Has another week come and gone? I tell you what, my biggest fear living here is that I'll wake up one morning and- BAM! I'M 45! Seriously, the weeks fly by.
So, the happenings of last week...
Tuesday
Tuesday night we went to the Rockies vs. Padres game. My mom's cousin's son, so her second cousin? And that would make him my second cousin once removed or something? It doesn't matter, any sort of extended cousins are just "cousins" in my family (especially when they are major league baseball players). So anyway, my cousin is the third baseman for the Padres and when they come to town we go to the games. This time we got to sit in great seats with his parents and the kids even got to go down by the dugout and talk to their "cousin". It was great fun.
Wednesday
Wednesday was a busy day. I helped out in Juan Carlos's class for the first time. I'm doing a swap with a friend where one stays home with the kids and the other volunteers in the classroom. She has the cutest 5 month old baby girl who makes me insanely baby hungry. Pedro probably doesn't have quite the same effect.
A little later in the day the boys' school had their annual "Jog-a-Thon" fundraiser. All the kids had to run around a 220 yard. lap for 20 minutes. We all had to pledge money per lap, the goal being to raise $35,000 ($85.00 per kid-sorry, we fell a bit short). Juan Carlos's goal was 15 laps and he ended up doing 16. The cool thing was that the kid had a grin on his face the.entire.race. He never complained (and if you know Juan Carlos, you know this is a minor miracle). Guapo, my mom and I took turns running around with him and he was pretty tough to keep up with.
Me and Juan Carlos:
Then there was poor Julio, who came home with a fever Tuesday after school; we drugged him with Tylenol so he could go see his "cousin" play. He woke up Wednesday morning worse (go figure), but he still wanted to run for his school-so I drugged him again and he went and ran/walk 13 laps. What a trooper!
I was greatly discouraged when we got home and lo-and-behold, what do I find in Juan Carlos's backpack but yet ANOTHER fundraising opportunity-this time selling cookie dough and wrapping paper.
AGGGGGGHHH!
Coupon books, jog-a-thons, silent auction dinners, cookie dough-make it stop!
Anyway, later that afternoon (poor Julio still under the effects of the fever reducing drug), we had cub scouts: we took a hike on a trail to pick up trash. I know, I know, I'm super hot in my cub scouts shirt.
But, I do have to mention here how much I'm enjoying being a den leader-it's so fun. The boys are cute and it's only an hour a week-how hard is that? Janice was right-it's a great calling to have.
Thursday
Julio still sick; Margarita comes home with a fever and a sore throat.
Friday
I take both both kids to the doctor, despite the fact that Julio is markedly better, and after one quick whiff of Julio's breath he diagnoses them both with strep. Ok-how guilty did I feel for letting Julio run in the Jog-a-thon?
Saturday
More soccer. Speedy Juan Carlos, who tends to shy away from the ball, sprinted his heart out to catch an opponent quickly approaching their goal and stopped him. His teammates were full of high-5's and celebratory chest bumps and instantly dubbed him "Lightning Bolt" which supposedly he "hates". He's retold the story 100 times this weekend- about how it was the same as scoring a goal since he stopped one. So cute.
Now if I could just get my act together and do a mini-posts during the week I wouldn't feel like such a lame blogger.
The dog's coming in 6 days. Help!
5 comments:
We do a jog a thon fund raiser too. This year, I showed up in my running clothes but toothsome #4 was such a grump, I wasn't able to run even one turn with my kids. She is lucky she is so cute.
Oh, man, the jog-a-thon! Good for you, running with the kids! (the kids withOUT strep throat, I mean...)
I feel your pain on the fundraising thing. Don't even get me started. At least this is my last year of THREE different schools all sending home fundraiser paperwork. And, go team on the Cub Scouts! I bet you're a natural with that one.
We ignore the fundraisers. We'll do walk-a-thons, jumprope for heart, etc. but forget about the cookie dough and wrapping paper. Their big dreams of selling enough items for that big prize gets shattered every time.
We ignored those fundraisers, too. And now that we homeschool, it's just another bonus. No stupid fundraisers.
I have the same fear -- time goes by so fast!
Encourage your PTA/PTO to collect Box Tops and Capri Sun pouches. We raise quite a bit of money collecting both and it is so easy!
What fun to actually know someone who is playing in a major league game you are watching!
I hope the strep goes away soon!
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