January is always a slow blogging month for me. I don't know what it is, we are busier than ever and we are never home. That may be it, it is just so busy, that I can't seem to get around to blogging. Anyway, we are alive and well and keeping ourselves entertained and productive. This post is going to be all over the place and crazy long, but it's pretty much the whole month of January all in one. The kids enjoyed watching the Patriots win their way to the Super Bowl . Owen made sure everyone cheered for the Patriots, which was fine, but Davis's team also won and will be facing the Patriots in the Super Bowl. That game won't be so amicable I am sure.
Ally's friend took her to try Yoga. She loved it, and of course wants to add Yoga to our busy routine.
Basketball season has been going all month for Rocky Mountain. They won some and lost some, but Owen is doing really good and his game is improving.
At the elementary school, they do a program for all first grade students called Gus and Gussie. It is a 10 week program teaching the kids to like themselves, deal with emotions, being a friend and keeping themselves safe. Ally graduated with perfect attendance and she loved the weekly activities she got to participate in.
This time of year is the only time to buy one of my favorite candies....cherry juju hearts. I make myself sick by eating the whole bag.
In Physics class, Owen had to make a balloon out of tissue paper. He has this class 7th period and with basketball games, he misses the class quite a bit so he had to bring the assignment home. 11:00 PM and I finally sent Owen to bed, I was still up till 2:30 finishing the stupid thing. Many times, I was in tears on the floor because I was so tired and I was so worried I was going to make Owen fail this assignment. I had nightmares I would be found in the morning rolled up on the floor clutching tissue paper rocking back and forth. Amazingly the thing flew for over a minute and all is well.
Ally is still playing indoor soccer. She is quite the little defender and it's fun watching her learn the skills loving the game so much.
Davis loves basketball! He is still playing for The Dawgs. It is a little tough right now, because he loves the game so much, but not the team. He still puts all his effort into it though and is a huge part of the team. Some of the kids on this team really struggle, but Davis is a leader and he encourages his team mates and leads by example. Which I think is an important lesson to learn. You can't win them all (by points), but he plays his heart out every week and that is winning too.
Wrestling is still going on as well. Again, as a parent it is so awesome to see your kids enjoying something and working so hard to learn and to be a real part of the team. A couple of weeks ago, Owen took first in a tournament. He was over the moon excited and he deserved to be for sure!
We didn't have school last Monday, and Davis planned an air soft war with some friends. It is such a mild winter, and it feels like spring. The spring fever has already kicked in, and Davis has been pulling out the air soft guns, his shooting guns and bow and arrows and is out back improving his skills in hopes that he draws out for the hunt this fall.
Math was never my subject in school. My last quarter senior year, I finally had a 4.0 and that is because I wasn't required to take math that semester. I remember arguments with my family over them trying to help me with my math homework. My brain is just not wired that way. And here I am years later, back in math class. I go with one of my students and I am bound and determined to figure out some stuff and I'm taking darn good notes this time around. The teacher probably thinks I'm crazy, I'm more of the student than my actual student.
Owen and Davis went to watch basketball and have pizza at Chris's house so that left Gator and I to have a girls night. I took her to Classic to try out her new rollerblades and she had a blast. She loved it and spent 2 hours skating around and around and around. She liked the games the DJ played and won the number game twice in a row and won a couple handfuls of tootsie rolls.
The 19th was National Popcorn Day, the rest of us were busy and didn't celebrate, but Owen and Chris went to a movie and celebrated enough for the rest of us. Owen can sure down the popcorn.
I finally got a new phone. With my other camera not working so well, hopefully I can start getting some okay pictures with my phone. Davis was my guinea pig, here's the very first picture taken.
Gator just keeps on losing more teeth!
