Happy Birthday Pa!

If I could give you one gift, I would give you the ability to see you from my eyes and from the eyes of your grandchildren because then you would know that to us you are more than my dad and their Pa...you are a loving and kind, selfless, reliable, Godly, intelligent, a protector, and our hero. You are strong, you believe in us, you are always there even when we fail. You give us joy, you help us learn and you make us feel safe. And though you are not perfect, it just makes us love you even more. My birthday wish for you, is that you know 100% without doubt that you are loved more than words can say. Happy Birthday Dad!

Pappy's Job

Synergy First Tournament

"It's the friends we meet along the way that helps us appreciate the journey."

Those smiles make my heart happy!

Carli played in her first tournament with Synergy this weekend.  We actually played with three pick up players so mostly our aim was to shake the rust off and get the nerves out.  We weren't really expecting to win.  But man we sure came close!  After only getting to play one game on Saturday due to the rain, we played two games on Sunday.  Carli started pitching both Sunday games.  She had awesome first innings with 3 up and 3 down but then had some rough second innings.  After talking to her later, she had convinced herself the larger 4th batters were going to hit line drives back at her and she'd be hit.  I'm not sure how that fear came up all the sudden.  So she was pitching to the outside and ended up walking 5 each game, each 2nd inning.  They lost one game only 2 to 3 and the second game by more.  But her coach, I'm loving how he handles her.  He talked to her, he went out on the mound and calmed her and made her smile.  She is still working on getting to know and trust him too.  So while we didn't win this weekend, we did grow a lot.  This is a journey we've been trying to accomplish for some time and I am hopeful we are finally on the right road.

A bonus was that Carli got to see her friend Ashlyn who she played with her first season on Glory.  It was the first time she had seen her in almost a year.

24 Hr Challenge

Apparently on YouTube there are several videos about doing a 24 hr challenge.  Where basically you stay in one spot for 24 hrs only taking small breaks for the bathroom.  Carli decided she and her friends wanted to do this in our laundry room which I vetoed and moved them to the playroom.  Carli had two friends, Molleigh and Reagan over.  And Ava had her friend Elaine over.  It was a wee bit loud Friday night and they weren't very good at staying in the playroom but they had fun!

By the time morning rolled around, exceptions were being made left and right!  They came out to make pizza, then paint and by noon they declared the challenge over!  Ha!

Sleepovers are loud and exhausting for this Momma but the girls all had fun so it was worth it!

Bed Runners for Littles

Drew and Maggie got their awesome bed runners from Mrs. Munday today! There's a bit of a story behind the why of these. First, when Carli turned three she and Ava got these awesome quilts from Naggy. They've used them ever since! So when we found out Maggie was on her way and at least for a bit she and Drew would share a room I went on the search for some coordinating quilts. I found these on zulily and loved the colors but wanted to personalize them. Anyone who knew my Grandma knew that she made all her grandkids a blue jean quilt. So it was that Grammy and I thought it would be a cool reminder of the Grandma my two youngest hear lots about but never were blessed to meet if we did blue jean quilt bed runners for their quilts. Mrs. Munday did an amazing job and Drew is so happy that now his bed knows it belongs to him. 😂

Lost book

For a whole week, we have looked for a lost library book.  In her bed, in the car...all the cars.  Emptied her backpack, tore up our bookcases, and play room to no avail.  Ava was devastated so we were prepared to buy the book to replace it for the school and then Ava sat on it in the car.  Literally.  I can't make this stuff up.

Bubbles!

When Mom really just needs to get ready for the day without all her help on the counter giving her directions, we break out the bubbles!

We Got Hit

If there was any doubt that Maggie had a virus, it was extinguished on Friday when I woke up sick...it wasn't long after that Drew got hit.  Keith was a champion dealing with a sick Drew and a busy little Maggie all day.  Thankfully, I was only down for the day b/c Saturday came and Keith and Ava were down for the count...Carli wasn't far behind.  So, lots of laundry and cleaning was on the books for the whole weekend.  Keith and Ava were hit the hardest but by Sunday afternoon we seemed to all be staggering back on our feet.  Man, I hate viruses.  :(

Softball Friends

Carli was beyond excited that her friend, Kate, came to try out for Synergy today!  Making new friends is fun but it's a little easier when you have a good friend by your side to help you out!  :)

Monkey on the Bed

Whoever said any kid after the third is easy, wasn't counting Maggie.  Tuesday morning Maggie somehow rolled off the bed. At first we thought she crawled off but after watching her close all morning, she didn't show any signs of a head injury but was oh so mad and cranky. And then I laid her down to change her diaper and she screamed bloody murder. 😢 Something was wrong with her left hip. She was good as long as I held her straddling my stomach but refused to bear weight on it or crawl. So, off to the doctor we went, where they all commented on her cuteness then experience her temper and how loud she can actually scream. They x-rayed her knee, I'm not sure why they focused there but after 15 minutes of screaming and fighting she suddenly stopped. I think looking back she popped her hip back or something bc she never cried after that point. Xray was clean and we went to the chiro and he gave her a good working over. She's acted fine ever since. Laughing, crawling, and eating. I've got a few more gray hairs...

 

Then, not one to be out done Maggie decided to celebrate turning 13 mths old with the following firsts:

- First Hays kid to fall off the bed and likely popped her hip out which led to...

- First Hays kid to get an x ray on her leg.

- Took 13 mths, but had her first night of vomiting half the night away, which means bc she knocked her head the day before she became the...

- First Hays kid to get a CT Scan

- As well as the first Hays kid to get a flu test this year.

Thankfully the scan was clear and test was negative...which means...

Maggie is officially the first Hays kid to get a stomach virus this year...she's outdone herself.

She's a cute one!

Once a Fashion Girl...

Well...one can wish I suppose... I'm not very good at fashion...but even I know this doesn't match and that she's about to freeze her buns off outside.