Schedule

Tonight's agenda: Mom plays taxi! How is this different from any other night? Well, it isn't really! Although sometimes Dad plays taxi too. Tonight looks like this: bring Kate to basketball practice, leave to bring Em to PTSA (sad I am going to miss), go back to get Kate, then back to Nichols to get Em.

This could be less confusing if I wasn't trying to avoid bringing Julia out past her bed time. Julia goes to bed every night at 7PM and still wakes up at 7AM tired. As much as kindergarten seems to agree with her, this is undoubtedly a side effect. She has always tired more easily (both physically and mentally) than other kids her age. It would also be less annoying if I could drive a stick shift and if Ryun's car sat more than two people comfortably.

Oh well. Such is life.

Check It

This is someone I went to high school with. As you can see, he is amazingly talented, and a Red Sox Fan at that. His work has been officially licensed by MLB, and was commissioned by Dunkin Donuts over the summer.

Anyway, check it out!

Attitude Is Everything

"This freakin' stinks!" Ryun, after a brief episode of pouring rain at the game last night.

A little while later...

"This is the best baseball game I have ever been to. I have never been to a baseball game where is has rained!" Katherine

Anyway, with the exception of some drunk, old dude throwing his arm around me to sing, "Sweet Caroline" at the end of the 8th, last night's Paw Sox game was fun! And actually? The drunk, old dude singing Sweet Caroline was pretty funny too. Julia had a few moments in the beginning of the game where she was slightly overwhelmed with the whole situation, but after saying a couple of times that she wanted to go home, she warmed up to the idea and was fine. I was surprised that she actually stayed awake for the whole game, but, she was asleep about 5 minutes after we left the parking lot.

All three kids, smiling at the same time! As Emily said, "It's a miracle!"

About 45 minutes before game time, according to the clock there.

That's Clay Buckholz, making his way out to stretch before the game. Katherine, in one of her "Katherine moments" said, just after Clay took his place on the mound, "Hey, where's that guy that threw the no-hitter?"

Emily and Katherine were all excited to sit "by themselves" in the row right in front of Ryun, Julia, and I .

Katherine is standing behind me as I type this and said that this caption should say, "Emily and Katherine being weirdos." So, there you have it.

This was Julia's first official baseball game. I think she liked it!

Julia decided that she liked the view from the floor.

How cute is she?

Ryun and Julia spent some time enjoying the game together.

The Attleboro Job

Heh. This is a funny blog entry about a not so funny situation regarding the stealing of some of the NY Giants Superbowl Champion rings.

Adorableness

This morning I heard Emily and Katherine getting up. They were in the kitchen getting their breakfast (which yes, I let them do if they are awake before the 6:15 alarm). Anyway, they turned on the tv in the living room and I heard all kinds of yelling and screaming, and what sounded like the Indiana Jones theme song playing on the tv.

They were watching, of their own accord, the recorded Red Sox World Series Ring Ceremony. Ryun would be proud, Grandpa too I think. They are so darn cute sometimes, I can't stand it.

Funny, Funny Stuff!

GO SOX!

Baseball

For some unexplained reason (other than it being the Red Sox and who wouldn't be excited about them, Yankees fans notwithstanding) I am beyond excited about baseball season. It's such a spring/summer thing, baseball, and I really come to enjoy it over the past few years. I have always liked it, I just don't think I have ever liked it as much. Winning the World Series helps of course, even if I did lose massive amounts of sleep during the playoffs and series last year. Something about baseball brings me one step closer to summer and that is always a good thing. Because after all, saying bye bye to winter? What could be possibly be better than that?

Well...

...the agenda was changed on account of the Patriots getting their ass kicked rather than kicking ass but it was a good night anyway. Emily managed to stay up for the whole game (shocker!) and Katherine fell asleep sprawled on the living room floor around 9. Julia was asleep snuggled next to me on the couch, after dancing around the living room like a maniac during the half time show.

It's sort of shocking that they lost, but, I mean it had to happen sometime, right?

Tonight

Agenda:

Watch Superbowl.

Eat.

Watch Superbowl.

Eat.

Watch Patriots kick some New York ass.

Eat.

Eventually, sleep.

Menu:

Kielbasa cooked in brown sugar and mustard.

Homemade chili.

Pigs in a Blanket.


Yum.

World Series

I am so glad, so so glad that the Sox won in 4. I would have been happy if they had won in any amount of games of course, but winning in 4 was especially sweet, because let me tell you, if I had to stay up in to the early hours of the morning for one more night, I might have died. I would have done it of course, impending death or not, but still, I am glad I don't have to!

YAY SOX!

Game Day

I can't believe that I forgot to mention that Emily won Red Sox tickets! Every year, during the last week of school, Jason Varitek sponsors the Reading Matters contest. Students pledge to read nine books (one for each position on the baseball field) over the summer. A postcard is mailed back in and a drawing is held for various prizes. Emily won two tickets, right behind the Red Sox bullpen for yesterday's game. She took Ryun (of course!) and they had fun. He took her early so they could go out to breakfast and see the "sights" on Yawkey Way. They had their picture taken by a Red Sox Fan Foto Staffer, which you can find here (select yesterday's game, Sunday, September 2, and gallery 1). For those who don't know us in "real life" their picture is number 30.

We found out last week during our many visits to the school that her 4th grade teacher won tickets too, just because it was her student who participated in the contest. Her teacher sat in the row right behind Emily.

Ryun and Emily had a great "father/daughter day!

In the words of Theo...

"Oh my God."

The Red Sox are on. Manny started it off by hitting a homerun over the monster seats, with 2 outs in the bottom of the third. J.D. Drew got up and hit another one. Lowell didn't want to feel left out so he decided to knock one out of the park too. Then Varitek, as the team captain felt it was his duty as a good role model to do the same.

FOUR HOMERUNS IN A ROW.

In the words of my adoring husband, "HOLY SHIT."

In the words of yours truly, "Four homeruns in a row? I am blogging about that."

What's better than four homeruns in a row?

Four homeruns in a row against the Yankees.

It doesn't get any better than that, people.