We started the weekend with a Friday night trip to the circus. My grandmother gave us some money as a Christmas present with the instructions have fun as a family. In her exact words, she said, "Don't spend it on plastic," which meant we were not to buy toys with the money. So, we have been waiting since December for our trip to the circus.
Anna Grace was so excited to see the elephants. Actually, she has been looking for elephants for weeks now because Mike made up the very cruel game of telling her that she can talk in the car when she sees an elephant out the window! You would have to ride in the car with our little non-stop chatter box to understand why Mike made up that game. So, she has been looking for elephants for some time now, and she finally got to see them at the circus.
On Saturday we had Cole's last basketball game at the same time as the annual Chinese New Year event with our local adoption group. Alex and I took Anna Grace to the University for her event while my mom and Mike went to cheer Cole on. They joined us at Chinese New Year after the game.
Anna Grace enjoyed spending some time with her mentor, watching the Asian performances, and playing with some of her friends. What she did not enjoy was the dragon dance. She was so terrified of the Chinese dragon that she is still asking me where the dragon has gone. Thankfully, the dragon was only in the room for a very short time and it only came near us once.
Finally, today we had the end of the year celebration for Cole's basketball team. The event was held in a high school gym and had a ventriloquist performance. We really enjoyed Cole's season of basketball this year. This was the first season that he played Upward basketball, but we loved the time that was built into the program to help the children grow spiritually. We will have a one week break from sports in our house before Alex's soccer season begins.
After the weekend that we had, our busy school week is going to seem relaxing!!
It sounds like, as busy as it was, you all had a great weekend (with the exception of Anna Grace being scared of the dragon). Looking at the pics, I was realizing how long it's been since I saw your boys. They've grown up so much since then.
ReplyDeleteWe play on a Christian softball league through our church. It's nice to have that difference, where you know the kids are getting ministered to rather than having all of the negativity you experience on the fields through rec ball. It's a calmer, safer environment (even if you still get a few parents that have to get spoken to for getting out of line from time to time). Our softball season starts with practices tomorrow night, so we're about to get into our crazy weekend schedules, too.
Oh, and as for Mike's 'mean' game with Anna Grace, I completely understand! I've had my kids look for giraffes, purple cars (a rare find, but those do get spotted from time to time), and (when I know we're in an area that we won't see any) horses or cows. And I've been known to drive out of my way to pass the monastery and tell the kids that they have to "be quiet to honor the monks' vow of silence" just to get them to be quiet for a few minutes when they are especially loud. For the most part, I don't mind the chatter, but there are some days - especially when they are fighting a lot - that I have to find a way to quiet them down. Unfortunately, the older two don't fall for most of it anymore. lol