Monday - St. Patrick's Day!! Cole had his green party at school and he asked me to come so of course I did. =) They had all kinds of green foods - cucumbers, pickles, broccoli, cookies, donuts, mint chocolate chip ice cream, green punch.....you name it, they had it! Sugar, sugar and more sugar!! While I went to Cole's party, Tim picked Eli up from school because his school cancelled all after school activities due to weather - wintry mix, low temps and potential ice. Joy. The weather came in later than expected so Eli and Tim still went to Scouts and I took Cole to a make-up swim lesson. Busy night for us all!!
My little leprechaun
Picking out his donut
Cole's friends at his table
"You Mommy!" - Cole is hilarious with his pointer finger acting like a little gun point to you.
His 2nd half of a donut - I think it's his favorite food group.
There's his finger again.
So sweet!
Tuesday - ummmm, yeah. Not my favorite day of the week now!! Two weeks ago, we had snowy weather with schools closed and today....ICE! Eli's school was closed (as was the district I work in) so I was at home with him and planned to go in later. Tim took Cole to school and a short time later, I got a text that said "Just crashed my truck". My heart dropped! No sooner had I read that than Tim called me (he had tried calling a few times but I think my ringer was turned off or something). He came across an icy bridge and when his tires hit the pavement, it shot him directly into the guardrail. Apparently he spun around and was even on one side at some point. The side airbags went off but the front one did not so the truck thought it was flipping over. Eli and I quickly drove out to find him and it was really really icy. Eli was so sweet because he just wanted to get out of my truck and hug Daddy. While we were waiting for the police to arrive, we saw several other cars have trouble on the same bridge. I ended up taking Eli back to our neighborhood to hang out with his buddy Owen and then headed back to Tim. When I got back, the policeman was finishing up with him and we waited for the tow truck. We went to the collision center, filled out all the paperwork and by that time, it was time for lunch. We grabbed a quick burger (mini-date) before picking Eli up. Phone calls to the insurance company, reserving and picking up a rental car and looking at potential vehicles on the internet.....it was a busy day. We picked Cole up early and Eli told him all about the accident. I was very happy to have everyone home safe and sound. So very very thankful that Tim wasn't hurt in his crash. He's just a little sore and stiff - will go see our chiropractor. And very thankful that no one else was involved in the accident.
A very sad Sport Trac
Taking its' last ride
on the wrecker - had to have a roll back, no towing here.
This is the craziest picture to me. Tim skidded on this side of the truck. Like probably two wheels in the air. Oh my!
I've never seen airbags deploy but thankful these did. Tim probably would have hit his head had they not come down. SCARY!!
At the collision center. I swear it looks like his truck is frowning. =(
The rest of the week was pretty normal....as normal as it can be when you're in a rental car (a Hyundai!) and trying to figure out what is going on.
Friday we found this mini-boat that the boys made. It had three bad guys
and a bunch of stolen money and a computer. My imaginative boys!
Saturday was a nice day! We spent the morning doing house chores waiting for Grandma & Grandpa N to arrive. They were back from 3 months in Florida (snow birds!) and we were hoping they'd bring the warm and sunshine to us. They got here about lunch and then we headed to Cole's soccer game. 3rd game, I was hoping the 3rd time would be the charm. He did awesome!! He participated in the entire practice and a good bit of the game. He didn't make it through tear free - not sure what that's all about - but he did awesome while he was in there and even scored his team's 1st goal!! I don't think he realized what happened and got emotional when everyone was yelling. I think he thought he did something wrong. We had a few teary episodes but he did so great compared to the past two times. He went in there and was a bruiser. One time I told Tim that he'd be the only 4 year old to get a Red Card! He wasn't scared of anyone and ran his little legs off. So proud of him! I think Grandma & Grandpa enjoyed watching the game as well.
Little soccer boy
He looks so dang cute in his uniform
Eli & Cole were chasing each other and playing one-on-one before the game. Cole would just pull Eli down to the ground and take off to the goal!
Coach Matt - he's great with the kids and Cole has really taken to him.
Dribble drills
Kick practice into the goal
Passing with a teammate
Whew!
During the game, they don't understand "same team" yet. They just go for the ball!
Go Cole!!
This was right after his goal. Coach wanted to give him five but I don't think he realized what happened. SCORE!!
Go Watermelons!
He rallied after this and played more. I just make sure he's ok and not hurt then let him get it out. I get frustrated if he's crying for no reason and Coach (or Daddy) seems to bring him out of it better than me.
Post game playground time - Eli is a monkey.
Cole was excited to try the "zipline"
He asked several times during the game if he could play on the playground - super happy now!
Thanks for coming up Grandma & Grandpa!!
After the game, Tim and I headed to go buy one of the trucks he had driven Saturday morning. It's amazing how fast it all can go once you decide to buy. We were at the dealership for less than 1-1/2 hours and Tim drove away with a Ford F150. I think he's pretty happy with his "new" truck. Definitely an upgrade!! The boys were super excited and kept telling Tim that he could take it off road. They've listened to one too many Ford commercials!
Daddy's new ride
My pickup man
"Y-E-S!!" They were super psyched about the F150.
After dinner (thank you crock pot!), Grandpa treated us all to ice cream. We tried to get Sunset Slush but apparently it went out of business so we headed to Goodberry's.
Silly boy in the way back seat. He was so giddy tired that he just laughed at himself.
Ice cream cone with sprinkles. Cole ate the sprinkles off and gave it to Daddy to finish.
Chocolate with sprinkles.
Love that chocolatey face!
Today was a pretty calm day. The boys & I went to church this morning while Tim & his Dad checked out our camper and made plans to do some repairs. We spent the afternoon being lazy - it started raining....again - and temps dropped. I did some work and the boys watched tv and played. Nothing exciting but we needed a lazy afternoon after the week we've had!!! The weather forecast has been calling for more wintry weather on Tuesday. Really starting to not like Tuesdays!! I'm ready for warm weather and the rain to stay away for a bit. Fingers crossed we don't get more mess this week. And if we do.....you'll find us ALL at home!
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