Winter Sports

With Xander's final indoor soccer game last Saturday we are now officially done with winter sports. Both Savannah and Xander had great indoor soccer seasons, improving on their skills and scoring lots of goals. Xander's team had a few losses but went pretty far in the playoffs. Although they lost their final playoff game on Saturday Xander was pretty happy to head out to pizza with his team afterwards to celebrate the season. He had a great coach who tried to make it fun for all the boys as well as teach them a few things along the way.
Xander's team.

This is a picture of the coach recognizing Xander for what he brought to the team and all his teammates clapping for him.

He's pretty proud - another medal to add to his collection.

Savannah's team had an outstanding season, only losing their final game. Unfortunately, though, they were knocked out in the very first round of playoff games. Oh, well, you win some, you lose some. Savannah thoroughly enjoyed playing for this team, the Pink Pumas, and had some really great coaches that we hope to have again.

Xander's basketball team also did well this year but the best thing about the season was watching how much Xander improved as a player. We couldn't have asked for a better coach and a better team for Xander to play with in his very first year. They won their first game in the playoffs, cheered on by us as well as his Grandma and Grandpa Schaeffer, but then they lost their second game.
Xander receiving his trophy from his coach.

Way to go, Xanderman!

Now we have a few weeks of rest and relaxation before T-ball, futsol, and flag football begin.

St. Patty's Day

The leprechauns hit our house pretty hard this past Saturday. The kids and I woke up to massive mayhem on our main level - chairs on the kitchen table, clothes scattered about, couches and chairs overturned, books stacked several feet high, piano books flung all over the living room, and shoes hanging from door knobs. The kids loved it!!! I, on the other hand, was not too pleased. I think a certain leprechaun went a tad overboard!



I did think one leprechaun got quite creative putting a juice box in Noah's favorite monkey's mouth. However, for some reason this really ticked off Noah and he flung that juice box far away from his precious little monkey.

And of course what leprechaun mischief would be complete without underwear finding its way onto stuffed animals' heads, all down the stairs, and hanging from the ceiling fan.

Both Noah and Xander set traps in an optimistic attempt to catch a leprechaun but all they found the next morning were some yummy chocolate candies.


The kids also received some really cute St. Patrick's Day socks from the little people.

Can't to see what the leprechauns do next year!

The Gecko Field Trip

This week Noah's preschool class took a field trip to watch some guy perform comedy and dancing dressed as a Gecko. Yeah, a little strange but the kids seemed to enjoy it.

The Gecko pouring water on one of Noah's friends. The kids LOVED this and all of them were hoping to get picked to go up on stage and have water poured on them. Unfortunately for Noah he was not one of the lucky ones.

The Gecko taught the kids the salsa, the tango, the cha cha, and several other fun dances. All of their dance moves were too cute!


About half way through the program the Gecko announced that he was going to get his big brother...a few minutes later out came this guy!

A bunch of kids started screaming and the little girl I watch came running over to me. I had to assure her that it was just a guy in there. Everyone loved the big brother because of all the funny tricks he did.

Overall the field trip was a lot of fun, especially since I hadn't done it with Savannah or Xander previously.

San Antonio

Delayed flights. Food poisoning. Stranded in Dallas overnight with no luggage. Lost luggage. Okay, I just had to get those bummer moments from our trip to San Antonio out of the way so I could focus on the positive. And it definitely was a fun, relaxing trip...at least for me. Last week David had meetings in San Antonio and I tagged along. My week was fabulous - I slept in, read a lot, wandered around downtown San Antonio, checked out the Alamo, crocheted, watched movies, and basically relaxed. Poor David was stuck in meetings ALL day, starting at 7 and ending between 7:30 and 8 at night. Despite his grueling schedule we were able to go down to the Riverwalk one night and have a delicious Mexican dinner. So, although there were a few hiccups in getting there and then getting home, I thoroughly enjoyed our stay in San Antonio.




While I was visiting the Alamo the Miss America contestants were hanging out across the street, signing autographs. I was hopeful that Sandra Bullock would come flying out of nowhere but no such luck; I had to be content with just a picture of the lovely ladies.