Week in Review

This may have been the busiest week ever for us!  So I decided to make this a week in review.  Here goes:

Last Saturday:  Christian had a baseball game at 10 am.  It was a tough game as we played the Prosper team that won the Dixie World Series last year.  The first two innings the boys played great and held 'em by going 3 up 3 down both times but then it got a little ugly.  The coach came up after the game though and told us we were the stiffest competition they have had!  It was a tough loss.  Later that night the boys were invited to spend the night at the Ubanoski's.  I wanted wings and suggested a visit to Hooters followed by quick shopping trip to Krogers.  That ladies and gentlemen was an impromptu date night!

Sunday:  We worked all day preparing for a sales meeting at 4 that afternoon.  By the time that ended at 7:45pm we were starving and decided after a few failed attempts at other places to go eat at Trail Dust with Josh, Lex and Kaden.  We were all starving and the boys had fun going down the slide 13,000 times.

Monday:  I went up to the school to work the book fair and get things ready for Open House Tuesday night.  Later that night Carson had a t-ball game in Pilot Point.   The PP coach decided we were going to play competitive T-ball (never heard of it) and informed us we were playing for outs.  After the two Chads, the PP coach and PP commissioner finished their pow-wow we did in fact play competitive T-ball since PP was the home team.  The boys adapted and played great.  I was given strict instructions as the 3rd base coach to send them home and that is what we did. Pa Pa came to watch Carson play and after the game we all went to the italian restaurant in Aubrey for dinner.  Pa Pa surprised Christian with $200 to put towards an iTouch that he mentioned the last time they were together.  Pretty nice!

Tuesday:  Open House!  I spent the latter part of the afternoon getting things ready at the school.  We got home at 4pm for a quick change, snacks and to grab a few things before heading back up to the school for open house.  Thank god my mom and grandparents were there to keep the boys occupied as I was a little stressed manning the popcorn machine and ladling lemonade into cups all night.  Christian gave them all a tour of the school, went in to his classroom, got books in the book fair and hung out in the cafeteria for snacks.  Mr. Pasqua gave everyone the good news that Christian would be receiving the Principals Pride award for this 6 weeks!  Before the night was over I did make the visit to his classroom too, before cleaning up, heading home and ordering Palios.  This is what he had waiting for us on his desk as well as a clay pinch pot:

Wednesday:  After picking the boys up from school on Wednesday we had to run to Aubrey to pick up some signs.  While we were in that neck of the woods Christian called Grammy to see if she was home.  We decided to stop in over there and visit for a few minutes before heading to Awanas.  Christian and Grammy started talking about movies and after I got off the phone from placing a few orders we all decided to go see the movie Rio in 30 minutes.  It was a really cute movie and much deserved break for all of us!  On the way home we stopped at the store to grab stuff to make Bunny Tails and came home.  Chad was already passed out.

Thursday:  Easter parties!

After school, we ran by the house to grab Chad and made a quick trip to Frisco so Christian could get his iTouch.  It was a tough thing for me to go out and buy because I still feel like he is a little young for a toy like that but at the same time he is getting so big and that is scaring me to death. In the middle of waiting for Christian to make his decision between the blue and orange case, Carson set off the alarm to one of the iPods on display.  It's always an adventure!  We finally checked out without the cops being called and got home so Chad and Christian could set up his iTouch.  That night was Kindergarten Round-up so Carson and I left to go to that.  We had a PTA table set-up to recruit volunteers and sell school supplies, Carson ran around playing with friends and I registered my baby for kindergarten. :(  I came home and told Chad that between the iTouch and round-up it was a rough day.

Friday:  Last night Carson had another T-ball game in Gunter at 6.  It was a beautiful night and after a long week we decided to head over to Clay and Jenn's for a little food and friends.  Unfortunately the night was not over because two minutes after leaving the ball park Chad got pulled over for speeding.  When he asked Chad for his license and insurance, we quickly handed him our insurance card but then had to inform him that Chad left the house without his wallet and my registration is out.  I honestly did go to Frisco that morning to get a new sticker forgetting that it was Good Friday and the office was closed.  I told the officer my story as I saw him glance at the sticker the only problem was my sticker has been out since December.  It is the truth though.....only because I got a ticket earlier in the week in Aubrey for the same exact thing.  Chad and I sat there taking bets on how many citations we would be receiving and were shocked when he came back and said we would only be ticketed for speeding and just given verbal warnings on the other two.  That is great except for the fact that the speeding ticket will be the most expensive and our third for the week, yes Chad got a ticket too earlier in the week, and paired with mine makes 3!

Now it is Saturday and I am in my pj's catching up on everything, doing laundry and doing things around the house!

Bunny Tails

So a week or so ago, I was in the middle of my morning routine which includes popping in on some of my favorite blogs for inspiration when I found this... eighteen25.  I immediately decided this was a project that I could do and when class easter parties came around this week I was super excited with the treats the boys would be taking.  Wednesday night, after a much deserved night out with the kids to see the movie Rio, I came home put the boys in bed and began my project while turning American Idol on in the background.  Here was my finished project!  They were so cute!!!

So as you can see I had them all counted and lined out for each class.  Thursday morning Chad was still home when I left to take Christian to school so I just left Carson in bed.  When I got home and opened the back door I found Carson with what appeared to be a giant marshmallow in his mouth holding his marshmallow gun.  Hmmm...I thought to myself, I used four bags of marshmallows with none left over, I did have one unopened bag left but it was high in the pantry and I doubt he could reach it.  

(Time for a little detective work) 

I walked over to the pantry and just as I thought there was an unopened bag of marshmallows.  Next I peeked into the shopping bag where I had put all of Carson's things to take to his Easter party that morning.  A dozen filled easter eggs?.....check.  10 bags of bunny tails?.....1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. 

(This was our conversation, all straight faced)

Me:  "Carson, where did you get that marshmallow"

Carson:  "Oh, I found it on the floor"  (REALLY)

Me: "You found it on the floor?  Are you sure you did not take one of these bags"?

Carson:  "No I didn't, it was on the floor"

Me:  "Carson you need to tell mommy the truth.  Where did you get that marshmallow?  

(As he is taking a second marshmallow out of his marshmallow gun)

Carson:  "I found it in the refrigerator"

Me: "Carson, mommy put 10 bags of bunny tails in this bag for you to take to your class and now I only count 9 bags.   Where did the other bag go"? 

Carson:  (crickets)

It was now time to find the evidence and catch him in his little white bunny tail.  I quickly searched each room in the house but to my surprise there was no empty bag.  I then went in to the bathroom and sat Carson up on the ledge of the tub (with Chad in earshot) where I let him know that it was not o.k to lie, God was watching him, mommy and daddy needed to be able to trust him and he needed to tell the truth so he would not get in trouble, but if he did not tell me the truth he would get in the worst trouble he has ever been in because it was not o.k to lie.       BINGO

Carson:  "O.K, (sniffle) I took the bag of bunny tails"

Me:  "Thank you for telling me the truth.....a little more lecturing on why we always tell the truth.  Where did you put the empty bag"?

Carson:  "I'll show you"

Finally, where was the evidence......

buried in the trash can!

Tball

Baseball season is underway.  Here are pics from Carson's tball game in Pilot Point on Thursday.  We were supposed to have a double header on Friday but didn't work out.  

His signature pose

Elementary Fun Day

Last Friday was Fun Day (or as we used to call it Field Day) at Christian's school.  This event is led by an incredible group of volunteers that had the whole day covered.  It was flawless and I was happy to take my PTA hat off for the day and just be mom.

Here are some pics from the day.

Christian's favorite event the last two years has been to race his teacher down the big inflatable slide each year.  He talked about it all morning and was delighted to find out that he would be the first one to race Mr. Pasqua down the slide just like he did last year with Mrs. Freeman and the year before with Mrs. Covington.  Unfortunately I had my big lens on the camera today and I didn't get a good shot.

I think he was excited to score a goal!

Had to show Misti at the face painting station.  

No words needed

It did not take much to convince Mr. P to get his face painted too

The day ended with all the kids cheering on their teachers in a hula hoop contest.  What great sports!

How can I have such a nice camera and my pictures turn out like this.  I don't understand!

Jump Rope for Heart

Wow!  It has been awhile since my last post.  Things have been a little hectic around here the last two weeks.  Baseball season is underway and we have been consumed with it!  First take in consideration that Chad is the Asst. Baseball Commissioner and we have had to organize teams, jersey sizes, sponsors, numbers, email schedules and other correspondence, plus we have had baseball practice 5 days a week between both boys (Chad coaching), Awanas on Wednesdays, WORK, PTA stuff, etc, has not left time for much else.   Luckily we have been able to spend a few fun evenings with friends, the boys have had sleep overs and been back and forth between friends homes and Christian went to two really fun birthday parties.

Saturday was Jump Rope for Heart.  Christian has participated in this event the past three years and really loves the opportunity to show off his skills while helping to make a difference in the life of someone who does not have as healthy a heart.  We spent over two hours in the school gym on Saturday watching Christian jump rope and play basketball to raise money for the American Heart Assocation.

Ready for the event to begin

 They do a great job of making it fun for the kids by breaking it up by jump rope style and having little friendly competitions for prizes.  Christian was quite proud he left with 4 prizes.  Unfortunately the frog that's eye bulges out when you squeeze it did not last too long.  We had to throw it out the window on the way home because someone squeezed the bulging eye a little to hard and red liquid exploded all over my car...lovely.

This face says it all...

Lots of different ways to jump rope

Carson and Holt kept themselves entertained on the sidelines

Christian's P.E. Coach....Coach Howes

Christian and Brock

I guess this next event was capture the flag or flag basketball.  The boys had to dribble the basketball around the court and try to take the flags off other kids while hoping no one gets theirs in the process. As more and more students are taken out the boundaries get smaller and smaller. Here Jackson and Christian are using what we like to call....strategerey!

The last three standing

Christian and buddies after a fun afternoon!  Jackson was showing off his medal for top 2nd grade fundraiser.

The boys first games were scheduled for tonight but Carson's has already been rescheduled and I have a feeling after the storms last night and the way the wind is howling this morning that Christian's game will be cancelled too.  Looking forward to seeing the kids on the baseball diamond.  Stay tuned!