And so it begins....

Kendra has developed a fond interest for boys... as mentioned gently in parent teacher conferences earlier this year.

So Kendra and I are driving home from school one day and she tells me she HAS to tell me something.... oh no!

Kendra- "Mommy I was playing a game at recess today and ALL of my friends were watching. Nathan and I were pretending to kiss and accidentally he tripped over his shoelace right when I tripped over mine... and we ACCIDENTALLY kissed in front of everyone."

I almost flew off the side of the road- Kendra and I had a nice discussion about how she needs to keep her hands, lips and everything else away from boys. Every boy no matter how nice!

Then a few nights ago at dinner Kendra shares that Nathan wanted her to check out his muscles at recess, and then he checked out hers... we once again repeated the discussion on keeping hands to yourself.

Kendra's 1st cheer competition!

Talk about a big week! Kendra had her very 1st cheerleading competition yesterday. She was up and ready to go about 2 hours before we needed to leave. She was so excited she kept announcing herself- "And NOW the Cheetahs from CCE!" then would go through her whole routine. This happened about 30 times! Before we left she wanted to make sure I saved the routine on the TV so she could see it when she got home. She thought it would be televised!

We finally get to the competition downtown and Kendra was very confused why there wasn't popcorn being sold... probably because she usually comes to high school state and there's always popcorn there. She practiced about 65 cartwheels while we waited for her coaches to arrive.

And finally- they announced her team and Kendra came running out with a HUGE smile on her face! She had a wonderful performance and had a blast! After awards Kendra told everyone- we won! (Second place but she got a ribbon so she was excited!)

I'M GOING TO BE A BIG SISTER!

We told Kendra this past weekend she was going to get to be a BIG sister! At first she was very curious about this whole process....

"Where is the baby?" .... "In mommy's tummy" .... Kendra comes and taps on my tummy and says "Hi!" then after thinking intensly for a few minutes says, "mommy open your mouth I think the baby can hear me better that way!" =)

"Mommy- did the baby get in there today? How did the baby get in your belly?"

"Mommy will the baby fall out when you go to the bathroom?"

"How long does it take for the baby to get out?"

"Can you still rock out with a baby in your belly Mama?"

"My friends at school aren't as excited about me being a BIG sister like I am.... but Mrs. Huntzinger is!"

"I am going to read books with the baby and teach it how to dance and wrestle. But I am not doing any diapers!"

Red Shirt Year

So we decided to keep munchkin in Kindergarten for an additional year, so she could be on the old side of her grade. I was nervous at first, but Kendra is more adaptable then the rest of us. When we went to meet her teacher she was very nervous. By the first day of school she was over that and strolled in like she owned the place. Isaiah was in charge of drop off this year and took many pictures for me. As Kendra like to share, "Mama still cried, but I didn't". Kendra spent some of the first day comforting kids that missed their moms and called herself the Kindergarten hostess. =)

Kendra is playing fall soccer this year and is on her first all-star cheer team. She loves soccer, but her team has 5 of 8 kids that are new this year. Kendra has learned to be more aggressive and not to share the ball with the other team. With cheer she is a "foot holder" aka base. She is constantly practicing her tumbling and loves cheer also. She got to serve drinks as a fundraiser at Outback and performed at halftime with the Grandview cheer and poms!

Swim lessons

We are getting ready to leave and Kendra says to me, "now Mama, you didn't forget to take off your underpants right?"

LOL- I guess she's over me reminding her!

And SHE SCORES!!!

Kendra had soccer camp this week and learned a lot. Today during the scrimmages she scored not 1 BUT 2 goals!!!!!

Yeah Kendra! Here's what the world's best 6 year old soccer player looks like:

Kendra calls her favorite Uncle Ryan and tells him, "I scored 2 goals at soccer! ..... And I got 3 mosquito bites."

Practice makes perfect

"Am I going to have a soft practice at soccer today?"
~Huh? What do you mean soft?
"Well yesterday was a hard practice so I was hoping today would be soft!"

"Mom- do you even remember what it was like to be 17?"

"Abby says I don't want to get a sister- she might steal my clothes and my boyfriends!"