November 30th, 2014

went for a solo 10mi run by the beach again

it was gorgeous out there!  

(there was some rain on the way driving there, but the entire run was clear)

tested out my new newton pace shoes along with a new skirt (clearance!) that matches the shoes =p

 we went up to mitzi's new house today, and dashiell fell while rushing to catch up with everyone else
his mouth crashed into the bumper of my car!  =(
two teeth are loose and he has two cuts under his lip =(

we went to the ER (after i called the advice nurse, who suggested we do so)

and he got some antibiotics 

he'll go see the dentist tomorrow also

the tooth is much lower than it was before...same tooth that he bonked in baseball last spring

November 29th, 2014

i feel bad...

earlier in the day brenny was being pesky and i told him to go away...

and i guess i made him feel bad =(

he wrote this note for dashiell...

because apparently he crawled up into the top bunk and cried 

poor baby.

so just before he went to sleep i had to go give him some reassurances and that i'll never say that to him again.  

November 28th, 2014

So a couple of weeks ago Immer asked me if I'd go shooting with her...it's been on her bucket list.  

Greg has told her he'd take her, but she wanted to take a lesson first, so she asked me to go with her.  There was a groupon, so she got one for the two of us. 

We had 25 rounds each with a 9mm...

Apparently I'm right eye dominant, so the guy suggested I shoot left handed.  

Not what I would've guessed, but it worked.  My first 9 rounds were on the red target (ok, 1 was on the tip of it) and my last one was off.  Oops. 

Weird feeling, but it got 'easier' as it went...gun didn't few heavy or anything and somehow I was instinctively taking my finger off the trigger after each shot.  

I guess Mer was pulling the trigger too quickly (? He kept telling her to squeeze slowly, but not to me)...hers were a little bit more spread out. 

Would I go back?!  Maybe...

I guess I can scratch that off my bucket list now too (but maybe I should make a list first?!  Hahaha) 

a good night hug and kiss for big brother!

November 27th, 2014

happy thanksgiving!

matt's first attempt at a big group selfie was successful!  =p

and happy birthday to daddy today, too!!!

November 26th, 2014

pit stop at applebee's for lunch before heading to AE's house (we were just 5 min away at this point)

 we made it to see remi!

 knocked out...

November 25th, 2014

 miniland panoramic (click on it to view it in full size!)
i saw this "trick" online a few weeks ago, and thought dash could pull it off.  it didn't take long to explain to him, and we were so lucky that there wasn't anyone else around to ruin the shot!  =D
dashiell was really interested in it today =)

 sky cruiser with dash

 lots of xmas trees all over funtown

 another surprise!

dashiell helped brenny make his car
such a good big brother!

 brennan was even able to win a race with his car!  yay!
dashiell got a ribbon too!

November 24th, 2014

playing while waiting for me in the skipper school line

 driving boats is tough work!

 xmas time in leo funtown

 his surprise!

 his creation at lego build and test

 back to the sealife aquarium!

 back in our hotel, making a little lego set that i got for them

 all done!

November 23rd, 2014

 apparently this is something he's done a few times at home
how have i missed this american ninja brenny?!

November 22nd, 2014

November 21st, 2014

 at Dashiell's parent-teacher conference today
got to see some of his artwork on the walls

November 20th, 2014

practicing his pilgrim speech at home before school

 being silly while watching his brother

awwww!

November 18th, 2014

didn't realize that halls has 'a pep talk in every drop'
took some today because of a scratchy throat and was wondering what all that writing was

November 17th, 2014

uh...i'm not sure what happened here.

i said to him that i was going to take a picture for gramma, and this was the pose he chose.

 brennan wasn't able to do all of his homework today, because look what his entire HW packet consisted of today!  16 pages of the reading and activity logs!
nana was most upset about how a parent volunteer could possibly make such a ridiculous mistake!!

November 16th, 2014

went for a trail run today

but didn't realize it would be super windy

the phone was only able to detect up to 10.8mph winds, but i'm positive the gusts went up much, much higher than that (heard there were gusts up to 30-35mph)  

the park was actually "closed" because of the windy weather advisory.  O.o 

Oops

there were lots of tumbleweeds rolling around, we had to avoid them carefully!

dashiell had his last game this afternoon.
once again, all 10 kids showed up (versus the 4 that were present on the other team...which "borrowed" 2 players from another team that played before us...)
we won every single game we played!  =)
and coach sean made mention that our kids were the ones not picked to go on another team?!
hmmm, that was strange.  but i'm gonna let that one go.

 dashiell's coach!  =)
he was soooo wonderful with dashiell and the whole team.
firm, yet nurturing.  and very good at teaching these kids this age!
too bad he'll be helping with one of his older sons.

i came into the room and found a triangle of pillows on the bed.  

apparently dashiell wanted to, just because.  =)