i'm like the suckiest blogger on the planet lately! we have been sooo busy, and even though i usually compose posts in my head as things happen, i haven't been good about putting them down. here is a rundown on what's happened lately:
~we just got back from three nights in disneyland with my mom, stepdad, brother, sil, niece, nephew. it was a BLAST! we were there last year too, and my mom and stepdad gave it to us for christmas again this year. this year was better, honestly. we didn't feel like we had to see EVERYTHING in three days, because we had been last year. we spent a lot more time at CA adventure, and we did take advantage of the early arrival for mickey's toontown this time, watched the electrical parade, and the fireworks so we felt like we did a lot of the traditional stuff that we hadn't done last time. everyone was good about taking breaks and going back to the hotel when we were tired, and meeting up later. we just did what worked for our families and it was great. my faves? hollywood tower of terror, indiana jones (still), soarin' over california (did it twice) and pirates (three times). i skipped the thunder mt. railroad which i hated last year, and also still love the grizzly river rafts-there was no line so we did that twice too. it was not very warm, so we swam some, but not a lot. it was nice seeing disneyland in the cool weather, though! one of my favorite things was walking around downtown disney at night and listening to the different musicians. the fireworks started as we walked back to our hotel so that was cool. all in all? disney is awesomely fun, but also exhausting!
~both boys have started ball. t has been practicing twice a week since jan., and it has really paid off. he is much stronger with all of the core conditioning they have done, and he is hitting really well. he's playing a lot of outfield, which is fine with him. he likes it. he is on a new team, which is a combination of our old team and his coach's old team...which means that my husband doesn't have to coach both t's team and alex's. this team is turning out to be very good, and they won the preseason tournament in their division. they are doing more traveling and will have a LOT of games. after the PONY league, they will go on to the metro parks league for fun, which lasts into summer. alex's team is turning out to be great. coach is lucky to have picked up a bunch of pretty good kids, so we will probably do well and maybe go to a couple of 8u tournaments if the parents want to. we are excited to be back playing PONY, because last year was somewhat of a disappointment just doing metro. they will get way more games, and it will be much more competitive. the jamboree is this weekend, and then they will start regular league play. t has had a bunch of scrimmages so that's been fun. it's still kind of cold, though! sunday will be the pitch, hit, and run competition. alex is entering for pitch and hit. GO NIGHTHAWKS (T) AND BLUE RAIDERS (ALEX)!
~i still have my job. it's been very frustrating having to constantly justify to the special ed department why i need to be working with the kid i help. i've been lucky to be there for this long, but it's month to month, and is very nervewracking not knowing if i will be employed or not! my co workers are awesome, and want me to stay so badly! i hope to be there through the end of the year.
~BOTH of our cars broke on the same day! mine has a light that comes on and says it is overheating, the temp. gauge goes all the way up, but no steam or anything comes out. coach's truck quit running while we drove up the road near our house (luckily). we know a mechanic who works at a gm dealer, so he fixes them for us at a huge discount, but his was still almost 500 bucks. mine is not fixed, and will not be until we have more money to do it! he is hoping it's something simple and will not charge us if it is. i've been driving my stepdad's navigator since they are in cali still, but they come home tuesday, so i will be carless. should be interesting! how YOU doin'?
