Friday Night Halloween

The beauty of Halloween being on a weekend is that there were activities on Friday and Saturday. Yesterday I took the kids to Bass Pro Shops and Downtown Grapevine to trick or treat. Here is what they decided to be yesterday...

They decided to be a vampire and a "Random Guy". The "Random Guy" was apparently dead and I should have taken a picture of his mohawk from the side because it was multi-colored. Very cool... More updates later with what they decide for today...

I Beat Kirk!

I don't want to brag... too much... but I did beat my baby brother at Fantasy Football last week. It was very close and down to the last game of the weekend on Monday night but I pulled it out. I was ecstatic, to say the least, because my brother was very "braggy" (I made this word up a long time ago for the boys to know what NOT to be). He tried to get me all riled up and I was calm and collected. I focused on the game and I won.

So this week, I play my Dad. He seems to think that I was dirty about how I played this week but I think it was strategy. He desperately needs a QB and I had a higher waiver pick then him so I took a QB that I don't need. It was a strategic move and I am not ashamed of how I am playing the game (I could be on reality tv with that comment, huh?) I am keeping my fingers crossed. If I win, I am still in it and Brian would move into first place...

I am going to take the kids trick-or-treating tonight. They are so excited and I look at it like I won't have to buy any candy for tomorrow. Seems like a win-win to me.

This Week

I won at Fantasy Football this week. YEAH! I need to continue to win to make it to the playoffs but I'm feeling good about that. I play my brother this weekend and then my Dad the following weekend so I hope to maintain my winning streak (of one week in a row, ha!). Friday is Brian's birthday so we are gonna do something on Sunday for him. Dad's birthday is Sunday so we are going out there on Saturday night for a little party. We will cram two baseball games and two soccer games in before we head out there, hopefully! The boys team's are both undefeated for soccer and they are ecstatic about that. As for baseball, the boys are doing well but the teams haven't been able to pull together quite yet. They are both pretty good hitters and fielders and say they are both going to play in the Spring. It makes our schedule crazy but it sure is fun watching them learn something new. Hunter has been doing pitching every night one-on-one with a coach and is loving it. He says that he was born to pitch and Hunter is doing well learning the mechanics of it.

All in all, staying very busy... and hoping the rain will stop...

I Can See Clearly Now...

The rain is gone... So far. Of course, today it is a muggy mess outside. The kids missed all of their games last weekend and this week so far. We have games tomorrow night so we will see if it can dry up enough by then so they can play.

We made the best out of the rainy weekend by having Date Night on Saturday. This is several weeks in a row that we have gotten to do this which has been GREAT! We went to Fox and Hound and ate and played pool. Brian and I beat Amy and Daniell 9 games to 2 (not that we were counting or competitive the WHOLE time). It was a lot of fun and has been a really long time since we went and did that.

On Sunday we bought the NFL Redzone and got to see the good parts of all of the games. It is really awesome! Of course it makes the day fly by because you are only watching when a team is about to score. I will say that as far as Fantasy Football goes this season, I have been projected to win every week but have only won once so far. If I do not win this week, I am having a fire sale on all my players and will start over from scratch. It is really very sad to lose over and over and I am a bit tired of it now. In order to make it into the playoffs I need to win almost all of my games. I wish I could text my NFL players some encouragement or something so they would perform. We'll see how this week goes...

Brian and I are headed to the bookstore tonight and I am really excited to see if they have my purses out for sale. I am slipping my camera into my purse, just in case.

A State of Hysteria

I just love how when people listen to the weather here (even though they are not usually right), they panic! Today I needed to run into Walmart for a few things and it took forever as people loaded up with bread and milk for Armageddon. Seriously people?? Why are you buying milk? If the power goes out your refrigerator will NOT work and your brand new milk will go bad! I think Brian is wearing off on my because I do not like the crowds one bit.

And with the mention of mass hysteria storms around here Brian starts to panic. I try and take this as a sign that his love for me is so IMMENSE that he could not bear the thought of losing me to Mother Nature. In all reality, I am sure he would not know how to function and is thinking purely of himself. Nonetheless, I have been housebound today for fear of the impending doom that was forecasted to hit us (approx an hour ago). As of right now, not even a drop of rain. I am sure the weatherman will justify this with a stall in the weather pattern or gulf stream this or that. Either way, the kids are playing outside, Brian still has his 360 on (which of course means, he doesn't believe it either because mere raindrops usually prompt him to turn off his girlfriend and let her rest during bad weather). So we sit... and wait...

You CAN sit your studs...

During the middle of the week I had chosen my lineup for this weekends games. I caught a lot of heat for sitting my #1 draft pick. The consensus was "You can't sit your studs!" So I played my "studs" who ended up being far from "studly" as I had anticipated and I LOST! Yes, that makes me 1-3. It totally stinks! So I am going with my gut from here forward and not listening to anyone else's sentiments regarding who I play!!

While watching football all day I have continued grading the kid's work. Here is another funny thing I found:

I would like to be in a nuclear family because there would be no room in my house if it was extended. I would have to be inside more to spend time with them. They would hog all the televisions in my house and my parents would not let me play video games as much. They would play crazy stuff like crossword puzzles for hours. And the thing they would do the most is talk all day long and keep talking and talking and just more talking.

More Funnies...

These are cracking me up...

Brandon : If i had a pet dino, I would feed it cheerios. I would ride him to school. I would train him to eat cats. it would be fun to have a pet dino.

Feb 26, 2009 Dear Dad ,I love you so much more than mom cause she has to many boundaries. Plus you buy me video games all the time. P.S you are better than mom at singing.
Sincerely,Hunter

March 3 , 2009
Dear Dad,
Today I had to do part of a lesson with my snot nosed little brother and he wouldn't stay focused. I told him to pay attention to the lesson and every time he said "I am I am". Then you did questions with him and he sucked.
Sincerely ,Hunter

March 11, 2009
Dear Mother of the dead bunnies,
I am sorry my retardo cat is taking your babies and playing with the severed heads. We do not like finding their bodies all over our home. We will punish our stupid cat, we are sorry for your loss(es).
Sincerely,
Hunter Klinko

These are just a few of the things they have...um...learned.

Playing Catch-up

Today I decided to put my nose to the grindstone and go in and grade the kids work from the last YEAR. We know they are learning so we continue on with the lessons but have not put much work into grading it because we are doing it together with them and know how they are doing. We have moved on to the next grade so I decided to go in and take care of the old stuff... I found this as the rubric for one of Hunter's assignments... I am wondering if he had some help...

February 19, 2008
Dear Dad,
I enjoy learning and receiving my daily lessons so much from you. You far surpass mom's skills in the educational department and I am thankful for your liberal sharing of your vast array of knowledge with me. I only can hope to one day attain your superior level of intellect and I hope one day I will have the opportunity to pass your wisdom down to my children as well.
Your humble son,
Hunter.

Really?? More Rain??

We were so excited that Hunter was going to get to play his first game tonight! And then it started to rain... He has missed all the games so far because of rain and then he got sick. He is totally well now and was so excited for today all week long. Now he is sad... and I hate it when they are sad. I told him with any luck it will stop so that he can play on Saturday. The schedule works out that we have 4 games between 9 and noon. Should be interesting...

I forgot to mention that Brian went to the Cowboys game on Monday night. He said that the Dallas Palace is just that and could barely put into words how impressive it was (which is unusual for him since he LOVES to use big words). A friend invited him who has a suite on the ground level. Brian said that the field is at your knees and you are about 10 ft off from the players running by. When someone went out of bounds you could have reached out and touched them. Also, the suite includes the first 6 rows on top of it which is where they enjoyed most of the games from so they could see over the cheerleaders (I have to admit, I'm a little surprised they would move to NOT look at cheerleaders). Anyways, he said it is more mammoth than words and at the end they went to the bar that the Cowboys players go through to get back to the locker room and said they ran out high-fiving the fans, etc. He said Tony Romo came though grinning from ear to ear after the win. He was so glad he went and so appreciative that his friend would take him (even though he missed Brandon's first baseball game).

Here's to hoping the rain will eventually stop...