My Big Boy is 11

O My Goodness I have an 11 year old!!!
Alex had his birthday Sunday.... Of course we were at the baseball field. He played Saturday and Sunday in a tournament. The team did great on Saturday, they won both their pool games. Then we are not real sure what happen on Sunday. The lost the first game, so that was it ~~ out of the tournament. Alex did a great job he played catcher the entire game and did fabulous (even Daniell said he did great and he is Alex's hardest critic). We had a great time. Daniell's friend Mark came out to all the games (even in 45 MPH winds on Saturday ~ what a baseball lover) ~~ He has three kiddos he brought with him on Sunday ~ two girls and a boy ~ Madyson had a great time playing with the girls. After the game they came over and hung out for a while.
The games on Saturday were, to say the least, not fun for the fans. And when I say fans, I mean two ~ me and another mom. It was FREEZING and the wind was blowing really hard. The boys did a great job enduring the weather. I think it took me about 3 hours to warm up and feel my toes again! Thanks to Kim I did not have to wake Madyson and Joshua out to the ball field at 7am on Saturday. They spent the night with her on Friday night and hung out on Saturday!! Thanks Kim your a life saver!
Daniell is leaving this morning ~~ gone until Saturday! We have a busy week ~ and I am solo ~ but also blessed to have many, many people to help out when he is gone!
Joshua has a game Wednesday night ~ 6:00 at Glenwick! Another tournament this weekend ~ and lots of things scheduled between now and this weekend!

Well, i can't believe that I have not posted all week.... Well I guess I can.... Work has been really busy this week.

Last weekend Alex's baseball team won the tournaments they played in!!! Kris and the boys came out for both the games on Sunday ~~ It is always nice to have friends come watch ~~ Thanks guys for coming!! We were so excited - #1!!! Of course after the 6pm Championship game, then the awards, we all went to Culver's for ice cream!!! Yep ice cream at 9:00pm on Sunday night!!
Joshua had his season opener on Monday ~~ They did not win the game, but Joshua earned the 'game ball'!! He had some great plays! It was terribly windy!!

Daniell has been in town this week~~ Thank goodness ~~

The boys have to go to the batting cages tonight ~~ Maybe Madyson and I will go do something special this evening!
Alex has another tournament this weekend in Grand Prairie - Saturday morning games at 8 and 10 in the morning!!
Joshua plays at 9:00am at Bakersfield!!

This last week was a bit difficult for me. Daniell has been gone for most of the week and it is Spring Break!! I took 6 kiddos to Studio Movie Grill to see the Race to Witch Mountain, which by the way was a really cute movie! The kids were great!! The food there is not so great, but hey it was fun! All the kiddos have had a couple of sleepovers this week. Last night I had my usual Girls and Grey's night! (that is always GREAT). As usual we had baseball practice Wednesday, Thursday, and the boys will go to the batting cages tonight. Alex's first tournament of the season is this weekend. His team got there new uniforms and they look great! Our coach is the best, he designed them and found a great deal on them!! GO Flower Mound Hunters!!! Joshua has practice on Saturday morning and his first game of the season on Monday night! GO Reds!!! Maybe I can come up with something fun to do this evening! What I would really like is to go home and rest! Alex's birthday is coming up - WOW my kiddo will be 11 - I really need to figure what we are going to give him!!! Have a Great Weekend!!!

KIDS

i forgot to blog about this last week....
We were in the car, going somewhere! Madyson and Joshua in the car, getting along, laughing, singing... i hear Joshua laugh really hard, so I turn around to look and Madyson has him in a headlock, tells him to "be real still, I'm going to pull out your eye lashes, tell me when it hurts." Joshua pulls away from her still laughing and asks her if she thinks he was crazy!!! I still laugh out loud thinking about it!!! Have a great day!

Great Tuesday

Okay, so after about 20 minutes at Flower Mound High School - wandering around aimlessly - I found a coach, who then found the head baseball coach, who then sent a kid to get the hat. Bottom line we have the hat! The scrimmage went well - the team played good - and Alex did good! Joshua has a scrimmage on Friday - that will be fun. Praise God for the rain (and I'm grateful it held off til this morning) It was really hard to get out of bed though! It is only 9 am and I have already accomplished so much! I got up, showered, got ready for work, went and got my oil changed and I am at work!! It is going to be a great day - no baseball because it is raining (he he) - Maybe tonight I can get some stuff done around my house!! Instead of the normal which is homework and out the door! Thursday is Open House and more importantly GREY'S - Kim and Kris we are on this Thursday, Daniell is in town!!!

DANIELL'S HOME!!!

Maybe things will be a little easier this week. Daniell was out of town for 7 days. Poor guy has traveled 4000 miles in two weeks (in his new truck)! So we have been a little busy without him. I could not get it all done without my great friends! Thanks to Kim, Kris, and Elenor everyone was where they needed to be!
We survived the dreaded Taks test! The boys had baseball practice and Madyson had her Spelling Bee on Saturday! She received a gold medal! I am so proud of her - she has come such a long way - and is becoming very comfortable in reading! Joshua had a Scrimmage on Wednesday night and he did a great job! Alex has a scrimmage tonight - as much as we need the rain, i hope it holds off til after 7pm tonight!!! I, of course, did not get all the laundry finished this weekend. But i really don't think I EVER get it finished!! There is a lot of laundry, all the time!!! I have to go by Flower Mound High School this afternoon to see if Alex left his baseball cap at the game he went to on Thursday night! (AAARRRGGG) ~ If it had been just any cap, I would not care that it was left, but NO it is the NEW hat for his baseball team this season!!!! So say a little prayer that someone really nice turned it into the concession stand!! I will fond out at 4. So I am going by the High School at 4, have Madyson at the library at 4:45, then to Bakersfield to watch the scrimmage! Somewhere in there I WILL drive thru Starbuck!! LOL - Have a great week!

Here we go again.....

Well, we had a good weekend.... Alex and Joshua both had practice on Saturday, it was FREAKING cold. I helped field balls in the outfield at Joshua's practice! Yes I throw like a girl. Saturday night the boys slept over at the Klinko's, so Daniell and I took Madyson out to dinner! OH how life would be so different with only one child. She did say something VERY funny while at dinner~~~ "Mom, what are those lines on your forehead!" I just laughed, but no it did not stop there~~~ "Mom, squint your eyes a little, Hey it looks like a volcano between your eyes!!" Ok that did not make me laugh so much~~ I just looked at Daniell and said I so need Botox!!! He said to just remember this when she has a 9 year old of her own!!! Kids are so honest sometimes!!!
Alex had a scrimmage Sunday afternoon ~ it was really cold ~ He did a great job as catcher - The team as a whole ~ not so great ~ but this was the first real play situation of the year!! Their first tournament is at the end of March!
Joshua has a scrimmage on Wednsday ~ it should be lots of fun!
This week is going to be nuts! Daniell left this morning and will be gone until Sunday! The taks test is Tuesday :( ~~~ My nervous kiddo, Alex is not taking this very well!! I just need to stay positive and encourage him ~ The other two are okay with it!!!