First Skeeters Game

How crazy is it that there's a minor league baseball stadium less than 10 minutes from our house?!?! About 2 weeks ago, we went to a high school game that was the first game played at the stadium, but today we went to the last game of opening weekend for the Sugar Land Skeeters! Thank you Dane and Leanne for letting us use your tickets! The stadium seats 7500, and there were about 7000 there today, but we still saw several people we know.  (Hope you post some good pictures on your blog Jennifer!)

Welcome to Constellation Field - home of the Sugar Land Skeeters!

Our first game

Texas-sized scoreboard

A fun splash pad right under the scoreboard

Allie loved the splash pad

Spence was pretty into it too!

Once you're done splashing, there's a park!

I can't believe how grown-up Allie looks

One of the two Skeeter mascots - Swatson (the other skeeter is Moe)

Qualitative Ranking of Fruit

In the grocery store buying fruit...

Spence:  I like kiwi one inch more than strawberries.  And I like grapes one inch more than kiwi.

Simple Things Make Me Smile

Don't you love when little things bring a smile to your face?  It helps me remember and realize how good God is - that He would give us little blessings through out the day!  Something that I might miss if I weren't paying attention.  Makes me want to keep my eyes open and looking for Him in everything!

Coleman after playing football

I love that Coleman is enjoying football so much!  In the beginning, I wasn't very happy about him playing football.  But I see how much fun he is having and how good he is at it, and it makes me happy!  I'll admit I'm still a little sad that there weren't any smiles like this in basketball, but I'm realizing that he is old enough now to figure out what he likes and what he is good at and go for it!

What's that in her hair???

This little girl is finally keeping barrettes and pony tails in her hair (at least for a little while).  This one lasted until nap time!  I told her she could choose between getting a haircut or keeping her hair pulled back.  This is her choice for now and I'm happy with it!

There's only one word to describe this:  Spence!

And who wouldn't smile at this sight?  I can't even begin to explain it, but he's got a camo army helmet cover on his head, crazy eye glasses, and fake teeth in his mouth.  I was out last night and Brian said he kept hearing Spence laughing.  He looked and Coleman and Allie were both in the room with him, so he couldn't figure out what Spence was laughing at.  Brian found Spence in the bathroom checking himself out in the mirror and laughing hysterically.  What a hoot!

Saying Cheese at Chuck E. Cheese!

Today my sweet friends from church Amelia and Grace volunteered to take another friends' 3 boys to Chuck E. Cheese and we met them there.  Chuck E. Cheese on a weekday morning is fun place to go!  I don't recommend going there on a Saturday.  The kids had so much fun together!  What sweet ladies to treat these boys to an exciting morning of games and pizza!  And those precious little boys are about to have a new little sister!

Another simple thing that made me smile recently was when our neighborhood changed the red lights so the left turn flashes yellow and you can go if no cars are coming.  Coleman couldn't figure out why I was so excited, but let me tell you, I was EXCITED!  We go through one of those lights to get to church and the ballpark, so our drive time just got shorter!


Leave a comment to tell me something simple that makes you smile!

Please excuse all the extra spaces.  Blogger has decided to "simplify" its layout.  This does not make me smile.  

Yes, They Said That

Spence: I know how you can tell me and Coleman apart!
Mommy: How?
Spence: He's the rude one. I'm the nice one.


Coleman: Allie, I started an episode of Dora for you.
Allie: Gracias, Coleman! You're a good sister.

Good job on the Spanish, Allie. Not so good on the English.

Wednesday's To Do List

1. Register Spence for Kindergarten

Oh my! Kindergarten registration already?

2. Play at the Galleria (and buy some shoes and have lunch with Daddy)



3. Buy a huge sticky sucker

4. Share our candy


It feels good to get so much accomplished in one day! And can you believe Spence is getting ready for Kindergarten? It's true! I guess I don't have much else to say about that. It was all so dramatic with Coleman. He was my first baby going off to big school. And he wanted nothing to do with Kindergarten so I felt like I was always walking on eggshells around him, trying not to mention anything remotely school-related! But Spence is Mr. Laidback. He just goes with the flow. I'm not even sure he realized we were registering him for school. He was just excited that I gave him a ring pop to suck on while I filled out paperwork.

I didn't really want to go to the Galleria, but there's a shoe store there I "needed" to go to. We pulled into an underground parking garage and Spence said in amazement, "Are we at the airport?!?" Then one of the first things we saw when we went in was a fountain where the water fell into the fountain from pipes coming out of the ceiling. And of course the play area was a big hit! (Grandma, I told them we'd have to go back to the Galleria next time you visit! Pretty sure you won't mind.) It was also fun that Daddy could walk over from his office and have lunch with us! The kids from the 'burbs had a great time at the big city mall!


Comparison pictures! Here's Coleman when we registered him for Kindergarten in April 2010...


...and Spence 2 years later!

Easter Weekend

I hope everyone had a blessed Easter! I think our family did. I'm not sure though, I was in bed all day on Easter! I had some kind of weird bug that made me nauseated and kind of dizzy. I took a motion sickness pill Saturday night and finally got out of bed about 1:00 the next afternoon. From what I remember, we had a good time at my parents' house! Saturday before I started feeling too bad we went and had a picnic on the beach then toured replicas of the Nina and Pinta.

At the beach

The water was cold, but we got our toes wet!

Nina

Egg Hunt

Where do you find grumpy elementary-age kids, melted chocolate, and eggs? At the MOPS Easter Egg hunt!

Finally got a smile out of Coleman. I don't think he was too excited to be there at first! Look at Allie though. She looks totally bored!

Looking for eggs

Gimme some candy! After this she did share with her little friend.

Happy Easter!

Reasons I Might Go Insane

I realized that sometimes I post funny things the kids said or did on Facebook and some of my faithful readers (the grandmothers especially) may not read them. So here are some random things that have been going on lately that might have made it on Facebook, but not to bloggyland.

Monday afternoon I walked into the kitchen just in time to hear Spence telling Allie how to open the child safety locked cabinets. "You use two fingers and push down here," he proudly told her. "No Spence!" I desperately cried. But it was too late. She got it.

That night the tooth fairy would have made a visit to our house, but Coleman found out she didn't exist! Or actually that she and I are one in the same. This was only his fourth tooth to lose, so I was a tad disappointed that he figured it out so quickly. But now I'm pretty glad because I didn't really like sneaking in his room and trying to retrieve the tooth from under his pillow and replace it with money. Here's how he found out:

Coleman: The tooth fairy isn't real. It's just Mommy.
Brian: How'd you find out?
Coleman: Really?!?! It's just Mommy?!?!

I figure Santa's goin' down real soon.

Allie's been climbing out of her crib for quite a while now, so yesterday I took the front off to make it into a toddler bed. She didn't sleep at all, but she was really quiet. When I went to get her, she was wearing Christmas pajama pants, a pink hat, and summer sandals. Things were dumped out in her closet too. Nap time may go down before Santa does.

Then today Spence and Allie had Easter egg hunts at their school. When we got home I was in the kitchen with Allie helping her open all her eggs and see what was in them. By the time I went into the living room to help Spence, he already had them all open and the contents divided into three piles: Like, Don't Like, and Wonder. Don't you love it? As if, I wonder if I'll like this candy? I'm pretty concerned that he might have been switched at birth though. He had Snickers in the Don't Like pile.

And another thing about Easter candy. Just when I get in the habit of eating Cuties instead of candy, here comes another commercialized holiday with eggs filled with chocolate! Grrrrrr. But it looks like I don't have to worry about today's batch of delectable treats. Coleman kept sneaking candy all afternoon until all but a lone caramel was left. Then he ended up in the bathroom thinking he was going to puke! They must have learned about eating healthy at school today because when I told him he was probably sick because of all the candy he ate, he said, "But I ate healthy stuff too to unclog all the bad stuff." It's true, between pieces of candy he ate some string cheese and different fruits. If only that worked!

Tomorrow we're off to spend Easter weekend with my parents. I'm excited to spend time with family, and super-excited that Allie won't have to ask me 572 times a day when we're going to Nana's! Ha! And we're also going to tour replicas of the Nina and Pinta. Fun! Unless you ask Coleman. According to him everything we do or everywhere we go is for babies. Gee whiz, I thought that attitude wouldn't start until he was at least 12.

I hope you all have a blessed Easter, remembering that Jesus paid the full price for our sins, and completed the work of salvation on the cross! Happy Easter!

Sunday Afternoon Football

When Coleman told me he wanted to play football, I was not thrilled. I'm guessing there are other moms who get a bit nervous thinking about their babies playing that sport. Surely I'm not the only one! "But this is flag football," I was told. I was still concerned. What if he liked it? What if he was good at it? It won't be flag football forever. Soon it will be (pause for shudder) ... tackle.

And anyway, Coleman is already playing baseball. One sport at a time, right? That was the rule we came up with. But I was outvoted. Brian informed me that all practices and games would be on Sunday afternoons and he would be completely responsible for everything involved. So Coleman signed up.

Today was Coleman's first game. I stayed home with Spence and Allie since Spence wasn't feeling well and Allie needed a nap. I also figured that since it was the first game they'd still have lots of kinks to work out. I probably wouldn't miss anything. So I was quite surprised to learn upon their arrival home that Coleman scored 3 touchdowns! He loved it! At first I wasn't too happy that he loved it, but I guess I'm warming up to it. I actually can't wait to go see his next game! Brian got a few really good videos and some pictures. Coleman's team is the Saints. So Geaux Saints!

Coleman's in the red shorts

Going for the flag!

First Play

Coleman's 2nd touchdown

Coleman's team was down by 2 points with 11 seconds to go. Coach called a time out and told the qb to hand it off to Coleman and for Coleman to run it in for a touchdown. Here's the final play of the game: