving platforms, and a “poop deck”.

The highlights:  Eden, Liz and I went down the Miracle Slide.  Liz and I jumped off of the high dive.  It was about 15 feet up.  And yes, I did land on a girl below.

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Look out below

I was too afraid to look down, so I just jumped.  Oops.

There was also a little splash and spray area for the little kids.  4 hours.  $80.  I think we can chalk this one up as an “adventure”.  But, I’m not sure if we’ll be back.

Check out our trip on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sixwithsticks/sets/72157630906056910

 

 


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Cascade Lake – Adventure #4

Today, we were at Cascade Lake.  Adventure number 4.  I went on a huge slide called Miracle Slide.  It was really fun.  It’s not as scary as it looks.Image

I went to the diving boards and I went off the platform.  I passed my swimming test.  It was kind of hard.  But I made it.Image

The bracelet was the color pink.  I lost my goggles on the way.  Good thing my dad was there with me, because he got them when I finished.  I barely made it.

Noah went down the little slide.  When he got home, he threw up lots of times.  Poor Noah.


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Luray and Shenandoah

Marcia and I decided to take the kids on an adventure on Saturday.  We planned the trip for a few days prior, but we didn’t tell them where we were going.  We kept it a surprise.  We only told them what to prepare: a change of clothes, a sweatshirt or jacket, cameras, shoes/socks and flip flops, a bathing suit and binoculars.  The trip we had planned was a day trip to Shenandoah Valley.  The kids asked fo days, “Are we camping?” and “Are we staying overnight?”.

We got the kids out of bed around 5:30AM on Saturday the 22nd.  We left the house at 7:30.  Our first stop was at Luray Caverns.  None of us had been there before, and we were not disappointed.  We spent about an hour touring the caverns.  Then we spent time in the Garden Maze.  And the kids mined for gems and minerals in the sluice.  We left in time for lunch.

I thought it would be good to picnic at a scenic point in the Shenandoah National Park.  We were planning to drive Skyline Drive and see the sites.  It was so cloudy, we could barely see 10 feet in fron t of the car.  So, we had a picnic in the clouds.  And then we all experienced our first toilet pit along the Appalachian trail.

We took a hike down Dark Hollow Falls Trail.  Luke on my back and Jack strapped to Marcia, we all hiked down to the falls.  It was a beautiful sight.  THe kids played in the falls at the bottom, and then we hiked all the way back up to the top of the trail.

But when we got to the car, our adventures weren’t over.  The car was very low on gas, so we consulted with our maps.  Found the closest gas station, several miles south, and gassed up.  Phew.  We made it.  It was quite an adventure.  And we caught the bug on adventures!


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Catoctin Mountain

Catoctin Mountain has orchards and waterfalls with big pools, and they have one huge waterfall that is about 78 feet up from the ground.

Eden at the rocks

We hiked on a trail to see the waterfall.  When we got there, I got to climb rocks and get on this one big rock over the waterfall.  I got to see down and see the big pool.  It was really beautiful.

After we went on the hike, we swam at the lake, and we got all sandy.  At the lake, I got to see many cool rocks.  And I got to swim with my brothers and dad.  And the sand was really soft.

Hunting Creek Lake

Then I went to get my badge at the visitors center.  I got to see lots of cool stuffed animals at the visitor center.  On the way home, we went to an orchard and got a yellow melon, peach butter, and some plums.  The peach butter was really good.


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Great Day in Sports

A few weeks ago, a man saw Liz and I playing catch and was very impressed with her skills.  He’s associated with SkyWalkers club and wants Elizabeth to play there.  He asked her to play in the Catonsville fall league.  It’s a league for kids a few years older than Liz.  She said yes.  This morning, after she spent the night out at the Baecks, she was a little nervous about playing with the older girls (grades 5-8, she’s the only 4th grader).

But, when she stepped on the field, she did very well.  She scored 2 goals.  On one of the goals, she was tripled teamed, brought the ball out, juked all three and created an open lane to the goal for herself.  It was very pretty, and many of the parents clapped.  Marcia and I are very proud.

We are also worried.  There are a ton of politics in Catonsville sports, and we’ve been hearing the ugly side of everything lately.  I fear that Liz will not get her fair shot, and that Eden will also get her share of the shaft.  Parents in this town are behaving poorly, very poorly, and I want to protect my daughters from all of the nonsense.  I fear that I won’t be able to.

Also today, Liz’s field hockey team played the war hawks.  Last year, the war hawks crushed every Catonsville team.  Today, we beat them 11-0.  Liz had a goal and she played very hard.

Eden played field hockey tonight as well and had a goal.  Go Edie!

Noah played soccer yesterday with Jack.  They play for Jack’s dad’s team.  We are so pleased with Mike’s coaching, and the fun that Noah is having with his friend.  They won 4-0, and Noah had a break away goal.  It was great.

I am so proud.  They are enjoying sports, and they are excelling.  Elizabeth works as hard as any kid I know.  I have a feeling that the others will as well as they get older.

Luke got his own lacrosse sticks today.  PopPop and Grammy brought them over for his first birthday present.  And he had fun with me on the floor, throwing balls to me, holding his stick, and putting the ball in the pocket of my stick.

“My first conscious memory was of my father crazy gluing a putter in my hand” – Tiger Woods (impersonator) – SNL sketch