Super Star....

So, I pick up Ry from daycare yesterday and he tells me he was on green AGAIN and that he had a good day....then..... the daycare teacher pulls me aside and says she wants to talk to me. I am thinking, "Oh shit, here we go " Anyway, she said Ry has been like a different kid this week. She said that he has been following 100% of the directions, keeping his hands to himself, and while he is still the goofy Ry we all know, that he has been soooo good this week. She said he is on his way to being the "SUPERSTAR STUDENT" of the week !!

My kid...the superstar??? You're kidding me right??? I just kept telling him over and over again how proud I was of him !!! He kept asking me, "Are you proud that I am being good Mom? " I couldn't tell him YES !!! enough. I know why he is different this week and this validates the fact I have made the right decision. I haven't seen him this happy in months. It really does bring tears to my eyes.

Oh, he also got his Wednesday folder and there was NO behavior marks at all !!!! This is the first time EVER since he started Kinder. that he has had NO behavior checks!! Again, proves to me that as his mother I am doing the right thing right now.

We had baseball practice and he was even more attentive and alert there. The dads tried to nickname him "Sleepy" last week ( which I WAS NOT having ). I think Ry is slowly proving that the name doesn't fit. I truly hope he stays on this road.

We have a game tonight and I cannot wait to pump him up and get him excited about doing his best out there.

For now this is my post b/c, well.... Ry deserves a post all about him and his amazing progress and improvement !!! He really is my superstar !!!

On a Roll....

Folks... while some areas of life have been hellacious, there has one been one great thing that has happened this week. Ryan has been on green for two days in a row now !! The teacher sent home a good note as well yesterday that I proudly put on the refigerator to display. Ry has been having so many problems that I almost cried when I saw that note !! He even told me how he stayed away from Emily and ignored her when she started teasing him. ( Emily is a little girl in his class that I compare to the "bad seed"... seriously...creepy evil child ) I am hoping and praying that Ry will stay on this road. Yes, I know he will have slip ups, but I hope this shows him that the rewards for good behavior far outweighs the punishment for bad behavior.

I am getting sick...thanks Christi !! LOL Yep, my glands are swollen and I feel HORRIBLE today, not to mention that I got a spider bite last night and part of my left arm is knotted and swollen. Ry has baseball tonight, but I will leave him and Rae there with Chris so that I can go workout. Man, I need that stress relief. I am still VERY sore from my workout with T on Monday, but it is soooo worth it. Don't you love the feeling of having your stomach muscles ACHE when you laugh or cough ( because you have actually worked them out and used them ). I have been told that I have a 4 pack right now LOL....not quite a 6 pack, but a few lines none the less !! LOL

Before we go a few words....

What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great person is one who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

( while he is not always easy to follow, take a minute and really READ these words... then let it sink it... )

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. - Helen Keller

BWA HA HA HA HA !!!

Okay, I got the pictures back from Dallas....

I am warning you we were some drunk girls and no we were NOT driving !! My eyes were bothering me on Friday, so please keep that in mind. They were already red before we ever started drinking !! LOL

Okay, so these are the ones I CAN post !!!

Thank You...

For those who know what is going on in my life right now...Thank You for your words of encouragement and support. This blog is not private so I am not going into details of the situation.

I don't have a fun and quirky post today. You are just getting me raw showing my gratitude.

I know the next few months are going to be hard. Hell, the next couple years are going to be hard but I know that my friends and family will be there for me, well for my entire family. I couldn't ask for a better support system.

Again, I say thank you.

I do have one little thing to add. Ryan has been reading to me every night and I am so proud of him right now. He is getting more confident in reading and as a mother who LOVES the english language he is actually listening to me about the rules of grammar. ( for example, silent e's, what y's do at the end of words, what vowels make what sound when combined... yes mother I know I missed my calling as an english teacher... ) Also, Ry stayed on green yesterday. That is HUGE for him. A lot of this is affecting him and I am trying to show him as much positive reinforcement as possible. He was in an amazing mood yesterday which is rare these days. Lets hope that we see more of these days in the future.

I hope everyone has a glorious day. I cannot say thank you enough.

Dallas Weekend....

All I can say is WOW....yup....WOW....

Is it possible for a person to become even closer to their best friends??? For 48 hours I didn't stop smiling or laughing. Well, except to sleep and we only got about 4-5 hours of sleep the whole weekend !! It was soooo crazy and sooooo much fun !!!!

First off, it took Sash and I 5 hours to get there on Friday night !! We didn't know if we would EVER get there, but we did. We quickly changed and headed out. We went to dinner and then decided to go tackle the Dallas nightlife. While I won't go into any details I will share a few things.

Christi lives in a place called Addison in Dallas. There is this on road that has bar after bar after bar. We started out at Sherlocks and by the end of the night we were singing along with many bar patrons at a dueling piano bar. Our night didn't stop there. We went back to Christi's and ended up staying up until around 5:30-6:00 in the morning. Christi had to go to work ( poor poor Christi ) so Sash crawled in bed and if you know me you know that I have a hard time sleeping during the day. I was up and decided to go get breakfast. Christi bailed out of work early so her and I went shopping. Then we came home and I did manage to take a 2 hour nap before we had to wake up and get ready. We went to a sushi restaurant and then out to more bars. We ended up partying until 5 in the morning again, however this time I did go to sleep and managed to sleep about 3 hours. Yes, I know you want the juicy good stories, but they aren't good unless you are there I guess. It was a bunch of girls having a blast !!!!!

I did take pics on a disposable camera, but that isn't developed yet !!

The only pics I have are these... We were about to go out Saturday night. The pics aren't that great of quality. I had to use my flash and it was outside on Christi's patio. However, they are a couple. I will post on here other ones once I get them developed !!




Last night I went to sleep at 8:30 and didn't get up until 5:30 this morning. It was wonderful and amazing sleep.

I can't say how much I love my two best friends. The best thing is that every year they get closer and closer !!

AGain...WOW !!! LOL

It's Friday...I'm going to Dallas...

Just imagine me singing that like in Ms. Congeniality when Sandra Bullock was singing/saying, "You think I'm sexy", "You want to date me", "You want to kiss me" LOL, So now, imagine me saying, "It is Friday", "I'm going to Dallas".

Oh, and I woke up at 4 a.m to Reagan having peed in her bed. I didn't get mad. The child is 4.5 and this is only the second time she has ever done this. It was my fault b/c she had 2 cups of rootbeer, plus she stole my drink and drank it at the softball game last night. So, at 4 this morning I try to open my eyes and.... one was matted shut !! CRAP !!! I think my mascara or eyeliner is expired ( hell, maybe both!! ) Don't worry MOm, I am going to buy some new stuff today and NO I don't have any on right now. Oh and I do not have my contacts in either. I am REALLY good about taking them out at night now. ( if I wear them...I seem to wear glasses a lot these days ). So, I FINALLY get my eyes open, process what she is saying and get up. She is upset and apologizing. Of course I told her that it was an accident and it wasn't her fault. I threw her in the shower, got her changed, put her in my bed, went upstairs, stripped her bed, put her stuff in the washing machine, and then crawled back into bed for another hour. Hey, at least she went back to sleep and didn't try to stay awake. That one would have been a kicker.

So last night I got most of my stuff packed. You would think I was leaving for a week, but hey a girl's gotta have options right??? I have some stuff in the dryer that I have to pack when I get home. I am only working until 1:30, so I have plenty of time !!!

Not much else is going on. I will try to take lots of pics this weekend. Well, you will only get bar pictures if Christi has a camera. I am not taking mine into the bar. Christi has to work for part of the day on Saturday and I think SAsh and I might hit up the pool. I am not quite sure what it is like to layout for more than ten minutes at a time. The kids are always with me at the pool and the only time I got "me" time was during the adult break when they had to sit out for 10 minutes. Wow, this will be a change.

Oh, still contemplating the belly piercing.
Everyone be good and have a great weekend !!! Mom, have fun with the kids SAturday night...

HAPPY FRIDAY !!!

24 hours to go...

until I will be leaving work and getting ready to go to Dallas. This couldn't have come at a better time.

I think everything from this week has my head spinning. Every little thing is pissing me off. It always seems to happen this time of year. I keep adding more and more to our schedule. Yes, I have NO right to complain about this considering I am the one that has committed to it all. That is why I think it will be great for me to go away for a couple days and come back with new energy and a better positive attitude. No one likes a grump, that is for sure !!!

Tonight, once I get home I have to do LOTS of laundry. I have to wash ALL the uniforms ( for baseball and soccer), all the kids clothes for the weekend, plus everything I am wanting to bring. Ummm, and did I mention that I have 2 pair of jeans that fit and that is it???? I am forever washing those damn things !! I need to go shopping sooooo bad, but it just isn't possible right now. Anyway, I have to do Ryan's nightly reading, get them showered, in bed, and pack all my stuff. That is a lot for little ole me !!

I will miss all the games this weekend and that sucks, but I know Chris will call and give me the play by play. Well, I better finish up this day at work .We went to La Madeleine's for lunch and I had their chicken ceasar salad ( with their fat-free ceasar dressing...yummmmmmmyyyy !!! ) Actually, I am sure ya'll could give a shit what I ate there...LOL.

Time to go start a list of what I need for Dallas....It is time to turn that city upside down !!!

No more Mommy....

I do not want to hear this word or any other form of the word "Mommy" for at least 12 hours. Ugh...seriously I can't hear the word anymore tonight.

So, I pick up Ry from daycare and he looks at me and says,

Ry: "Mommy I got on yellow today, but was good in the afternoon so I got a good note from the teacher"

Me: sighhhhh..." Well Ry, that is a step up from you being on red yesterday."

So, I look at the note and it says that he is trying harder, working on keeping his hands to himself, blah blah blah blah .....

I go to get Rae...

Rae: " Mommy, mommy mommy mommy, ( and you wonder why I get tired of hearing this word ) I was good today, I was on green and I got stickers."

Me: " Good job Rae"

Rae: " Mommy, mommy, mommy?.... (she is trying to get my attention while I am trying to read her daily paper)Are you proud of me? "

Me: "Of course Rae, I am always proud of you "

So, off we go to the car while the kids are talking, but all I seem to be hearing is "mommy, mommy, mommy, mom, mom, mmmmmooooommmmm ( the whiny version is the worst )

Now please don't get the wrong idea, I LOVE being their mom, I absolutely LOVE it, but some days I just don't want to hear "mommy".

We got home and I fix them cereal. Oh, real quick, funny thing... When I was picking up Rae today they did an "all about me" page. This was hers...

Name: Reagan Katie

Favorite Food: Cereal and Ice Cream ( there has literally been times when that is what she has for dinner...yep, just hand me that mother of the year award now !! )

Like to Play: Soccer,Cheerleading and Dress up. ( she would play soccer in a tutu and dress up heels if I would let her !! )

What I want to be when I grow up: Girl Race Car Driver ( where in the hell did that come from??? Chica has NEVER talked about being a race car driver...I bet you the boys in her class had some influence on that one!! )

There were some other questions, but those were the ones I remember off the top of my head.

So anyway, back to my night...I feed the kids cereal, we all get changed for baseball practice.

We go to baseball practice and even though the Chris and I are BOTH there, the kids only seem to recognize the fact that I am there. Ryan keeps coming over, "Mommy, I want a hug" Okay, I know you are thinking how sweet.... no he really doesn't want a hug. He was just trying to find something else to do so he wouldn't hustle. Rae was playing with some of the kids and all of a sudden I hear, "mmmmmooooooommmmmmmmmmmmy, mmmmmmmmmmooooommmmmmmmmyyyyyyyy, mmmmmmmmmmmoooooommmmmmmmmmmmmyyyyyyyy ( over and over and over again ). I figured I couldn't keep ignoring her, so I look over and she has fallen in the mud and one of her legs was totally covered. This is sooooo my day !! Then it is time for batting practice, Ry asks, "why am I always last to bat?" Me- Ummmm, b/c you are too busy trying to give me hugs and lolligag and you were the last over here. However, I was a little peturbed ( is that how you spell it? ) b/c the coach watched all the kids bat and then when Ry was up he went to his truck to get the baseball cards...I don't think he watched Ry at all...but whatever, at this point I had a headache and I just wanted to go home. Ry DID hit some good hits though. Too bad the coach didn't see!! LOL

So, I get in the car only to find out that Ry had gotten in trouble at daycare. He had thrown something at the teacher. WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY did he have to get his Daddy's temper??? Ugh... that child gets pissed and throws stuff. It drives me crazy. Now my dear sweet kids are sleeping. Funny how they become sweet angels the minute their eyes close. My head is still pounding and I am going to take me and my grumpy mood to bed.

GOOD NIGHT !!!

Just pics....

Just a couple pics from the baseball game on Monday night.



Ryan catching a pop fly during practice...





Mrs. Tami and her girls !!!

What a day...

Well, I got about two hours of sleep last night and was sick to my stomach all night. I really needed to go to work, but there is no way I could have done it. This happens to me sometimes. I concentrate so much on doing everything for everybody that sometimes I forget about myself. I haven't been able to get to the gym in about a week and my body knew it. When we are running around doing baseball, soccer, work, etc.. I am bad and I will forget to eat. Needless to say I crashed and burned today. The kids were up past midnight last night. Ry had a HORRIBLE day at school because of it. I couldn't get mad at him b/c it was MY fault for keeping him up that late. Oh well, live and learn. It is 6:30 and both of the kids are already asleep. I fixed them mac and cheese, gave them a glass of milk and put them to bed. Chris has softball tonight, so it is me and my blog.

So, the finale of Big Brother is on tonight and for the first time ever I don't really care who wins. I think they are both putzes !! I want to watch it just to see what the sequestered jurors have to say. That is always the best part.

3 more days until Dallas !! Sash and I cannot stop talking about it. I am sure she will bring her camera...or we will get a disposable. Oh the stories I will have to tell! Maybe Christi will let me get on her computer and update on Saturday. Oh okay...so confession...I REALLY want to get my belly button pierced this weekend, but Chris says I can only do it if he is with me...how retarded is that? So... what do you think? One of my best friends tells me, "It is easier to ask for forgiveness than permission"... Mom, I am sure I know your stance this, but remember, I AM an adult!! LOL

Oh oh oh...how could I forgot??? Ry hit his first homerun last night in the baseball game. It was an in-park home run and yes, it was the result of an overthrow...but it still counts !! He was soooooo excited !!! We won the game....22-0. ( I think that was the final score). We felt kinda bad that the other team didn't ever score....well not THAT bad. It was a fun little game, but our boys were BORED in the field b/c the other team couldn't hit very well.

Well, time to get my blanket, curl up on the couch, and watch the Big Brother finale. Good night all...maybe I will be more interesting tomorrow.

Who are you people???

Okay, so last week I put a counter on my blog... holy moly...I have been getting over 100 hits a days. It is just little ole' me. Who are all ya'll people ( yes, I am in Texas,therefore I fully have the right to type ya'll ) With that being said I do have to say that I am guilty of blog jumping and finding some really fun and interesting blogs. That is what I do at 6 in the morning when I don't feel like starting work yet. Speaking of early mornings.. I came in this morning about 5:45 so that I could start editing baseball pictures from this week. The boys had to wear red under armour and it made their shirts reflect big time on their skin. Oh well, they are still adorably cute boys !!!

Oh, just a thought came to mind when I was looking at the pics that I posted. We ( the coaches and myself included ) are always yelling at Ryan to get "baseball ready". I think I have come to the conclusion that Ryan standing there staring at us like ( "Shut the F up") is his baseball ready. I am going to try to work on that tonight. ( yes we have another game tonight and hopefully we will kick some ass like we did before !! ). Also, I am thinking that I might have to "incentivise" ( is that a word ? ) him a little. I am thinking I will tell him that IF he gives 100% and is energized and on his A game then Daddy will take him skating this weekend. Heck, I am going to be out of town so Daddy can deal with it.... evil laughing as we speak !!

Here are a couple from this weekend.









I don't really want to put any on there that have pics of kids who's parents I don't know !!!

In case you want to know...

Okay, we have been pretty busy this weekend so I will give you the quick run down.

Let's see, Friday we went over to Ryan's baseball coach's house. (We'll shorten that to Coach T. for blog purposes ) We were supposed to pick up our uniforms and such and much to our dismay, our jerseys did not get here in time for the game. That was okay, the boys had their hats, pants, and under armour to wear. So, we stayed over there until around 10 or so... ( what is it with those boys and offering me beer? I guess they didn't remember that we had to get up early for the game !! )

As I woke up on Saturday I prepared a day of pure craziness. I HAD to leave with Ry at 9:30 at the latest. Oh, did I mention that Rae had a soccer game at the EXACT same time as Ry's baseball game? She did, but I had to go to the baseball game b/c I am the team photographer...So, Chris is running late as usual, and I FINALLY get out of the house. The baseball game was AMAZING !!! There was a team this summer/spring known as the Heat and they were a pretty good team. We'll, we basically played them yesterday and SMOKED them. The final score was 18-6. Our little Legends played so well together ( remember, this was the first game of the season and the first time they had all played together ). They really are a good little team !!!

Ry's baseball game ended at 12 and his soccer game started at 1, so I had to haul ass to get him there. Now soccer is different this year. They actually keep score and have a real ump. It was funny b/c we played a team who had two of the Legend players on it. Ry was stoked to play them. Our soccer team won 10-6. ( It really was a great day for sports) Ry scored a goal and had about 3-4 assists. He was exhausted !!!

Afterwards we came home for Rae to take a nap. Then I took the kids swimming over at Coach T's house with some of the other baseball players. Chris came and got Ry and took him to play laser tag. Rae wanted to stay with me ( why does this not surprise me?? ) Anyway, I just hung out with some our friends at Coach T's house until around 10:30 and then came home and CRASHED !!!!!

Now it is 8:30 on Sunday morning. The kids are still asleep and I need to clean house BAD right now !!! I must quit typing and do this.

Sorry this post is boring, but it really is just an update from the weekend. It has been a great weekend, but just busy and very beer, baseball and soccer oriented !! LOL

Only 5 more days til Dallas !!!

why....why....why....???

Why can't grown men make decisions? Seriously, some of them have the decision making skills of my 6 yr old !!!! As a woman who has been in the work force with men for many years I am still left in amazement at how "men" handle business.

Here is my scenario of how decisions are made with men.

1. There is a problem, however it takes men three times as long to realize there is a problem because they are oblivious to all the shit in the office going on around them. ( this would be solved if they talked to the women of the office about potention problems...so much time and energy would be saved using this tactic !! )

2. The men FINALLY realize there is a problem and they decide to hold a meeting to talk about the problem.

3. All the men check their little blackberry's and agree on a time. Now ladies, we all know that this first meeting is not actually going to happen !! Instead one of them cancels for something he forgot to put into his blackberry or cancels just to avoid the meetings. ( so he doesn't have to deal with the office problems that day. He would rather go out to lunch with all his buddies )

4. A second meeting is planned and for once they all show up. None of them have enough balls to really confront the problem, so they tiptoe around the subject and NOTHING gets accomplished. It is a bunch of testerone bouncing off the conference room walls and it is left for us women to clean up.

5. Next, all the women in the office are PISSED !!!! They know the problem, recognize the problem and are ready to fix the problem. Therefore one woman marches into another woman's office and calls for people to meet them in there. ( you see we do not need to schedule meetings in our precious little blackberry's....that is something called spontaneity ( look it up men !! ). The women don't waste anytime getting down to business. Within five minutes a decision is made as to what needs to happen.

6. The head "woman" marches into one of the men's office and lays it all out for him. He looks at her, blinks his eyes and goes, " That is a pretty good idea...I hadn't thought about it from that aspect. I will talk to the other guys about it"

7. The men have to "meet" to discuss the idea the women come up with, which includes the before mentioned 2 meeting quota and still NOTHING is accomplished.

8. Eventually the men forget what problem they are trying to solve or just get tired of trying to solve it. So what happens........

9. The head "guy" walks into the head "gals" office and says, "Hey, I've been made aware of this...can you handle it for me? " ( and he walks out )

10 The head "gal" wants to rip off the head "guys" head but instead she focuses on fixing the problem.

11. Ten minutes later the head "gal" walks into the head "guys" office, tells him the problem is solved and walks out. The guy just gives her that " what the fuck" look....

THAT is why women should make all the decisions. Men should stick to what they are good at...golf, drinking, and shooting shit !!!

It's Friday !!! It's Friday !!!

I wish it was 4:30 on Friday, but it is Friday none the less.

Let's see, do you really want to know my schedule????

Okay, check this out....

Reagan's soccer game: 9:00
Ryan's baseball game: 10:30
Ryan's soccer game: 1:30

Can we say busy??

Tomorrow night is basically a free night. Hey Teresa... we should do dinner!!! Oh wait....is that the night of the "party" you are going to? LOL !!!!! Call me and we can discuss !!!!

I saw the halloween superstore opened up by me. I guess I will go there and scope out costumes. I am hoping that someone actually has an "adult" halloween party this year. That would be some fun times !!!

Okay folks, seven days until I go to Dallas to visit my best friend. Actually, my other best friend from here in houston is going with me. This is an annual trip that Sash and I take. It is a weekend of straight up balls to the wall good times. Christi.....I CAN'T WAIT !!!!!! The three of us are trouble together...but in a good way.

Anyway, I hope everyone has a great weekend !! I am awful at updating this thing on Sat. and Sundays. I will try to post the outcome of Ry's opening game. I have no clue what position he is playing, but the most important thing is that he plays 100% no matter where he is on the field !!!

Happy Friday!!