Family Pictures

We had family pictures with my whole family in August. The photographer just sent them back to us. Here are a few of my favorites of my little family. Enjoy!

Mean Mama Bear

I am feeling like a mean mama bear. I left Hailey at her soccer game with a neighbor watching her for about 20 minutes. When I returned, I pulled up just in time to see a kid on her soccer team bumping her and then pushing her to the ground (there is not supposed to be any contact with other players at all). He knocked her down again about a minute later. Her coach was on the field and politely asked him to be nice. Didn't happen! He did it AGAIN and AGAIN. Then another boy knocked her down, then my neighbor's little girl knocked Hailey down also (all because they saw the first little kid doing it and thought it looked fun). I was FURIOUS! Hailey was laying on the ground sobbing, so I hurried out to the middle of the soccer field, picked her up and then walked to the sideline. I don't think I have ever wanted to hurt little kids (and their parents... mostly their parents) like I did last night at soccer. Seriously, who lets their kids push down other little kids repeatedly? I felt a little bit guilty, yet justified by telling her to push him down the next time he tries to push her down! Yes, I am mom of the year :). I would have liked to have taken the high road and talked to the kid's parents, except they disappeared immediately after the game, maybe it's best that I didn't talk to them after all, I probably would have not been very kind. How do you politely say, "Don't mess with my kids unless you want to get hurt!!!"?