Cookies for santa

The kids well Brian was ready to pick his cookies for Santa. He was super excited to leave Santa a picture that he colored for him. Aubrie said that she would get the milk and she poured this huge glass of milk and picked the biggest piece of candy bar and smile at me and Dane and said I think Santa is going to be super thirsty after he eats this cookie. Oh I love the preteen sarcasm.

Sleepover!!

Brian had his first ever sleepover tonight! These boys have buddies first grade and they become super close since they played baseball together!
I was thinking that it was going to be a late LOUD night but they were surprisingly quiet! They made a huge bed on the ground and watched movies until late! I never even heard them after I went to bed!
Brian told me that next year he wants to have a sleepover again but we need to have more snacks to eat really that translates into sugar!!!

Brians 9th !!!!

9 years old it seems not right that my little boy is 9. I let him pick where he was going to have his party and of course it was Mini Grand Prix.This has been his party spot since he was 4. He invited the regulars Gavin, Evan and Andrew. He made the decision to have an all boys party, so the rest of the boys were baseball friends! Logan, Conner and Brandon.
They got their wristbands and were out the door!! First up was the mini go cars then Brian went over to the big ones and ......

that is right he was tall enough to drive them all by himself!! He was so excited and could not wait to get in and drive himself! All the boys were tall enough but there was a goofy kid who would not let Logan go so Kevin went and put toilet paper in his shoes and instantly he was tall enough to drive. I think that they spent almost all of their time driving these!!

The cake was of course a Yankee pin stripe that I got for him and he had no idea!!

Another great party with old and new friends! Wonder where he will pick next year ....

Yankee Team Party

 Coach Devin told the boys that since the team party the league had for us was not that great he was going to have another one for the boys.
We all chose Bowling and the boys were super excited!
Only two boys did not show up but the kids had a great time bowling and eating pizza and cupcakes.
The Yankees were a great team they have had a great season they were a fun group of boys! This is the last season that these boys were able to pick what team they wanted to be on next season is a Draft and maybe one or two might be on the same team.

if you look close you can see a Royal

It was a great way to end the regular season and coming up next we have tournament!!! Not a bad season we ended third in the division which is great since it was almost all of their first season playing AAA!

FREEZING......

The fury had a playoff game tonight

It was so cold that I gave 

Aubrie the decision if she wanted to cheer or not.

Secretly I was hoping it was not 

but she chose to go 

which is the right choice since she is part of the team.

So we bundled up and headed to the park.

When we got there it was so cold that I was glad

that I had on 2 coats and brought a blanket.

Before we even got to our spot where we

were going to sit my hands were so COLD

that I was ready to go.

But Dane bought us Hot chocolate that was

pretty much cold chocolate right after we got it. We 

sat down and I was FREEZING so I can only imagine  how Aubrie felt in her thin warm up pants.

I wanted to see the new half time show so I 

BRAVED it out till that was over.

Then I stood up and headed to the car with 

Brian in tow. I have never loved my 

heater as much as did tonight!

Brian and I went to get gas and some 

Funyons (his choice).

We sat in the car and waited for Dane and Aubrie.

Shortly they were in the car and we were

on our way home.

I told Aubrie I was sorry and she said that it was 

OK because she was FREEZING to and 

wished she could have come too!!

Next time I am bringing a bigger

blanket!!!

I mean really....

Today Aubrie and I went to run some errands after cheer practice. We dropped Brian off at grandma's they were going to work on his scout book and he was looking forward to having lunch with Grandma at In and Out since he got the student of the week and he got a certificate for a free burger. That is where they always go together whenever he gets one he calls Grandma for a lunch date.
We hit Costco and then Dane called he was hungry so we decided to meet him at Cuginos for some YUMMY pizza. We got there and he had already ordered so we started talking while we were waiting.
I was curious if Aubrie knew about Santa since she already told me that she knew I was the tooth fairy. So I asked her what else she knew about....
She was quiet for a minute then she said
"well the I know that you hide the eggs"
I asked her why do you think that
her reply was
"I mean really a giant bunny delivering eggs to everyone in the world on one day'.
Dane and I could not stop laughing.
So I asked her what else she knew and it came out that she knows or had a really good idea that Santa was US!!!
I said "why do you think that"
Before she could answer Dane said
" i mean really a fat man in a suit with a sleigh and 8 tiny reindeer delivering presents to the whole world in one night".
We were all rolling and she said "exactly".
So now that she knows we told her that she is not allowed to tell Brian he gets to Believe till he finds out too.
She agreed and then said so do I still have to sit on his lap.
Yep I told her she has to do that till Brian is 18 hahahahha.
I am kinda sad that she knows now but it is kinda nice because now  she can go to Black Friday and have some fun with us girls.
They are growing up way too fast for me!!!

Runnin Rebels

Fury and the Rebel Cheerleaders

 The fury cheerleader got invited to have a clinic with the Runnin Rebels cheer squad. They were all excited and so was I! I love watching sports at the actual event! I was a little bummed that it was the girls not the boys but what a great experience for the girls!!

The girls with the Rebel

 We rushed over after I got off of work and we got there just in time to see them taking pictures with the mascot.

Brian's first Rebel game

 Brian was so excited to go a game that he did not even care that it was the girls team! Dane and him where so into the game that all the cheer moms asked Dane if he was going to be at the football game because he was so loud! He was not given the best cheer trophy for no reason!

The girls on the Jumbotron

 The girls sat behind the basket and cheered and danced the whole game! It was such a fun time that we have to get tickets to the boys game and go as a family so Brian can see what it is like when the stands are packed and the place is jumping!!

Aubrie, Phoebe,Alyssa

Our cheerleader

Aubrie had a great time and was all smiles about it, I asked her if she was glad she went because she had not wanted to go and she she said she was! I told her that she should start playing basketball since she has the height  and she said she was thinking the same thing after watching the game!

Student of the Month

This week at school Brian got the Student of the week award! He was super excited because it came with a In and Out certificate for a free hamburger! So who did he want to call his Grandma to have a night with her and to get a hamburger! Every time he gets anything that has to do with In and Out he is always wanting to call her! It is there place and he always goes with her!
He was awarded it for always being willing to share in class!
Way to go Brian!!!

Trick or Treating

Cant believe how much they have grown

My nerds

We were ready for everyone to come so we got outside to snap some pictures! Rhonda and the boys were outside with the same idea in mind so we hurried and got a picture of the four of our kids. Crazy to look back and see how much they have grown and funny to see that they are always in front of the giant pumpkins, some things have changed but some things stay the same.

the crab and the nerds

the whole group

Everyone got there and of course we had to take some more pictures! The kids are so funny they were ready to go but knew that they had to pose for the endless line of parents cameras!
Finally ( as Brian put it) we were done and ready to go! The parents all knew where the kids were headed first and that was the Carnival down the street! This year they out did themselves again they had a haunted maze and of course games and prizes for the kids!
As soon as they were done with the Carnival we were on the move! This year since the kids were older I knew that they would want to go to LOTS of houses. We went through our neighborhood and the one next to us! They were loaded, expect for Aubrie who got snubbed this year. I do not know it if was because she had  Cierra with her and people only gave the baby candy or if it was because she looks like an adult.

Paige and Brian

ready to call it a night!

We hit the last house and the kids were ready to go home and have some chili and go through their candy!
Brian and Aubrie count their candy every year and this year Brian had 201 pieces and Aubrie had only 35. Crazy since they went to the same houses!! Brian looked at Aubrie and told her that she could have anything that she wanted !
It was another fun year and the kids were exhausted and were OK with going to bed!

Carving time

Before the carving

I love GUTS!!

Aubrie who was all smiles it was already clean

We rushed home from school and I started the chili and Brian got his homework done and then he carried the pumpkins in. Before we could clean them I had to set up the pumpkin blow up. I had not done it and Brain was super sad that we had not put up the pumpkins or Frankenstein. Well this year has been CRAZY and I was lucky that I remembered to get the pumpkins!
So the blow up was up and we moved on to the cleaning out of the pumpkins! We cleaned out Aubrie's too because we did not know when she was going to be home and she had to still get ready!
That went super fast and then we were carving away! I was done and Brian was close but then as he was examining his he realized that he had forgot to do the ears! He always does ears ever since I told him that my dad always did ears on the pumpkins.
Just as we were finishing up Aubrie came in and went to town on hers. She had some inspiration and was done in like 5 minutes!

So before 530 we were all carved and set up to get some candy!!

First class Halloween party

Nerd!!

the whole class

Brian and Mrs Chambers

 Brian, Paige and Briana

 

This year Brian got to have Halloween at his school for the first time ever! He was so excited and to tell you the truth so was I!!! I got off work early and headed to the classroom with some drinks and when I walked in the kids were all so excited and could not wait to show me their costumes!
Everyone thought it was so funny to ask Brian " you want my nerds, nerd". I think he scored about 10 boxes of nerds this way!
Mrs Chambers had games and all sorts of things for the kids to do but then decided that she would just let them enjoy all the goodies and there was so many goodies I do not think that he needs to go trick or treating tonight. HAHAHA I am sure that would go over really well.
I am so glad that he got to have this party we got a new Principal who likes to have fun and this year has been so different already!! I still remember my Halloween parades at school and all the fun we had!
He really enjoyed it and had to tell Aubrie all about it, since she only got to do Halloween for 2 years at school.

Oh my.....

So we have officially hit the teenage attitude! I think we have been given two tickets  and it is going to be a VERY long bumpy ride!!
Tonight Aubrie had to pack for her weekend at Grandmas and she once again packed nothing that she should have. I was so irritated that I told her that I was going to help her pack.
"When are you going to treat me like I am 12 not 4"
I can pick out my own outfits I am not a baby please leave me alone" 
All while throwing her head back and sighing so loudly she could have be mistaken for a gust of wind. 
 So holding back every ounce of "oh no she did not just say that" I looked at her and said calmly
"This one is 20 and this one is 25 would you like to start paying me for everything in your closet that you had to have but will not wear".
"Nope but I am not wearing that and I am not 4 so please just leave me alone"
OK so at this point I was so done with her and her attitude that I looked at her and said
"Here is what you will wear Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and if you would like to tell me what you are not or wearing again I will pick the rest of the week"
And with that I shut her door and went to decompress!!
I know it could be a lot worse but it has only started and she is killing me.
HOLD ON TIGHT CUZ THIS HERE IS GOING TO BE THE WILDEST RIDE EVER MOM!!!!!

Awe thanks

Tonight I got the best gift for being the scorekeeper!
Carol the BEST team mom ever gave me this really cute card, a Starbucks gift card and a photo college of Brian and Coach Dane! She is a great team mom who goes out of her way to do nice things for people!
I was super jealous of the coaches gifts ( only because I wanted the picture) but now I have my own and I love it!!
Score keeping was a crazy experience that she made even better!

Yankees VS the Royals

Pitcher

what a stance!!!

Another baseball game after a long day but some how I always get a energy surge right before a game!
I got there super close to game time and was rushing around trying to get everything written down!!
Thank goodness that Jenni and Andy where there so I had some others to pass the score keeper book to!!!
Brian was up to pitch first and he was on fire! He got to pitch his 50 then it was time for him to be done, I could tell he was bummed but we have to stop him so he can pitch again on Saturday!
He was up to bat twice first time he struck out, he was mad he wanted a hit almost too much. Second time he was up he got walked but scored quicker then quick.
The Yankees did a great job and where on fire tonight! They ended up winning 15-2. It is always fun to play the Royals because we know so many of the kids on the team so we are usually double cheering!!
Great game, I am sad that we only have 3 games left in the regular season since we will miss Saturdays game we only have 2 more to watch! Lets hope they do well in the play offs! We are in 3rd place in the division right now! So as long as we don't play the philles first we will have at least 2 more games hopefully!
YANKEES 6-6

Yankees VS the Dodgers

Short stop

great hits again

The Yankees had a game and Brian was ready he says that batting practice got him ready to go!!
He was first up to pitch and let me tell you (not just being a proud mom) he was on fire! He shut down the first 3 batters 1-2-3!! He was also up to bat first and got a nice hit to the out feild!!! Up to pitch again and he was got 3 more kids out, one got a hit off of him and he walked 2 players! He was having a great night! He was up to bat 3 more times and got a hit each time and was clearing home plate before we even had a chance to write S for the steal!

Game ball #2

It was a nice game for the boys since they had lost the last two and when it was all over we had crushed them 15-2. Now after the games I have to run and get the coaches signatures and do not get to listen to the coach sometimes this is a BLESSING, but tonight Brian found me to tell me that he got a game again! Two in a row he was stoked! I have to say that he had one proud dad!! Dane was calling everyone he knew and was telling anyone that would listen how good Brian did!!
YANKEES 5-6

First time

Dane decided that today he would write the line up for the game! He has never done it but since we have the book and the clipboard every week and Joe and Dane have taken over the team since our coach has pretty much only coached 2 kids.
Dane was a little nervous but he did  a great job and the kids all got hits tonight and they were so happy that it had changed! Dane moved kids up that have been getting hits and moved other kids to to the bottom that have not. I think he should do it every game we shall see!!!
Great job Coach

Fury game 2

Cheer!!!

The fury had a game tonight and of course the boys had batting practice again so we were split up tonight again. I would love to see Brian at the batting cages but since Dane is the coach he is the one that gets that job. Aubrie and I arrived early and she led the warm ups for the girls!
Tonight they got to cheer for the first time on their cheer boxes that Coach Holly made for the girls! They turned out so cute, each one has two girls names on them so they split the game and one is one it the first half and the other one has the second half.
Aubrie is the tallest on the team with the exception of one coach so when she is one her box she is super tall!!!!
Dane and Brian showed up after a while and watched Aubrie cheer I was suppose to video tape the half time show but I thought I had pushed record but when I went to hit stop I noticed that I had never hit the button, awesome!!! Dane of course told me that it was because I never use the camera that I had to have! So hopefully next time I will get it!

Yankees VS Philles

game ball

Oh I was not looking forward to this game! After a super long day I was hoping that all was going to end well with the game!
Brian was on first tonight and he killed it! He got a pop fly and a line drive! He had a double play and that was all at first base!
He was walked twice and scored one of the times he was walked!!
The weather at this game was crazy! It was raining one minute then warmer the next! Thank goodness Jennie had her windshield cover thing we were able to sit underneath it so we I could shield the book! Nothing like trying to write on wet paper!
The boys played hard but we lost this one!!
Brian was  so excited that he got the game ball! He deserved it and was a great first baseman!! He was on fire tonight at first! When he got his game ball he had all the coaches sign it and of course he was most excited about Coach Dad!
YANKEES 4-6

My favorite Yankees!!

We got our pictures today for baseball! I was excited to see them since this season Dane was able to be in the picture and get one with Brian and him together!