"Summer" soccer started last Saturday, and I remember thinking it couldn't be ANY COLDER this Saturday than last. Well, I was wrong. It was about 40 degrees and 25 with the wind chill! Brrrrr. We all suited up and went for soccer anyway. Here is Rose #2 showing off her dribbling skills.
After soccer we came home to "chill" (pardon the pun) indoors. The girls decided to dress up in their costumes. The clone trooper costume was a gift to Rose #1, but the really good costume was the Anakin costume that Rose #1 was wearing. (Thanks to my colleague for the loan!)
I have not spent much time thinking about being the mom of biracial kids. It seems commonplace, now, and it is of course normal for our family. But I am sometimes taken aback when I see pictures like this and observe just how little my kids resemble me. They are my biological children - I have the scars and the post-baby body as proof. But darn, they don't look like me at all! Actually Rose #2 does, a teeny bit, but wouldn't you know that she's wearing the mask. Sigh.
After soccer we came home to "chill" (pardon the pun) indoors. The girls decided to dress up in their costumes. The clone trooper costume was a gift to Rose #1, but the really good costume was the Anakin costume that Rose #1 was wearing. (Thanks to my colleague for the loan!)
I have not spent much time thinking about being the mom of biracial kids. It seems commonplace, now, and it is of course normal for our family. But I am sometimes taken aback when I see pictures like this and observe just how little my kids resemble me. They are my biological children - I have the scars and the post-baby body as proof. But darn, they don't look like me at all! Actually Rose #2 does, a teeny bit, but wouldn't you know that she's wearing the mask. Sigh.
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