After B and I watched "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" last night, he was (once again) terrified of bugs, so I slept in N's bed, and woke up FREEEEEZING. I hadn't turned the heat on because I haven't had it on since the last time it snowed, so it was a frigid 64 in my apartment this morning.
I think that's where my day started to go downhill. B and I cuddled (read: huddled for warmth) until the heater warmed things up a little, then I had him hit the showers while I did some homework. I'm so dedicated. After he and I both showered and got ready for our days, we picked N up and headed to Costco. I don't want to go to the store later in the week, closer to when everyone will be making a mad dash for the store to get everything necessary for school lunches, so we did it today. There were only a few items I needed.
Let's just say...B has enough Nutri-Grain bars to last him well into summertime.
After Costco, we came home to eat lunch, and then we headed to Going Bonkers to meet one of N's friends. One of B's friends was meeting us there, too, so it was a double play date...or so I thought.
Try a TRIPLE play date! After we got there, and realized it was TOTALLY packed, I saw a girl putting on shoes. Then, she walked away from her table, but came back and then another girl did the same thing. I've been known to stare people down for tables in that place. If you've ever been there, you totally know. So, I went over to the grandmother sitting there, and asked if she was leaving. When she confirmed their departure, I asked if I could have their table, and when she shot me a "sucks to be you" sympathetic look, and said "Yes, of course!' I joyfully threw my stuff into the empty bench seat.
I had a great afternoon chatting with N's friend's mom and his precious little sister. And then, as I glanced up, I saw a familiar face...my big sister Emily with her girls! (Hence the triple play date!) She had Facebook stalked me, seen my post about Bonkers, and realized she needed to get her kids out of the house, too. We were there for over 3 hours, and I only got asked for snacks by B once...and that was prior to his friend arriving, aka 15 minutes after we walked in the door.
When we got home, I hauled butt to make dinner while N changed into baseball gear, and then we took off for the ball fields. I met his coach, and he said, "I got a copy of your email from the commissioner. Since they don't like to switch teams and nobody's played any games yet, I think they're going to switch schedules around a little bit." REALLY? Yes, Aubrey...there IS a Santa Claus. I've been agonizing over these games for days. It would be so awesome if they could even switch a couple of them...just to where I don't have to miss either boy's final game of the season.
N was pretty hard on himself at practice, but he is a little rusty. His coaches, however, said he has the power and the strength. I mentioned playing catcher because I knew N wanted to catch, and his coach agreed that it would be a good position for him, although he tries to rotate everyone through the positions.
We'll see how that goes.
After practice, we came home, I popped popcorn in brown paper bags in the microwave (super easy, healthy, and fun if you've never tried it), and we watched "Little Giants" because the boys have never seen it, and I knew they'd find it hilarious.
They laughed so hard. And it made my heart happy.
It did NOT make my heart happy when they thought it was time to play at 11:20 at night. This mom is exhausted.
Completely. And it's only day 1 of Spring Break...to quote my favorite part of the movie:
"Giants! Giants! Help us God!"
Aubs
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