This Is It

[snapshot] 01.20.11

we don't know why duke climbed up on the bench today. but he did and he balanced up there long enough for me to grab my camera and then some. then him and kenzie played peek-a-boo with each other until max went running towards them to join the fun. 

[snapshot] 01.19.11

because of testing, mackenzie has half days this week (wed-fri) so she gets to have lunch with me and max. today, we had el pollo loco. the centerpiece is a paper sack snowman max made in class.  

[snapshot] 01.18.11

this is the picture that gets drawn on the back of our receipts 99% of the time when we leave costco. usually it ticks him off. but today, he smiled and said "she was nice". (his hair had fallen down quite a bit since the portrait had been drawn.)

[snapshot] 01.17.11

it was crazy warm today. with the day off, we knew it was a must to visit the park. we went to the one in anthem. jodie and the kiddos met us there. max jumped on the swings and swung himself for the first time. he just needed to figure it out on his own. on the way home, we  felt the need to stop for slurpees. (kenzie stayed home because of her problem ear.)

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i showed him a couple times how to tie his shoes.
i went the double bunny ears route
(even though i do one bunny ear and then the wrap around the tree and through the hole or something like that)
he got so frustrated, 
he would end up throwing his shoe and just giving up.

then i would catch him working on it alone.

and he figured it out.
hallelujah!!
i did not want to send him to kindergarten
in velcro shoes. ;)

today...

max + i ran to wal-mart to get him some bball pants for practice
(i got him size x-small and they ended up being too big)
we came home and had breakfast

then i worked on some things for the boutique.
max surprised me by making my bed.

i didn't need to pick the girls up until 3:15.
mackenzie had her second battle of the books
(so far her team is winning - it's her and 3 boys)
madison had her first basketball games after school activity.
(they learn different games like pig and horse)

as soon as they got out,
we headed to the southwest side of town for max's practice.
we got there 20 minutes early so the kids played at the park.
it was after 4pm and the coach and one other boy were the only other ones there.
it was windy out, but not that bad.
practice was canceled.
we rushed home for madi to change into dance clothes.
i went and dropped her off.
came home to get dinner started and in the oven.
pork chops + vegetables.
went and picked up madi and we ate.

just after 7pm, kenzie and i headed to the galleria.
team picture night at dick's sporting goods.
kenzie's team was the last ones of the day.

we stopped at walgreens to get darric some nyquil.
he came home sick today. 

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breakfast this morning.
better than i thought it would be.

we didn't do much today.
took a drive to the wal-mart by my mom's house for some frames.
came home and made lunch.
when we got to the school to get madi....
max and i got out and walked/scootered around the 2 schools.
it was very warm outside.
 we came back to the school at 3:15 to pick up kenzie.
she had her battle of the books.

that evening, we went with my mom to her work.
the kids kept themselves busy,
while we learned all about oils
and then i got a massage.
it was my very first one.
wished it went a little longer. ;)

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"you look smart if you wear your pencil like this..."
                                                      max david carter

  

he didn't want me to take a picture of him "looking smart".
so i put my camera down and said "fine"
in my sad, whiny mom voice.
then he said "fine"
in his annoyed four year old voice.
madi was trying to make him smile by
making noises with her tongue.

which made him fake her out by pulling the
i'm going to throw this pencil into your eyeball move.

and then all was good again.

. . . . . . . . . .

we woke up this morning to shoe polish graffitti
on darric's trucks and the little window by the front door.
our neighbors had some on their cars too.
and they are all about their cars.

i'm thinking it was the punk boys across the street.
the same ones, i believe, that move my trash can
right in front of the driveway while i'm picking up the girls sometimes.
(maybe one day i should return the favor)

we didn't do a whole lot of anything today.
after dinner (taco soup) i took the kids
to get dessert from mcdonalds.
then me and madi played some scrabble slam.
we are both really slow at that game.

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[in our car on our way to the dayton's house for a fight party. there was some arguing between the kids as usual, some dancing by max and his old scooter in the back - that he snuck in a few days ago - just in case he ever needs it]

this morning darric and max went to watch a cross fit competition with warehouse mike.

when they got home it was time to head to kenzie's volleyball.

we had to stop for drinks and got there just before it started.

they won three games this week. :)

one of the girls on the team got hit in the face with the volleyball and started to cry.

mackenzie was warned that she should never cry during a sport

unless she wants to get yelled at in front of everyone.

we went to sport chalet after the game

so darric could get a new under armour shirt.

that evening, we went to the dayton's.

jan + the boys came too

and so did some of bill + dani's friends...

bill + annette - they also have two little boys.

we had pizza for dinner

and strawberry shortcake + pie for dessert.

the fight was on... mayweather vs mosley.

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she insisted on wearing her run for the money shirt
with a knot in the back so her white tank top underneath would show.

madi was the only one that raised money for this fundraiser
but they both had to run.

max and i had some errands to run today.
we went to target to get my rx and a couple other things.
went to return the library books.
drove by the bread store,
so we stopped and got grilled cheese sandwiches... to go.

we hurried up to the school
thinking that madi would be doing her run at 12:20.
we couldn't see madi anywhere
and come to find out
the third graders had already done it at 9:00.

we missed it.

that night after sending darric a little email...
he brought us home L&L for dinner.

then later, the kids and i watched ironman
while darric watched the lakers game.

i'm the only one that watched the entire movie
and the second half was better than the first
because i stole madi's glasses when she fell asleep.
it was like watching it in high definition. :)

that was the first time i watched that movie
and i really liked it.
now, i can't wait to go see ironman II.

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today, max decided to make his own lemonade
with every single lemon we had in our fridge.

he filled up about 1/8 of his little red cup
with pure lemon juice.

today was pretty uneventful.
the bug guy came
and we took a trip to get clipboards from wal-mart.
they didn't even have any.