It's been a while since my last post but I'm not gonna go on and on about slacking cuz I am afraid I will forget one of the best things ever said by one of my kids.
A little background.......
Nate and I were on our way home from getting him a new pair of sandals. I'm driving (duh) and he's in the passenger seat. I look over to say something to him (he is looking straight ahead) and I notice the lack of cleanliness in his ear. I remind him ever so gently, think of the tone of voice of mrs. brady, that he should clean his ears after every shower. I say, "Nate, there are even q-tips in your bathroom you don't even have to walk to mine." (which isn't very far away) His response.....
wait for it....
"Mom, I don't really care about being clean like you guys do. If i didn't have to
go to school every day, i probably wouldn't be all that clean."
So if you go to the previous post about Jaida's birthday, you will see that my christmas gift request for next year will be a time machine. Why??? Read this.
On March 23rd we celebrated our little guy in the house. Ez turned 7 and he was excited about it...and we have proof!!!
Besides the fact that I love celebrating our kids b-days, Ez's bday marks the end of a long string of February and March celebrations, which can mean only one thing... I don't have to make that blasted double decker chocolate cake again until August!!!! Can I get a whoot-whoot???
So next year for Christmas I am asking for a time machine! Why??? So that when weeks go by and I haven't blogged about IMPORTANT LIFE MOMENTS, I can just hop back in that time machine and blog about the IMPORTANT LIFE MOMENT on the same day it actually occurs!
So,
HAPPY 9TH BIRTHDAY JAIDA!
(on March 19, 2012)
obligatory pic of all kids :-)
jaida and her new hello kitty earbuds
bad lighting. the cake is actually pink and purple w/
glittery stuff. right up jaida's alley!
So somehow, someway Nathan agreed to get shot at by Doug using his own air-soft rifle. Sometimes I just don't understand what makes the male species tick. Then again, I was the one taking pictures of the event.
Nate is the little figure to the left of the big tree
Doug is, obviously, holding the air-soft gun
Ezeekai had his first, official baseball practice. Wahooooo! I feel like this little guy has been waiting
for-evah to play this sport. Seriously, I do. Yet I realize he is only 6. No, I'm not dramatic at.all. Enjoy the pictures!
So we have been in basketball heaven these last few months. No, seriously, we have. I love basketball. I love watching basketball, playing basketball, and coaching basketball. That's right, I said coaching basketball. This year I got to get back into the game (pathetic pun, i know) since Maggie said she wanted to play. Unfortunately, I have taken quite the hiatus from the sport. Like a 15 year hiatus, (Ugh...the fact that I can say I haven't done something in 15 years makes me want to cry!!!) which made me feel a bit out of touch when I first started. Like my friend Nicki has told me, "it's just like riding a bike." So i went with that little saying and jumped back in. I loved coaching maggie's team and I am hoping to be able to assist an AAU team this spring. Not sure if it will work out since we've got quite a few things going on. Here is our list:
Ezeekai's baseball
Nathan's AAU basketball
Corey's AAU basketball and his baseball
Maggie's horseback riding
Jaida's piano
Fahnta's cooking class (maybe, haven't signed her up yet)
Sounds like a busy spring but it is so much fun to watch our kids doin things they love. Speaking of things and love. This song!!! I remember when this came out on the radio. I remember watching the video on MTv. I remember singing the song on busrides home from basketball games. I didn't remember how bad the video actually was. Yeah, 1984 wasn't a good year for music videos:-) But, I did want my kids to see a little piece of MTv history. Haven't broken out the Michael Jackson "Billy Jean" video yet, but i am sure Kurtis Blow is a close second!!!
