Practice Run

Friday night I had dinner and a show with the girls from work. This was our present from our boss for Christmas. We went to Bonefish Grill and saw "Ring of Fire". Wow, that's as country as it gets! Mom and Dad came down for the weekend to do a "practice run" on setting up the tent before next weekend. Seems pretty easy and of course dad suggested we label the tent poles with my handy dandy label maker. He is so organized! Sunday afternoon Bryant rode his bike up and down the street and did not want to stop. Now that he has the hang of no training wheels he thinks he is a trick-rider. He loves to off road it in the empty lots and do a little swerve action when on the pavement. He has had a couple of crashes but thankfully got right up, brushed off and continued on his way. Caleb spent the afternoon on the Playhouse Disney website since we didn't have the TV on. He's not much for exerting too much energy!

Weekend recap

Since Bryant did not have school on Friday, the boys and I went to Lakeland on Thursday night. Friday we enjoyed the day at Cypress Gardens with Nana, Donnie, Tracy and L.J. We had a lot of fun and got a little wet from the rain. I even road some of the roller coasters without getting sick! The rest of the weekend consisted of me getting a new hair color, Bryant riding his bike to perfect the no training wheels deal, sushi with Tracy and some other moms, shopping and Caleb watching "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl" a million times.

Brian was in Maine visiting Barry. The good news - Barry is out of the hospital after 26 days. He will be having some additional test in the next couple of weeks but at least he will be in the comfort of his own home rather than the hospital.

Miniature Golf

Last weekend Grammy and Grandpa John came down to have a belated Christmas. The boys got alot of cool stuff - like they need more! Grammy and Grandpa John took the boys to see "Waterhorse" while Brian and I went to his company dinner. We had a great time and the weather and sunset were perfect. On Sunday, we took the boys to play putt putt golf. Bryant tried really hard and did a great job. We had to keep reminding Caleb to leave his ball on the ground. His rules were to hit the ball. Pick it up and set it closer to the cup. Once we had established that you have to hit the ball from where it is he decided to just push the ball to the cup with the putter. How could we have ever guessed Caleb would be the one to try and find a shortcut. We will see what this weekend brings us!

Happy New Year!

New Year's Eve was pretty quiet around here. We had dinner at The Joint with the Murphys and then came back to our place. Brian and Travis decided to do some fireworks. The kids were in bed by 9:00 and I was asleep on the couch by 9:15. Brian was the only one who made it to ring in the new year. We are such party animals these days!

I have realized these last couple of days that I need to dig out my "tomboy" ways. We have played football, soccer, baseball and golf. Those are not so bad. However, thanks to Nana, Bryant received a frog habitat for Christmas. We completed our mission of purchasing a frog from the pet store today. Not wanting to actually touch the frog, I figured I could open the pet store box and let him (in his own time) hop into the habitat. Did you know frogs are very quick to jump at the first chance they get? I now have to figure out how to get the frog off the kitchen window and into the habitat while the boys are supervising me and telling me to just catch it in my hands. Are they kidding? Where is your father? Needless to say I got the frog in the habitat with the help of a small bowl and papertowel. Tomorrow we will make a trip to a different pet store to purchase crickets to feed our new pet. I can hardly wait to try and get those in the habitat! Thank you Nana!