Victory!

The cake turned out great. I know you can't tell from the picture but this is a GIANT cake. 16 inches square and two layers tall. Once I got it on the cake board I almost couldn't fit it in the refrigerator. Had to take apart part of the shelf on the door of the refrigerator. Note to self: Can't make cakes any bigger than this. And Grace's team won their game on saturday 20-19. And to top it all off had a wonderful time helping Becky celebrate her birthday. Went to a wonderful Mexican restraunt (fancy mexican not Don Pablos mexican), then went and saw Alice in Wonderland in 3D which was good, but nothing was better than the company!

Grace doesn't have a game now for two weeks, but Tanner has two this week. I'll let ya know how they go. Have a GREAT week!

Whew! Today was a long day!

Had big plans and they got all messed up but still had a decent day. Was supposed to have Stamp Camp today but Tanner woke up with a fever and crying that his throat hurt. An $80 Dr visit and a $40 Rx later we have confirmation of strep throat. Yuck!
Was supposed to pick up some ribbon for a cake on the way to Stamp Camp and that couldn't be put off so drug the sick kid to the store so I could get it.
Picked Grace up from school.
Then the fun really started. Grace's game was from 6pm-7pm. They did not play so well tonight. Lost 20 to 13 and that's only because the coach on the other team let us hit until we got our 5 runs in the last inning. Yah for good sportsmanship and letting the 5 yr olds just play and have a good time.
Then we had Tanner's game from 7:30-9pm. I was going to bring all the kids back home after Grace's game but Tanner begged to stay and watch his team. I made him stay away from his friends (and all other people for that matter) and told him if he would sit by me he could watch the game. The team played really well. They won 14-6. Go Angels! Got home at like 9:40pm, grabbed a bite to eat and put everyone to bed.
Now I'm relaxing, and blogging (are you proud?). I think CJ's asleep on the couch. He's supposed to be watching the NCAA basketball games he recorded today but it didn't last long.
Hopefully tomorrow there will be more. I am putting the finishing touches on a cake, Grace has another game and then I'm going to help a GREAT friend celebrate her birthday. What a great day it will be!

Determined to be a better blogger

I've been telling myself that for months now, but I'm serious. I'm not going to have any idea what happened in 2009 when I go to scrapbook it and I'm not going to let that happen to 2010 too! So, what's up?
Well, Morgan's fully potty trained. WooHoo! For about 3 weeks now. His little buddy Payton started using the toilet and that's all he seemed to need. We had been trying for a couple of weeks and he was doing very well going pee but #2, that was a different story. He knew when he had to go. He just wouldn't. I was getting very frustrated and one day, after Morgan pooped in his underwear, CJ said "That's it. You're done. You know when you have to go and there's no reason for you not to use the toilet." Then he took his blankey away from him and hung it with a thumbtack on the wall outside the bathroom just high enough that Morgan couldn't reach it (sounds cruel I know). He told Morgan he could have it back as soon as he pooped in the potty, and that's all she wrote. He wasn't allowed to nap with it that day and he wasn't allowed to take it to bed that night. And the next morning he pooped in the potty. AMAZING. The day after that he said, "poop in the potty not in my underwear because CJ take my blankey." haha He was so cute, and we've not had an accident since. Whatever works right?
Tanner and Grace have started baseball. CJ is coaching Tanner's team this year. Grace has the same coach she had in the fall. They both had their first games last night and both teams won. Yeah!
We made a trip to the dentist yesterday and got sealants put on Tanner's permanent molars, and Grace got 2 cavities filled. She did really well. They gave her an injection to numb her jaw and the whole left side of her face was droopy for several hours. Kinda freaked me out because they said "her jaw would be numb for a couple of hours". Well, to me "a couple" is 2-3. And her jaw does not mean the whole side of her face. It looked like she had had a stroke. She was complaining that her eye felt funny and her cheek and mouth were just sagging. She had the procedure done at 3:30 and at 7:30 when her baseball game started her face was still droopy. I was a little paranoid. While she was warming up for her baseball game she said "mommy, I have a goofy smile" I said "did someone tell you that?" she said "no I can feel it!" hehe She was right. By the time she got to bed at 9:30 I could tell it was getting better. I was very relieved. This morning her beautiful little face was perfect again :-)
I guess that's all for now. Have a great week. I'm going to have a very busy one! A big cake to do, Stamp Camp, and 3 baseball games all over the next 3 days. Wish me luck!