Friday morning I drove the girls to school. Because of parent conferences, I picked them up at 11:30. After lunch, I took them to the Aquatic Center where they swam for almost two hours. They had a great time with a group of middle schoolers who were playing volleyball with a beach ball. When we got home, Erik was there with Jeffrey for a special 2.5 hour visit to see his Grandma. Right now, Erik only gets Jeffrey 3-5:30 on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. :-( Friday night, the girls taught me how to play Dance Revolution. It’s a Wii game they got from Santa. It consists of a mat with arrows, left, right, forward and back. You pick a song, difficulty level and then follow the “steps”. If you miss too many, it cuts you off and tells you to try again. I was about 50/50 with the redos and complete finishes. It’s lots of fun and, besides exercise, it works on eye-foot coordination.
Saturday morning, Gracie and I were up early making, pancakes, scrambled eggs and
bacon as the girls had a basketball tourney. Erik’s their assistant-coach. They played a great first game and it was 10-10 at end of regulation. In sudden death, the ref called a foul, which really wasn’t, on our team and they made one of the free throws to win the game 11-10. Since it was double elimination, the girls played a second game but seemed like they’d given everything in that first game and lost by a large margin. They use a regulation ball with 10-ft baskets so there’s not much scoring. After the game, the girls gathered for end-of-season awards. They all got medals engraved with their name. Then the coach announced four special awards. He said he wanted to show that if you work hard, there are often rewards. Kadin got a trophy for Most Improved. Erik said when the season started last November, she didn’t seem interested but about the third game, something seemed to click and she loves basketball. Kadin and Gracie prepared our Saturday night dinner. They made bow pasta, two boxes of it! They also fixed a bowl of fruit and a plate of veggies plus bread. Not bad for girls ages 10 and 8. I did most of the clean-up. :-)
That night, the three of them performed for me with their Rock Band guitar, drums and microphone for singer.Sunday morning, Gracie and I again made pancakes and scrambled eggs. After church and lunch, the girls worked on their chores. Erik gives them a list and I was impressed on how well they did, even cleaning their toilet! Gracie also took apart her hamster’s cage and wiped all of the sections down with Clorox wipes. We had Jeffrey from 3-5:30 and Skyped Arne so he could see his newest grandson. Sunday night, Gracie gave Erik and I a tatoo with the kit she got for Christmas. She did a butterfly on my thigh. After my shower this morning, it was gone. :-(
Kadin thinks my hair is too gray and I should go back to blonde while Gracie thinks it's good. For now, I'll stay with what God has given me.
Monday, I traveled back to Florida and some warmer weather. I was disappointed the weather wasn’t warmer Sunday afternoon so we could go to the park. Los Alamos actually had snow Friday afternoon and evening. There were also snow flurries Monday when Erik took me to meet the train. I arrived home around Midnight, very tired of spending so much time on my butt! This morning the scale said I’d lost weight but I know it was lost muscle, not fat.
Blessings galore. Not to mention wonderful memories.
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