This week we decided to let everyone have 1 person stay. Gabe went with an old standby, Zach Pearson, a great kid with a great sense of humor. Zach's mom Lisa taught Abbi and Elli kindergarten. Abbi called Abigail, but as I woke up this morning Elli asked where Abigail was, so I'm not sure if she made it through the night with us. Elli called her friend Claire, looks like they slept in the basement. Just went upstairs to find Gabe and Zach tuckered out in Gabe's bed!
Gabe is in the red, those are Zach's feet!
So everyone got to have someone over last night. It was was an incredibly tough week at work for me so I fell asleep very early, luckily our Christmas present from Grandma Marcia was a fake fireplace for our bedroom that provides the perfect amount of noise and heat when things are going on around the house, so I didn't hear much.
Last week was Spring Break for everyone except me, it was a little different this year for us, last year we spent the week with Grandma in Arizona! The question came....can so and so stay the night? The rule (that often gets broken) is if Dad is working the next day then no one stays the night. I've been burned before on a work night, kids up till 2 or 3 in the morning having a good time, just not a quiet time! Tiffany claimed I agreed to break the rule and allow kids to stay over Spring Break, but I don't recall to agreeing with that. Everyone had a couple people stay throughout the week.
Gabe informed us over Christmas of his intention to play soccer for Central this spring. He hasn't played soccer since fourth or fifth grade, so we tried to talk him out of it, never works and it didn't this time. Our point is....he is wasting valuable weight room time for football and now has informed us he will not try out for baseball this summer, which disappoints us. I think he is just afraid of getting cut, there is a lot players going out, the talent level is extremely high. So the first soccer game, actually first 2 soccer games were last Saturday. Central traditionally is not good at soccer, but this season may be different.
We were a bit surprised to see Gabe starting on defense, left side (he is left footed). He did his job quite well, take the ball away, pass to a mid fielder. He actually has some size on some of the forwards he has faced, it's always tougher going against someone who is bigger than you are. They were beaten 2-1 by Linn Mar, then defeated Maquoketa 2-1 later in the day. Gabe got a lot of playing time both games. Then Wednesday they played Assumption and beat them 3-1, he again started though didn't see any playing time in the second half, the coach played some varsity kids who didn't get time in the varsity win over Assumption before the sophomore game, there is no official freshman team. He looked quite cold sitting on the bench!
We are happy to report he his doing a great job and we think he is having a fun time. No game today, but he has 2 this week, we'll get some pictures or video posted soon.
Abbi has been asking since school started if she could bring her classroom pets home for the weekend, 2 gerbils, Midnight and Cinnamon. So this was the weekend! We had them rolling around in their play balls last night while getting caught up with some TV shows from last week. It was funny, Cinnamon was rolling all over the living room floors, but Midnight must have been tired, he didn't do much. Actually....I think I'm allergic to them, I haven't been breathing easy since their arrival!
Elli is a waiting a call from her Little League coach about practice starting for the new season, we've noticed the older age teams already practicing. We are just starting to plan out summer programs for the girls to participate in, like the dance class they did last year. We noticed that the Park Board is offering a Harry Potter class! We may sign Elli up for more swim lessons but not Abbi, she is set to join a swim club next week that practices at the Central pool. That girl loves the water!
Today we will spend a little time outside cleaning the yard and landscaping for the upcoming summer.
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