Wacky Wednesday

What in the world is WACKY WEDNESDAY?????? It's one of the fun things Brayden's class did to reinforce "W Week". If you ask Brayden, he'd tell you him and his friend Nathan (who wore hair bows) were the wackiest.



Don't you think he looked wacky, with his one pant leg up, one boot, one gym shoes, his shirt on backwards and his hair spiked up. No matter how wacky he looked, he had a blast and was adorable.

Soccer has begun

So if you know Lexi, you know she doesn't really want to do anything....except watch tv, color, read and get her nails painted. So recently she decided she was going to play soccer and we really expected her to back out at the last minute...but to our surprise she didn't.

So last Monday was the 1st practice and saying it didn't go so well is an understatement. She warmed up, introduced herself and then began to cry. There was identifiable reason why she lost it but she did and she never went back onto the field. So anyway, here she is right before practice began.






I am happy to report Lexi had another practice this week and it went sooooooooooooooo much better. Granted, I had to stay on the field with her and pretty much practice with her but hey, there were no tears and lots of smiles. Saturday is her first game and I'm hopeful it goes as well as yesterday. Please keep her (and me) in your prayers.

Play ball

So as today is the first day of Spring. Yesterday, brought us Brayden's first baseball game. Although he played last year, this is his first year of coach's pitch and like last year, he is on the Atlanta Braves. He was so handsome in his uniform, I couldn't help but take his picture.




Cute guy, huh?

There are three innings and all of the kids get 6 pitches, each inning. Brayden went 1 for 3 (a single, no contact, and then he was tagged out). Here he is right before his first bat...





And of course, I can't leave out a picture of Brayden's biggest fan!!! She had to wear Brayden's baseball hat from last year.



I don't know if they keep score but either way you might hear us yelling, "Go Braves"!!!!

Happy St. Patricks day!!!

Wishing everyone a Happy St. Patty's Day from two very mischievous little "Leprechauns". Hope everyone finds their pot of gold tomorrow.

 

Snowy days of March?????????

Who would have thought South Carolina would get between 5 and 6 inches of snow on the first of March? Not me but we did...it left us with 2 snow days. Wasn't it pretty?



All of that beautiful snow allowed Brayden to sled down the hill between our house and the Theos (thanks Theo clan for sharing the sled) and a nice size snowman.






As you can see the boys were proud of their snowman.

The best part of the snow was it was gone within 4 days - we were in the 60's by the weekend. I was glad to see the snow and enjoyed it while it was here, but was excited to see it melt...probably just like everyone else living in the Upstate.

Roadtrip

Where does time gone? I returned to South Carolina almost 2 weeks ago and I am just finding (or making the time) to do this post. Oh well, that's what happens when you getting married and decide to have kids. They tend to occupy your time.

I went to Chicago Valentines weekend and had an incredible trip. But before I begin I have thank my Aunt Renate for letting me use one of her buddy passes because otherwise, there would have be NO ROADTRIP. Secondly, I have to tell those who might read this some facts and several photos have intentionally been left out for the protection of me and my friends - enough said.

So onto my trip .... my friends Jen and Tom, let me shack up on their couch for 4 nights. Really, Tom probably didn't have much of a choice but he certainly was a good sport about me being there and he was great about taking their kids when we were "hanging out & catching up". I spent a lot of time pretending to be Jen on Facebook. Although, I am not on Facebook, I will admit it was fun to catch up with so many people I haven't talked to in too many years. It was a little addicting and I have to wonder what Jen's profile says today. I was updating it (much to her chagrin daily). Anyways, in addition to "catching up" with Jen, I celebrated my friend,Grace's 40th birthday. Jen and my other friend, Kimmi, were burdened with all of the planning for the evening and of course, it all worked out great. Another friend Janice met up with us and I can't tell you how long it had been since we'd seen one another.

Grace had no clue I was in town and was quite surprised when Jen introduced me, and two random chics (we met at the bar) as friends of hers from work. It was priceless. We had a great time enjoying each other's company and revisiting the days of "yester year" when we could dance all night and close the bars down. Too bad we all had to wake up to kids later that morning. (For those of you who don't know, Jen has 2.5 year old twins - who religiously awoke at about 6:30 every morning).

(Pictured: me, Grace, Kimmi and Jen)


(Yes, that is Grace, the birthday girl, whose hair may have caught fire - but it was her big day!!)

Had to include some pictures of Alessandra and Frankie - my daily alarm clocks:)


In addition to hanging out with all my old friends, I was treated to the best pizza in the entire world by Jen's parents. What a lucky girl I am to have the friends and "family" in Chicago, who always welcome me home.

The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth of course, is the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus. It came back to Greenville and in keeping with tradition, we went with my friend Beth, from work, and her family. Everyone had a great time and I am proud to say we escaped without one souvenir. (It was a close call but Scott held strong and the kids only got a pop and a $12 bag of cotton candy).

We went early to check out the pre-show and had lots of fun. We watched the elephant paint one of her master pieces and then rushed up to our seats to get our cotton candy. The cotton candy came with a wizard's hat which Lexi quickly placed on head and to my surprise kept on her head the majority of the show. Sorry to say, I don't have any pictures of her and her hat.

The circus was more magical than I have ever seen in the past. The ring master, with the help of the audience made an elephant disappear and later made a clown, turn into a tiger. There were many "tricks" that left me asking Beth, "How did they do that?" and her quickly telling me she had no idea.

In addition to the magic, there were the expected acts but most of them had a twist. The acrobats did all their tricks on moving gigantic swings, there were human cannon balls being shot across the length of the floor, and the double wheel of steel we saw at Cirque de Soleil. The animals were the kids favorites and they really were amazing. I don't have pictures but there were also some cute dogs, horses (two of which had manes that looked like a skunk - white on the outside and a strip of black in the middle) and zebras.





The magic of the circus is amazing and the wonder, excitement and thrill on Brayden and Lexi's face is priceless. I can't wait for the circus to come back to town next year and experience the magic again.