Okay, so my original goal in starting this blog was to write once a week or once every two weeks. I am have been slacking, and this post is my official acknowledgment of it. Since school is out, did you catch that, SCHOOL IS OUT!, I hope to do better. This is not to say that I will have more free time, but I do hope to refocus and reorganize my time.
May was an awesome awesome month.
Will is now CRAWLING! He is so mischievous. Tom and I both fight the urge to say that he is going to be bad. He will do things like pull up on John's chair and turn around and look at you with the look on his face of, "Yeah, I know I shouldn't be doing this." He is hilarious though because he gets so excited that he can't contain himself and he starts jumping up and down or kicking his feet wildly. He is a precious little mess with a smile that just draws everyone in.
John is going to be in 3K. (how did this happen? he is getting waaaay too close to kindergarten!) He finished up 2k with the fabulous Ms. Lori; she is the miracle potty trainer! He loved every minute of being with her. He brought home a bag full of great crafts and work. He even let me pick one to take to school and hang up for my students to see. It is a flower made of his handprints.
John experienced a first this month. He ran in his first race, and in our family, this is a huge milestone. It didn't go as well as we would have liked since the air horn at the start just about scared him to death, but John is a proud finisher of the Zoo Run's Chicken Cha Cha. He is already talking about next year's race and how he is going to win.
I also ran in a race at the zoo, but I don't have the excuse of the air horn at the start for why I didn't win. :). I am running though, and I am happy enough about that...for now at least. We did have a family day at the zoo after all of that running, and it was a blast. Their new Africa exhibit is awesome!
Quote of the Week:
I have heard so many funny things since my last post, but sadly, I can't remember a good one right now. I will leave with this exchange because after all, it is time for a quote about Will. Here is the necessary background information: at 7 months Will has practically NO hair. The tiny little bit of peach fuzz that he does have is snow white.
Waitress at Jim N Nick's to Will- "Look at you looking like a marshmallow with that head of yours!".
Friday, May 27, 2011
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Fast...
Fast is pretty much the best word for the past two weeks. The weeks went by quickly, so that is part of the reason I would use that word; however, there are several other reasons.
The tornados from last week destroyed so much so fast. We were unbelievably lucky and did not have any damage. A house two doors down had two massive trees fall on top of it. We never even lost power, and for that and everything else, I am thankful. The Day School where John and Will go to daycare lost power on Thursday. The quote of that week pertains to this power outage.
I am currently blogging from the bus on the way home from the state track meet. Growing up, I went to state meets to win it all with my amazing teammates. Now, as a coach at the second smallest 6A school, I do not have the same goal. We take it event by event and hope for personal bests instead of championships. This meet had some wonderful bright spots and FAST moments. Our two-miler surprised us and got second. Then...our "supa" fast sprinter won three events and set two new state records. So fast! It is so amazing to watch him run and hear people talk about how fast he is. I think the only way I could be prouder of at kid is if I were his mom. He does refer to me as his second mother by the way. :).
My children have enjoyed a spoiled rotten weekend in Scottsboro. I am looking forward to seeing them tomorrow for my first Mother's Day as a mom of two. John and Will and Tom got me an awesome Coach purse that I picked out at the outlets in Foley.
Fast is not the word to describe track season. I have been practicing after school since January 24th. I am very excited to be able to pick up my babies from school again. There is nothing like when John sees me, yells "mama!," and runs to me. Yay for my family afternoons and the quickly approaching summer break!
Quote of the week #1:
Me: John, baby, you can't go to school today. The power is out at school.
John: Mom, what if we just get Ms. Monica some new bulbs. Can I go to school then?
Quote of the week #2:
Random girl who has never actually spoken to our insanely fast, going to be famous one day sprinter: Oh my God! You're my friend on facebook! Will you take a picture with me?
My sprinter in a desperate attempt to not be rude: (blushing) Ummm, yeah, sure. (cuts his eyes at me, rolls them, and shakes his head)
The tornados from last week destroyed so much so fast. We were unbelievably lucky and did not have any damage. A house two doors down had two massive trees fall on top of it. We never even lost power, and for that and everything else, I am thankful. The Day School where John and Will go to daycare lost power on Thursday. The quote of that week pertains to this power outage.
I am currently blogging from the bus on the way home from the state track meet. Growing up, I went to state meets to win it all with my amazing teammates. Now, as a coach at the second smallest 6A school, I do not have the same goal. We take it event by event and hope for personal bests instead of championships. This meet had some wonderful bright spots and FAST moments. Our two-miler surprised us and got second. Then...our "supa" fast sprinter won three events and set two new state records. So fast! It is so amazing to watch him run and hear people talk about how fast he is. I think the only way I could be prouder of at kid is if I were his mom. He does refer to me as his second mother by the way. :).
My children have enjoyed a spoiled rotten weekend in Scottsboro. I am looking forward to seeing them tomorrow for my first Mother's Day as a mom of two. John and Will and Tom got me an awesome Coach purse that I picked out at the outlets in Foley.
Fast is not the word to describe track season. I have been practicing after school since January 24th. I am very excited to be able to pick up my babies from school again. There is nothing like when John sees me, yells "mama!," and runs to me. Yay for my family afternoons and the quickly approaching summer break!
Quote of the week #1:
Me: John, baby, you can't go to school today. The power is out at school.
John: Mom, what if we just get Ms. Monica some new bulbs. Can I go to school then?
Quote of the week #2:
Random girl who has never actually spoken to our insanely fast, going to be famous one day sprinter: Oh my God! You're my friend on facebook! Will you take a picture with me?
My sprinter in a desperate attempt to not be rude: (blushing) Ummm, yeah, sure. (cuts his eyes at me, rolls them, and shakes his head)
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Whew! What a week!
Here is our week in review:
Monday: We traveled to Huntsville for Tom's dad's (Coach) Hall of Fame banquet. Coach was honored for being so awesome. John wore a tuxedo for the very first time, and he looked so handsome and so big! We didn't make it home until late, but John had to best time and was SO good. He has asked if we can go back to the Hall of Fame.
Tuesday: Tuesday afternoon was a "Daddy Day" for the boys: I went to the JV track meet at Mountain Brook. They went to Chik Fil A and played and played and played. They were all fast asleep by the time that I made it home, so it must have been a good time. :)
Wednesday: Wednesday night we were finally all together again. We went to our new favorite Mexican restaurant, Frontera Grill. John says that they have the best sour cream, and he would know because he eats sour cream like it's salsa. Anyway, we also made a trip to the pet store. John has been a bit on the jealous side recently, so we decided to do something that would be just for him. We are now the proud owners of a blue betta fish named...wait for it...Robert. I don't know why, but John named this fish Robert without any hesitation.
Thursday: Happily, Thursday was an uneventful night at home.
Friday: Tom left bright and early for an elite track meet in Knoxville. He took one of our runners who just happens to have the #1 100 meter time in the NATION! John, Will, and I hung out until Coach and Betty came to take them to Scottsboro for the weekend since I had to go to the meet here in Birmingham. After they left, I was home a. l. o. n. e.
Saturday: Tom is living the life at the track meet in Knoxville. Aaron, our super fast kid, ran really well, so it was very much so worth the trip. I spent the morning at one of the smallest track meets I have ever been to. It was over by 1:30, and our boys won. Yay on both accounts! John and Will have reported in via the phone. All is well in Scottsboro, and they are happily being spoiled as I type.
It has been a CRAZY week! We have been rather busy, but it has been a great week full of great memories. Tomorrow is Easter, so we will make more memories. I promise to capture those memories with my camera. I promise to figure out how to post pictures on here and post Easter pics and some Hall of Fame ones.
As for now, I have enjoyed my alone time, and I am ready for my family to come back home.
Quote of the week:
Again from John..."Mom, are you sick?"
Me: "Yes, John, I don't feel very well. Can you ask Daddy to bring me something to drink?"
John: "Yeah, we can get you a Sonic swushie (slushie). They're really good and really cold." (Cue the cold face impression.) "It will make you feel better."
Me: "Awe, John, that's sweet, but if you would just ask Daddy to bring me some water that would be great."
John: While running down the hall..."Daddy! Mom said she wants a Sonic swushie and water!"
Somebody wanted a Sonic "swushie" and it wasn't me! Ha!
Monday: We traveled to Huntsville for Tom's dad's (Coach) Hall of Fame banquet. Coach was honored for being so awesome. John wore a tuxedo for the very first time, and he looked so handsome and so big! We didn't make it home until late, but John had to best time and was SO good. He has asked if we can go back to the Hall of Fame.
Tuesday: Tuesday afternoon was a "Daddy Day" for the boys: I went to the JV track meet at Mountain Brook. They went to Chik Fil A and played and played and played. They were all fast asleep by the time that I made it home, so it must have been a good time. :)
Wednesday: Wednesday night we were finally all together again. We went to our new favorite Mexican restaurant, Frontera Grill. John says that they have the best sour cream, and he would know because he eats sour cream like it's salsa. Anyway, we also made a trip to the pet store. John has been a bit on the jealous side recently, so we decided to do something that would be just for him. We are now the proud owners of a blue betta fish named...wait for it...Robert. I don't know why, but John named this fish Robert without any hesitation.
Thursday: Happily, Thursday was an uneventful night at home.
Friday: Tom left bright and early for an elite track meet in Knoxville. He took one of our runners who just happens to have the #1 100 meter time in the NATION! John, Will, and I hung out until Coach and Betty came to take them to Scottsboro for the weekend since I had to go to the meet here in Birmingham. After they left, I was home a. l. o. n. e.
Saturday: Tom is living the life at the track meet in Knoxville. Aaron, our super fast kid, ran really well, so it was very much so worth the trip. I spent the morning at one of the smallest track meets I have ever been to. It was over by 1:30, and our boys won. Yay on both accounts! John and Will have reported in via the phone. All is well in Scottsboro, and they are happily being spoiled as I type.
It has been a CRAZY week! We have been rather busy, but it has been a great week full of great memories. Tomorrow is Easter, so we will make more memories. I promise to capture those memories with my camera. I promise to figure out how to post pictures on here and post Easter pics and some Hall of Fame ones.
As for now, I have enjoyed my alone time, and I am ready for my family to come back home.
Quote of the week:
Again from John..."Mom, are you sick?"
Me: "Yes, John, I don't feel very well. Can you ask Daddy to bring me something to drink?"
John: "Yeah, we can get you a Sonic swushie (slushie). They're really good and really cold." (Cue the cold face impression.) "It will make you feel better."
Me: "Awe, John, that's sweet, but if you would just ask Daddy to bring me some water that would be great."
John: While running down the hall..."Daddy! Mom said she wants a Sonic swushie and water!"
Somebody wanted a Sonic "swushie" and it wasn't me! Ha!
Friday, April 15, 2011
Terrible Twos They Say
I call "bs" on the person who coined the term "terrible twos." That person obviously did not have a three year old. John is a frequent flyer of the time-out chair. It is not uncommon for him to sit timeout two or three times a night. Not to mention the fact that I would like to make an official apology to my mother for every time that I argued with her in the mornings about what I was going to wear. Jeans or no jeans? Too big or too small? Ugh! He is diligently working on listening, not whining, and being more patient. In fact, we are all working on those things. Wish us luck!
Will went to the doctor this week for his six month check up. He is a shrimp, and it is all my short little fault. He is 50th percentile in height and weight. He officially weighs 17lbs. and is 27 in. tall. I fully anticipate his weight to go up since I couldn't feed him the food fast enough last night. He is a roly poly and can move across the room before you even realize it. When he is fully mobile things are going to get really interesting. Right now, his most interesting new trick is this odd grunting sound he makes.
I debated as to what I should put down for the quote of the week. I started The Scarlet Letter with my classes, so I have gotten some interesting comments. At one point, I had them all convinced that the whole plot (married woman pregnant with another man's baby while her husband seeks him out only to make him miserable) happened to a friend of mine. Needless to say, they were thoroughly disappointed to find out it was a book. Anyway, John won out again.
Me: John, who is your girlfriend?
John: Lauren
Lauren's mom: That explains a lot. Lauren was so upset yesterday because she forgot to marry John by the monkey bars.
Will went to the doctor this week for his six month check up. He is a shrimp, and it is all my short little fault. He is 50th percentile in height and weight. He officially weighs 17lbs. and is 27 in. tall. I fully anticipate his weight to go up since I couldn't feed him the food fast enough last night. He is a roly poly and can move across the room before you even realize it. When he is fully mobile things are going to get really interesting. Right now, his most interesting new trick is this odd grunting sound he makes.
I debated as to what I should put down for the quote of the week. I started The Scarlet Letter with my classes, so I have gotten some interesting comments. At one point, I had them all convinced that the whole plot (married woman pregnant with another man's baby while her husband seeks him out only to make him miserable) happened to a friend of mine. Needless to say, they were thoroughly disappointed to find out it was a book. Anyway, John won out again.
Me: John, who is your girlfriend?
John: Lauren
Lauren's mom: That explains a lot. Lauren was so upset yesterday because she forgot to marry John by the monkey bars.
Friday, April 8, 2011
Blogs are Dumb...and Now I Have One
I hate blogs. Well, I should use past tense on that statement: I used to hate blogs. Recently, I have found myself following other people's blogs, and I have heard so many people talk about reading blogs. I LOVE being able to read and catch up with people and look at pictures, so being the conformist I am, I want one. Laura Ann says that she will follow me, and I hope that she and some other people will. My rationale for getting a blog is that people probably want to know about the boys...right? I hope so because I do not want to be one of those people who blogs about "stuff" that no one cares about.
In my very first blog, I feel like I should explain the name of the BLOG. I am calling it "The E." Everyone calls Tom "Coach E," and everyone calls me "Mrs. E." During warm-up, the track team even goes as far to line up on the "E" in the Homewood that is written on the track. We are the E's, and this is all about the E's, so it is "The E."
I swear I won't blog all of the time, if for no other reason than I don't have time. I am shooting for once a week or once every two weeks. One feature that I would really like to include is a quote of the week. I have plenty of sources (John or the 75+ kids I teach everyday) for something that is moving or just plain funny.
This week's quote - "Mom, look. Your toilet paper is wrestling mine. It's like people." Yeah, I know it sounds weird, but it is pretty deep if you think about it.
In my very first blog, I feel like I should explain the name of the BLOG. I am calling it "The E." Everyone calls Tom "Coach E," and everyone calls me "Mrs. E." During warm-up, the track team even goes as far to line up on the "E" in the Homewood that is written on the track. We are the E's, and this is all about the E's, so it is "The E."
I swear I won't blog all of the time, if for no other reason than I don't have time. I am shooting for once a week or once every two weeks. One feature that I would really like to include is a quote of the week. I have plenty of sources (John or the 75+ kids I teach everyday) for something that is moving or just plain funny.
This week's quote - "Mom, look. Your toilet paper is wrestling mine. It's like people." Yeah, I know it sounds weird, but it is pretty deep if you think about it.
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