This weekend my daughter had her second soccer game and I am happy to report it went MUCH better than her first. No tears or pouting and lots of smiles and cute waves to Mom and Dad on the sidelines. She enthusiastically went after the ball and always cheerfully raised her hand to kick off or make the corner kick when they asked for volunteers. Like I said, a drastic improvement over game one.

A few years ago a woman from my church passed out these prayer cards written by Bob Hostetler to the ladies in our MOPS group. Each card had 31 Biblical Virtues to pray for your children, with verses included. I thought this was a great idea and instantly tucked it away inside my Bible. Only to forget about it and lose track of it with all the other papers stuffed in there.

I went in to wake my daughter from nap time today and found her like this. I’m not sure if she fell asleep while playing or if she was just doing all she could to keep herself from falling asleep. Either way, looks rather uncomfortable to me. Then there’s her sister. We looked down during a soccer game a few weeks ago and found her like this. Yes, that would be my youngest asleep ON the soccer field, during a game.

Dear Sweet Baby of Mine, Every time I sit down or lay down I can feel you move around inside of me. You are more active than any of your sisters or brother were in the womb. Perhaps you are trying to tell us already that you are eager to jump in and join in the chaos and fun that is our family. The feeling of you turning over or kicking and punching my sides…it’s almost as if you are saying, “Hey Mom!

This weekend was full of family fun and excitement! Saturday morning the kids went to the neighborhood egg hunt with both sets of grandparents, while Scott and I went to a wedding reception. The kids had a blast finding eggs and getting their faces painted.  (some enjoyed the face paint more than others) That evening (after my son and I got back from a trip to the the after hours clinic where he was diagnosed with pneumonia), we gathered the grands again to dye Easter eggs with us!

Since before each of my children were born, my hearts deepest desire has been for them to know the Lord Jesus as their Savior. My son has demonstrated to us numerous times through various conversations that he recognizes he is a sinner and Christ died on the cross to forgive his sins.  My girls have not come to that point yet, but this Easter season we got one step closer.

When it comes to books and movies, one favorite category of mine is crime drama. If the back cover mentions CIA, FBI, or any other government agency, you can bet I’d give it a try. I was quite excited when I had the opportunity to read an advanced copy of [Lis Wiehl’s](http://www.liswiehlbooks.com/ .) book Hand of Fate and review it on my blog. The book centers on 3 friends, (one a crime reporter, one a federal prosecutor, and the other an FBI agent) as they work together to solve the death of radio talk show personality, Jim Fate.

I can’t explain it, but there is some innate, motherly, compulsion,need, desire to force my kids to pose nicely in their Easter clothes. More often than not, this event results in a very patient dad who kindly obliges his wife and tortures his kids, 3 restless and bored children and ultimately a disappointed mom who is stuck with 30 pictures of her kids in their clothes, and yet not one where they are all smiling.

It’s been ** 2 ** years since I began writing “Life At The Circus.” ** 2 ** years and 654 posts 2 years, can you believe it? I can’t. When I look back at my first posts, I laugh at how much my life has changed… and how much it hasn’t. It’s the end of the month and I gotta tell you, my fridge looks pretty much exactly the same as it did here two years ago.

On Friday night we took advantage of the aquarium’s last discount priced Friday night of the season and enjoyed some family fun. We took 293 pictures during our 3 hours at the aquarium. From those we narrowed down 42 keepers.  And from those, I have the difficult task of dwindling down some for the blog. The kids favorite part of the evening was the dolphin show.