Crazy legs Double D

Well you know him as Dale, but Crazy legs Double D is his new name in football. He had a few carries, some great tackles (de-flagging) in the game today, but the BEST was his final touchdown. 20 yard line, the cowboys line up, cleats caked in mud, jerseys dirty. Hike the ball is snapped and the QB does a pitch to the right, Dale grabs and tucks the ball and runs right only to find a sea of raiders ready to de-flag him, he spins, he stumbles....looks as if all is lost and he takes off reverses the field of play and had like a 17 yd TD! He was SO excited and is still on cloud 9. From that play on he was a lightning bolt everywhere he went. Duke said it was very much like the 2nd to last touchdown play in the Rosebowl last year when Vince Young did very much the same thing. Or like any Jamall Charles play. It was a great play and he felt like a star. I wish I could say I have a picture to share but I actually was so excited and busy hollering I missed the picture but here is another one from today. Actually, the one where everyone is looking at something....they are looking at Dale running in his TD. So we celebrated by getting a Star Wars BombPop! Not to seal a line from my Brother in Law Troy...but "SO GOOD!"

It was a good day for Reid as well, he played pitcher and 2nd base and had a few good stops, in his T-Ball game. So a great beginning to the weekend!

Today is one of those days I am so glad I live in San Antonio, beautiful day, sunny, 75 and windy. I love windy days not real sure why but they invogorate me maybe it is because I can open the window and see the curtians billow and feel the fresh air. Also is a awsome opportunity to air out the house.

No huge plans for the weekend but some fun stuff. Today I promised Dale we would go to Chick Fil A and get his meal from Red Ribbon Week after school, then football practice, and then the Fall Festival at Reid and Macys Pre-School. Petting zoo, pony rides, carnival games, moon bounce, food and silent auctions....good times. Saturday we have Reids game at 9 and Dale has a double header one at 9 and 10, and then some pumpkin carving that afternoon, and then Dale and Duke are going to watch MONSTER HOUSE. This is Dales first scary movie so we will see how that goes....it is rated PG but to a 5 yr old that means nothing. My thought is that at home we can have on the lights and stop it if needed, and have the important special blanket for security...but he would NEVER admit that he is "just cold." Sunday I will sleep in and Macy and I will enjoy a quiet house while the boys go on a Hummer Offroad trip in Bandera....hopefully Duke will be on the cautious side.....I figure sending the boys is the best insurance b/c he would be reckless alone but would never do anything to hurt or scare the boys. Thats about it for us. All is well here everyone is healthy now and over all the crud we had....YEA. HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Ahh Little League Sports the DRAMA

Ok I really should not be allowed to vent any frustrations today seeing as I have a fever from who knows what and feel like utter CRAP. Seariously Debby Downer could be my motivational speaker today. But I am gonna throw caution to the wind and vent. My sons are playing tball and flag football this year and today, I am less than thrilled, partially due to the organization and now due to some other factors.

Tball for 3 yr olds is a loss to begin with, they don’t get it….but I knew that going in. My beef is that there are 12 players on our team. 12 little guys attacking the ball- great eager players, dog piling the person who gets the ball not so great. This also greatly effects the amount they get to touch the ball, bat, and participate which I think is really the goal here….give a positive experience so that they DO want to do it again and again and really life gets competitive soon enough, not that I want Barney running the games but just not a gaggle of kids. Our team is very willing to split the team 6 and 6 play at the same times, just multiple games which is what the organizations suggestion, it is the other 2 teams of the 4 in our league who do not want to split up for what reason I cannot ascertain, and it must be a joint decision. So I have followed through on this vent and called the organization and voiced my concern.

Vent number 2…..Flag Football. Ok Dale loves the thought of playing a BIG guys game, and he can do it. He is lighting fast, but the league do not allow hand offs……for 5, 6, and 7 yr olds. They have to catch a pass every time. OK even in JR. High pretty much every play is a hand off b/c the hand, eye, foot, coordination is just not there but apparently it is for kinder, 1st, and 2nd graders. Who thought of this anyway….really I guess the logic is that they will be de- flagged too quickly….who cares at least every kid could get to touch the ball once. Dale is not the biggest on the team, but possibly one of the fastest and really with 6 and 7 yr olds there is no chance to out size them. But he NEVER gets the ball we have 2 kids who get the ball, both 7 and both big. He is one of the other 8 kids who block. It is like a 3 man game the QB, and these other 2 kids. He is at every practice and trys hard and can catch and run and even throw….do I say something. Again my thought is MAKE IT FUN, let every kid get the ball…..even if you get stomped, your kid got to play and try. If you never allow them to try a new position then they will never learn a new position…..not ever holding the ball does not allow you to do it better. I know he is not Vince Young but right now he thinks he is and who am I to say he’s not.

Any Advice?????

Poo Pooie Do

Reid was diagnosed with Strep and so we started antibiotics.....and imodium, and bleaching the bathroom floors, washing soiled clothes and trashed some too. YUCK , Reid who has been potty trained since 2.5 years old now can't contain the poo. So I tried give the meds more times a day with a lesser amount that has helped marginally. He cries when it happens and bless his heart that he tries to clean it up and "fix it." So I am waiting for my other kids to get it....and nothing, mild sigh of relief but then Macy starts with the poo thing too. I am a huge advocate of Huggies Diapers...my feeling are Huggies hold, and do not leak. I have had probally 3 leaky diapers for her thus far in her life until this week. We head to the pumpkin patch and she blows out 3 diapers in 1.5 hours, so we head home in a borrowed diaper and only a borrowed diaper as I have used all the extra clothes in the car. Only to blow out more. So lets just say I have a Full Box of Wipes, bag of diapers to diaper a community but hey I am prepared for next time.

Totally unrelated but I am gonna try and post a picture ....ohh it worked this is my Sister in Law Carolyn and Brother in Law Troy and my kids. Would LOVE to say I look that amazing but no such luck. But at least she is related to me. Kinda like 6 degrees of seperation to beauty. Have a good one all!

Chistmas came early, 2.5 years late

Not to open a HUGE can of worms I will simply say that I was unjustly accused in a child care center liscencing case of negligence and I can say with pride now......VINDICATION IS MINE! The Judge overturned the finding, and 2.5 years and too much money to admit later I am done! I had a great attorney and the truth prevailed. I can only hope that the invetigator learns from this to do proper investigations to reveal the truth and protect the children that need it and not waste time and money on ones that are unsubstantiated. I am trying to find forgivness for him and pray that this ordeal was not in vain but somehow will positively affect someone involved.

What is that?

A couple of days ago I was doing laundry.....and I heard a noise. Who put a shoe in the dryer? I thought to myself. I actually went and looked 2 times in the load drying and saw nothing and the third time I pulled every piece of laundry out. Man those jeans were heavy I thought....wait what is that....OH CRAP, my cell phone that had been MIA for a day was in the pocket freshly laundered and all shiny and foggy! Dukes reply was " well that is one way to get a blackberry." Which is the phone I would love to have but can't justify the need. What now? Ok Duke continues, "take out the battery, rinse it in clean water and let it dry." I have a puzzled look on my face....."Add more water?" "Ok then don't, what do you have to loose." So under the faucet it goes, and then under a fan. Next day....I have one fried, wet, now dried phone. I got insurance on the phone because it was Dukes initially, and he has in the past had a phone throwing contest to see who paied for lunch, so insurance seemed smart. Well it paid off for me too. I went to the dealer, and the tech says looks like it has water damage. Oh I say, thinking he will say you are screwed. But he says call this number and they will overnight you a new phone. Done and done...$50 deductable later and my phone should be here today. And I have to wait 2 months to upgrade to a different phone as per our contract, so I guess that is God's way of saying, "Susan, you may not have a blackberry!"

3 yr olds and Lysol = BAD COMBO

Greetings to all…..this morning began as most in our house. Reid wakes up, goes to the bathroom, and then slams the toilet seat down, runs back to his room and yells “it’s wake up time DALE ….GET UP!” Turns on the lights and gets dressed, Dale drags out of bed and soon we all end up in the kitchen. School is out today for Columbus Day so Dale gets to stay home, no big plans. Put away the mountains of laundry that I have been washing, tidy a bit, SCRUB my knuckles raw extracting Lysol spray from all four sides of a finished pool table…...and contemplate how to get my 3 yr old to understand YOU CAN”T SPRAY THAT THERE!!!!!

Picture it, my kitchen, sink full of bubbles, water running, I am washing up sippy cups, cleaning up breakfast remains, water is shut off and I hear an aersol spray can….. “Reid what are you doing?” “I’m cleaning Mommy.” “Reid you don’t get spray cans.” I say as I walk to the game room…..THE HORROR is seen….I scream “REID NO” “ I’m sorry Mommy, I’m sorry” “Go to your room, and do not MOVE!” Reid is gone and crying, I am left with a pool table that was a beautiful Mahogany color that now looks like it has been spray painted WHITE! Apparently Lysol is not good for finished wood. So I sit, stare, cry a bit, and think what do I do? All 4 sides are sprayed…..I figured I have nothing to loose, so I break out the Mr. clean Majic erase sponges and start to scrub and to my amazement 99% of it came up. If you look closely you can see a little fog of spray, but compared to the prior sight looks like new.

So Reid has been spared for the day, has realized that the next time he touches a spray can will be too soon, and said “I will not do that ever again.” On one hand I do not want to dampen his spirit b/c he really thought he was doing a good thing, and has in the past seen me spray pledge on wood and wipe it up, and I can only assume that was his intention here, but knows that spray cans are only for me and Daddy. So now all the air fresheners in our home are under lock and key! And thank goodness for MR Clean Magic Erasers!

Heres to a better afternoon!

My Science Project

Apparently, I have been picked for a science project and I just realized it today. So I feel compelled to share this data with my friends. My project that I can only assume has been divinely assigned to me is HOW MUCH LAUNDRY CAN MY LAUNDRY ROOM HOLD BEFORE PHYSICALLY EJECTING ME?……my hypothesis is A LOT of STANKY laundry. Obviously I cannot DO any laundry because that would be catastrophic to my data results…..injecting downy filled lavender air and bounty softness would clearly influence the penicillin that I can only imagine is growing. I could have on my hands a cure for Cancer….or I could also just have so stained clothes. My husband is not as enthusiastic as you might hope with the call of….Do I have ANY clean socks…..and can YOU find them Please……I mean really how selfish can he be! He very well could be solely to blame that the universe might NEVER know the finding of my experiment. My only dilemma is that the room might just very well hold more that we currently own leaving me with a few choices, toss the experiment that I am now COMMITTED to, borrow from friends and neighbors, which is somewhat rude since I have no idea how long this could go on, or clearly number 3 purchase new items for my family to dirty and submit that data to the room. I mean really this is for humanity here and maybe I could even get a grant to cover the costs? HMMMMM So it is off to the store I go!

I WISH….does Medina Childrens Home take dirty donations?…..is that really bad Karma? Wow how can one family get so much junk dirty…..and I can’t even blame Duke b/c all of his stuff is drycleaned. Well I am off to scrap the experiment and burry myself in the stink and hope I can come out clean in the end…..and then comes the hard part the putting away b/c weird as it is I like to fold. Ok well hope all is well with all of you and heres to a great weekend that does not involve LAUNDRY!

Here Goes

Ok at the urging of many friends and family I have set up my blog. This way I can vent my feelings and experiences and not really bug anyone, but if you are bored you can come see for yourself!

Here are a few of my latest Mommy happenings in my life Enjoy!