Little stinker was supposed to be napping, and came wandering out saying something about there being a problem. haha!
She's somewhere right in the vicinity of two years old in that photo. What a goof!
Friday, May 10, 2013
Silly Girl
In honor of my soon-to-be 11 year-old (two more days!), I'm sharing this hilarious picture I came across while cleaning out some drawers in the never-ending attempt to purge and pack the house...
Little stinker was supposed to be napping, and came wandering out saying something about there being a problem. haha!
She's somewhere right in the vicinity of two years old in that photo. What a goof!
Little stinker was supposed to be napping, and came wandering out saying something about there being a problem. haha!
She's somewhere right in the vicinity of two years old in that photo. What a goof!
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Swim Meet
Jared had a swim meet over the weekend. It was a little different than the other meets we've been in, because it was only a one-day meet, so a lot of Jared's regular events weren't an option. He swam the 25yd freestyle, the 50yd freestyle, the 100yd freestyle, and the 50yd breast stroke. He was also told last minute he was filling as the freestyler in the 200yd Medley Relay in the age 12 and under relay event. One of the older kids was a no-show and Jared was the next fastest 12 and under boy from his team at the meet. The relay took 4th place out of 9 teams, which is pretty awesome, especially considering Jared is only 8. :)
You can see him in the center of the picture wearing dark goggles and black swim suit standing next to a kid in blue, who was in Jared's relay, and towers over him!
Thank goodness for the iPad, because it kept Connor entertained for the entire four hours we were at the meet
Jared had a pretty good meet. He placed 6th out of 20 in the 25yd free (got a personal best time, too), 21st out of 31 for the 100yd free, 12th out of 27 for the 50yd free, 6th out of 23 in the 50yd breast, and the relay he participated in got 4th, so he came out with three ribbons from five events. Not bad!
His next meet is in June, and falls the same weekend Emily and Connor have their dance recital (ballet for Emily, hip hop for Connor), so he will only be participating on Sunday (50m breast and 100m free). Connor will be in that meet as well doing the 50m breast. He's not ready for the 100m events (and now that we're in long course season, there aren't any 25's for him).
You can see him in the center of the picture wearing dark goggles and black swim suit standing next to a kid in blue, who was in Jared's relay, and towers over him!
Thank goodness for the iPad, because it kept Connor entertained for the entire four hours we were at the meet
Jared had a pretty good meet. He placed 6th out of 20 in the 25yd free (got a personal best time, too), 21st out of 31 for the 100yd free, 12th out of 27 for the 50yd free, 6th out of 23 in the 50yd breast, and the relay he participated in got 4th, so he came out with three ribbons from five events. Not bad!
His next meet is in June, and falls the same weekend Emily and Connor have their dance recital (ballet for Emily, hip hop for Connor), so he will only be participating on Sunday (50m breast and 100m free). Connor will be in that meet as well doing the 50m breast. He's not ready for the 100m events (and now that we're in long course season, there aren't any 25's for him).
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Swimming with the fishes
The kids and I went up to Dan's office building and helped him move his stuff into his new office. Once we were done and heading back out, I decided to have some fun posing the kids through the fish tank.
Dan pointed out that someone in the office made a list of the fish (at the time it was made, there were two of each type of fish in the tank) and their names. LOL
Dan pointed out that someone in the office made a list of the fish (at the time it was made, there were two of each type of fish in the tank) and their names. LOL
Friday, April 26, 2013
Sushi!
Dan took Emily Grace out for sushi a month or so ago and she LOVED IT, and has been begging to get to go again. The boys started asking as well, so this weekend we took them (I ate teriyaki chicken, I'm not brave!).
Connor was shoveling it in!
Dan, his mom, and the three kids INHALED five sushi rolls, and all three kids were asking for MORE. Connor even started eating the decorative veggie display in the middle. LOL! Won't be a very frequent outing because it was a very expensive lunch, but it's nice they were willing to try something new, and enjoyed it!
Connor was shoveling it in!
Dan, his mom, and the three kids INHALED five sushi rolls, and all three kids were asking for MORE. Connor even started eating the decorative veggie display in the middle. LOL! Won't be a very frequent outing because it was a very expensive lunch, but it's nice they were willing to try something new, and enjoyed it!
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Hotel Stay
We stayed in a hotel near Dan's work one night over Spring Break, figuring it would be a nice little get-away for the kids, and one night that Dan didn't have a huge commute to work AND would get to sleep in. I picked one with an indoor pool, and the kids and I checked in at 3pm and pretty much headed straight down to the pool to swim while we waited for Dan to get off work
I hung out in the lounge chair with my iPad and read a book on the Kindle app.
About 15 minutes after they started swimming, Connor came shrieking out of pool saying his throat was burning and his ears were gurgling. I quickly realized I'd neglected to put in his ear plugs. BAD MOMMY! Nothing like having chlorine water "gurgle" through your tubes and down your throat for 15 minutes... I'm still not super used to having to do this now that he has the tubes in his ears! I'd even packed extra ear plugs in case any got lost, and then STILL didn't bother to put them in. SIGH! Dried out his ears, got the ear plugs in, and he was good to go. And I was GOOD and didn't forget for any of the other times we hit up the pool during our stay!
Em wore clothes over her suit down to the pool, but when we had to dash back to the room to get Connor's ear plugs, she didn't want to put her clothes on over her wet suit, so she grabbed up a towel and put on her furry boots (she forgot flip flops) and followed me up to the room. Cracked me up!
Five Guys burger joint was RIGHT across the street, so we took the kids there for dinner. Connor was obsessed with the free peanuts!
He got peanut stuff ALL OVER HIMSELF, and when I commented to him that he was making a mess of himself and the floor, one of the employees walked by and said, "Actually, the whole premise of the restaurant is that people are SUPPOSED to throw the shells on the ground, but sales in our west coast stores were way down until we tried out keeping the floors clean. You should see the floors of the east coast stores! So don't worry about what ends up on the floor; it's supposed to happen that way, and someone will come along and clean it up."
I hung out in the lounge chair with my iPad and read a book on the Kindle app.
About 15 minutes after they started swimming, Connor came shrieking out of pool saying his throat was burning and his ears were gurgling. I quickly realized I'd neglected to put in his ear plugs. BAD MOMMY! Nothing like having chlorine water "gurgle" through your tubes and down your throat for 15 minutes... I'm still not super used to having to do this now that he has the tubes in his ears! I'd even packed extra ear plugs in case any got lost, and then STILL didn't bother to put them in. SIGH! Dried out his ears, got the ear plugs in, and he was good to go. And I was GOOD and didn't forget for any of the other times we hit up the pool during our stay!
Em wore clothes over her suit down to the pool, but when we had to dash back to the room to get Connor's ear plugs, she didn't want to put her clothes on over her wet suit, so she grabbed up a towel and put on her furry boots (she forgot flip flops) and followed me up to the room. Cracked me up!
Five Guys burger joint was RIGHT across the street, so we took the kids there for dinner. Connor was obsessed with the free peanuts!
He got peanut stuff ALL OVER HIMSELF, and when I commented to him that he was making a mess of himself and the floor, one of the employees walked by and said, "Actually, the whole premise of the restaurant is that people are SUPPOSED to throw the shells on the ground, but sales in our west coast stores were way down until we tried out keeping the floors clean. You should see the floors of the east coast stores! So don't worry about what ends up on the floor; it's supposed to happen that way, and someone will come along and clean it up."
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Swan Lake
Emily Grace LOVES going to see ballet productions, and we hadn't yet seen Swan Lake yet, so I bought us tickets this year. What a beautiful show!
We arrived with some time to kill, so we perused the gift shop, and Em tried on some hats and masks:
During the first Intermission, we treated ourselves at the concession stand. Em chose this fancy looking cupcake, and I picked out a brownie (which was heavenly)
Our favorite scenes in the ballet were where ALL the swans would dance together (24 of them!). They were so in sync and really just FLOATED across the stage. It was incredible. I couldn't find a comparable youtube video for the large swan scenes, but I did find this video (posted below) of one of the smaller swan scenes, which we think is pretty spot-on to what we saw. VERY VERY cool, in our opinion!!! (I did NOT take the video, just found it on youtube). I'd be hard-pressed to dance gracefully on my own, let alone joined to three other dancers doing those moves!
We arrived with some time to kill, so we perused the gift shop, and Em tried on some hats and masks:
During the first Intermission, we treated ourselves at the concession stand. Em chose this fancy looking cupcake, and I picked out a brownie (which was heavenly)
Our favorite scenes in the ballet were where ALL the swans would dance together (24 of them!). They were so in sync and really just FLOATED across the stage. It was incredible. I couldn't find a comparable youtube video for the large swan scenes, but I did find this video (posted below) of one of the smaller swan scenes, which we think is pretty spot-on to what we saw. VERY VERY cool, in our opinion!!! (I did NOT take the video, just found it on youtube). I'd be hard-pressed to dance gracefully on my own, let alone joined to three other dancers doing those moves!
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Ice Cream Outing
The kids had Spring Break last week, and we took advantage of the extra free time during one of the days to meet up with some besties for ice cream!
The girls' table: (Emily, Madisen, Kaitlyn)
The boys' table: (Cody, Jared, Connor)
The mommy table: (Me and Stephanie)
Emily and I got my all-time favorite, the pink peppermint candy kind, and Jared and Connor got a crazy green and purple kind with little bits of something in it (Rockin' Poppin' something or other... LOL). We were all happy with our choices. :)
The girls' table: (Emily, Madisen, Kaitlyn)
The boys' table: (Cody, Jared, Connor)
The mommy table: (Me and Stephanie)
Emily and I got my all-time favorite, the pink peppermint candy kind, and Jared and Connor got a crazy green and purple kind with little bits of something in it (Rockin' Poppin' something or other... LOL). We were all happy with our choices. :)
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