I felt like a rock star mom, and speaking of which...

Poor Jadyn. Her possessions seem to be the recent target of Kuma's inappropriate puppy chewing. Yes, believe it or not, our "not so little" boy is far from being a perfect angel. It's one thing when the kids leave something out where they know he can get to it or they choose not to pay attention to what he is chewing on. However, two days ago Jadyn lost a brand new Little Pet shop doggy that Kuma grabbed off a table and then today, I took her headband off to brush her hair and left it within Kuma's reach and before I knew it, the headband had been ripped to shreds. And, it should come to no surprise that Jadyn can be pretty sensitive and overly dramatic in situations like this.

For the Little Pet Shop, I was able to find and reattach his ear with super glue. When I showed it to her and it was clear the ear was no longer perfect, I told her that it would be the ideal pet to have visit her Pet Shop Vet Clinic to be seen for his injury. This brightened her outlook immediately and I felt like a rock star mom for thinking so quickly on my toes. It doesn't happen often.

For the headband, she was pretty upset. She was really looking forward to wearing this particular headband to school. Another moment of quick thinking, I grabbed one of the super thin headbands I use when I wash my face or workout and attached one of her MANY bows to it and viola! Instant new headband. Then Jadyn and I started excitedly talking about how many possibilities this opened up - to just attach her bows to the headband, especially since she no longer wants to wear her hair in pigtails. Another rock star mom moment.

And speaking of rock stars, that is the name that was finally picked for Jadyn's coed soccer team - The Rock Stars. I think it fits perfectly with their bright fluorescent yellow/green with royal blue uniforms. I will save showing off a picture of that until her first game next week. But here she is ready for practice:

Jake is the same primary color as last year - kelly green and so his coach chose a name to reflect our desert home and the uniform color. Therefore this year Jake will be the Green Mojaves, a snake native to our locale. Here Jake is at practice tonight wearing his uniform from last year. This year's uniform is a lot more, well green:

His first game is also next Saturday. Can't wait!