Awake all day!

My friend Wendy and I have been keeping tabs and encouraging each other to get to bed on time. My plan is to be in bed when my clock clicks 10:30. I've been keeping my cerfew for almost 2 weeks now and I must say, I can tell that I'm getting more sleep! What do you know? All those scientists and studies conducted over the last 100 years are right! Getting more sleep at night really does help you have more energy during the day. That explains why new mothers are so tired all the time! Who'd of thunk!! Yes, I'm being silly, but it's amazing how hard it is to do something that we know is good for us. Anyway, Wendy and I are setting aside a dime each time we make it to be on time...and then we'll reward ourselves with a little treat in the next few weeks. Should I go with icecream? Perhaps a chocolate dessert of some kind? Maybe a malt from Braums... who knows...

And, since my last post was about baseball, I thought I'd post this video...now that I know how to post them. My friend Shannon had a video on her blog from a group called Improv Everywhere. When I poked around their site, I found this. I love the little guy that's dancing in the dugout! Truly a game they'll never forget. Enjoy!

Let the games begin!

Well, it's begun. Every time we agree to this, we know what we're getting in to. But, it doesn't make it any easier! It's time for.....Baseball. Take all the practices and games, and add them to the other stuff, and you have about 8 weeks of whirlwind activity. Now that we have 2 playing, and of course, they aren't on the same league, we have double the fun!! However, seeing them in their little uniforms, having a ball...well, I must say, it's fun. And, I might as well just watch the game because there's no way I can do anything else while I'm at a game. I've taken books, my planner, etc...and it's just one more thing to carry. So, I just watch my little guys. And believe me, if they hit, catch, or do anything out of the ordinary, they'll notice if I'm not watching. Do you remember when you used to sort of shake your head when you had little kids and your friends with older kids complained about how busy they were with their kids' sports? I would say to myself, "Just don't sign up! No one is forcing you to do this." Well, I continue to eat my words!! And, I'm not complaining...just making observations. Today, we went out to the field at 8:15 for team pictures. The wind was blowing...oh, I don't know... 100 MPH!!!!! Everyone had tears running out of their eyes. We left the second after the pictures were over and skipped opening day ceremonies. Here's a video of Sam's first homerun last year. Keep in mind that it was a totally "infield" homerun. At this age, baseball is pretty much error after error! So, while the other team was throwing the ball over each other's heads, Sam made a homerun. Enjoy!



Otherwise, we are just counting the days till we're done with school. Next week is state testing, so our schedule is out the window.