Another Afternoon Spent Bowling

At what point (or age) do we get rid of the bumpers and have the kids transition to real bowling?! It is quite the dilemma as I predict scores in the low teens, and fear their self-esteem may never recover. It already took a hit when they sadly realized being good at Wii bowling did not correspond to being good at real bowling.

Happily Sade decided to bowl this time. But only for one game.
 

Her form involves lots of shimmying, hip movement and ball swinging.




It also involves this while waiting for her ball to hit the pins:



When we asked her what she was doing, she said, "I'm just practicing my yoga."

Megan's bowling would take a major hit if we transitioned to non-bumpers. I do believe that each of her balls averages at least 2 hits on the bumpers on the way to the pins.



I am sure Jackson also has quite a high bumper hit average:



He has a unique form:



Getting some love:



The bowling alley is the perfect place to Gangnam dance, as demonstrated by Jackson:



Eric and I were stellar as usual. Even bowling without bumpers:



He leaves everything he has on the floor:




I am leaning towards another year of bumpers.

Eric's 42nd Birthday Extravaganza!

Yesterday was Eric's birthday! He spent the day at work (sad part of life as an adult) but had present opening to look forward to when he arrived home.

He received clothes, a beard trimmer, a SeaHawks pumpkin carving kit, other super exciting miscellaneous items such as dental floss, and money!



Tucker had lots of fun with present opening too:



As Eric was admiring his SeaHawks pumpkin carving kit, Sade and I performed an elaborate stunt to distract him (she is quite the actress), and then brought out his big gift:



A new T.V.!

If you know me you know that I would rather do things than have things, which means I would rather go out to dinner than buy a new pair of shoes, or go on vacation instead of buying a new T.V., but this time I changed my tune and bought a thing instead of an experience.

I think he may have liked it even better than the pumpkin carving kit.

For comparison sake this is our old T.V., given to us by dear friends when our last T.V. bit the dust:



In fact we have never bought a new T.V. the entire time we have been married. All televisions we have owned have come to us second hand and free from various individuals. We have been so blessed!

After present opening we went to dinner at Metro Pizza (Eric's choice of course).



We have been to Metro a number of times but had never tried their buffalo chicken pizza. Oh my gosh it was good! And that is coming from me who does not love pizza.

On the way to the car Sade delighted us with some Gangnam style dancing! We are obsessed. You can find at least one of us (excluding Megan who thinks it is incredibly embarrassing) Gangnam dancing ALL OF THE TIME. In restaurants, stores, parks, everywhere! Eric is the best at it. Ask him to do it next time you see him.



Upon arriving home it was time for brownies:



And then we set up the T.V. and were all mesmerized by it until bedtime.

Happy Birthday Eric!

12 X 12 - October 2012

Friday morning I awoke at 9:30 a.m. (glorious!). Sleeping in is high on the list of things I love about the kids having a day off.

I found Tucker tuckered out and laying on the floor:

I had breakfast, and then put everyone to work! However, as is often the case, I soon found them playing instead:



Tucker helped me load the dishwasher. I did make him get down, but not before snapping this picture:



Jackson and Sadie soon joined me in the kitchen where they proceeded to take bubbles out of the sink and then blow them and clap them all over the floor (Eric taught them this):



I soon sent them back to finish cleaning. Since Sadie was already done with her room, I discovered she was helping Jackson. Or I should say cleaning Jacksons room for him. Apparently Sadie was pretending to be his butler, which meant that Jacksons job was to tell Sadie what to do and Sadies job was to do it. Surprisingly they were both very happy with this arrangement:



After cleaning they headed outside to play.

Trampoline = Best Purchase Ever:



I headed out to run some errands. Driving in the car, listening to loud music, singing along, and dancing does more to elevate my mood than anything else.

 It rejuvenates me!

Like having the tendency to become obsessed with food (i.e. Donut Gems) I also have the tendency to become obsessed with certain songs. Currently that song is "Springsteen" by Eric Church. I just may have listened to it on repeat while running errands yesterday:



I arrived home to discover Eric had also arrived home! Since he was home early and the kids were home from school, we went to do a little bowling:



After which we had Chipotle for dinner. We decided to eat outside, which ended up being a little chilly for 4 members of our family. Eric thought it felt nice which proves that he has not become a true Las Vegan like the rest of us:



After eating, we went home, picked up Tucker, and did a little geocaching. Successfully finding three in 45 minutes:



It is so nice being able to finally spend time outside! The weather has been so ridiculously hot this October:



Soon after arriving back home Eric had to get ready for his Friday night soccer game and Megan had to get ready for a babysitting job:



How crazy is it that Megan now babysits for other people and gets paid?! When did she grow up?

Five For Friday - Sadie Said Edition

The fact that I get to hang out with Sadie, EVERYDAY, makes me feel like the luckiest person in the world. Seriously. She is constant entertainment, good natured, helpful, sarcastic, and hilarious.

 I completely adore her.

I have an uber-amount of stuff to record about Sade, and have decided to start with a few things she has said lately.

 

 

The kids were playing a game of would you rather in the car. Here is what Sadie asked us:

"Would you rather touch a worm, or have someone shoot you?"

 

 We all chose touch a worm.

 

 

A conversation:

Me: "Are you going to go to college."

Sadie: "No."

Me: "No?!!!" Of course you are!"

Sadie: "Only if your payin'."

 

 

 

While driving around one day, a guy in a truck flipped us off (for an entire block!) and yelled and swore at us out of his window (for an entire block!). As I was discussing his behavior with the kids,

Sadie remarked matter of factly, "Well. He must not follow Jesus."

 

 

While driving in the car I was explaining to the kids what rabies was. This conversation with Sadie followed:

Sadie: "A girl in my pre-school class has rabies."

Me: "I don't think so."

Sadie: "Yes she does."

Me: "What do you think rabies is?"

Sadie: "Well, um....It's when you need sugar for something."

Me: "Oh you mean diabetes?"

Sadie: "Yes!"

 

 

Sadie: "I really like that show called, "Small People In The Big Town." (Little People Big World)

 

 

And one bonus item:

 

Sadie was asking me to do something for her, and I told her no. She then said: "Mom, if you don't do it, I won't visit you when your old."

 

Perfection.