All About Marisa

This post is all about Marisa. Marisa is an amazing kid. She is so creative, smart, athletic, well-behaved, loving and a beautiful little girl. It is hard for me to believe that in just days she will be turning 10! yes, double digits. I can totally remember turning 10 myself. This fall, she will be entering the 4th grade. We plan on playing travel soccer again (tryouts are tonight and Sat. actually). She plans on doing Girl Scouts again next school year as well. This summer, she has decided that she is going to start reading the Harry Potter books. We have plans to go to the pool on my days off and looking forward to our family trip to Destin the end of July. Honestly, I think we are all looking forward to some "down time" the next few months. It seems that the last 4 months or so have just been so busy. Going from one practice to another and the weekends jammed pack with games, birthday parties, practices, etc.

Marisa and Carlos had a "date" this spring to her Girl Scouts Father/Daughter dance. They had professional pictures taken at the dance and had dinner afterwards at Mellow Mushroom. I think they had a good time. Carlos said it was very much like middle school dances that we attended. The girls talked on one side of the room while the dads talked college sports and shared fraternity stories on the other side. Carlos did manage to get in one dance with her though!

Another activity Marisa is taking to is roller skating. Her school had a skate night which we attended. I got to do a few laps as well. I forgot how much fun it is. I swear they play the same music I remember them playing from when I was a kid with one exception, I kept waiting for "Ice Ice Baby" without luck =) Marisa plans on having her birthday party this year at the skate center.

Marisa is a GREAT big sister!! She is always so helpful to me and while they may not realize it, she takes very good care of her little brothers.

Marisa's softball team this spring. It's funny that just a few years ago, the girls would have loved to have pink as their color. This year as a bunch of 9 and 10 year olds, they HATED being pink. Kindof funny. This year was her first year of fast pitch and with the girls (not the coaches) pitching. It has been a painful year. Not a lot of hitting and some very very slow games. Marisa claims she does not want to play next year, but we'll see.


Marisa is such a good kid and I can't believe she has been around almost a decade. I feel like I remember her first birthday and carrying her around on my hip. As we all have heard, they grow up so fast!! They really do!