tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64185508751816903022024-03-18T19:47:58.435-07:00Our Little FamilyHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314316155283966654noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418550875181690302.post-47983362726906476062011-08-21T18:36:00.000-07:002011-08-21T18:41:27.965-07:00Last Day of Summer VacationGreg just asked Ben,"What was your favorite part of summer vacation?" Ben's reply was, "Going to Aunt Kathy's!!!!!" He and Eva have spent the last week hanging with Aunt Kathy and Uncle John, going to Chuck-E-Cheese, the pool, and catching fish on the dock! Yes, I am sure last week was a blast (and, of course, it sticks in his mind because it just happened), but what about the previous eight weeks? We did a lot and had lots of fun. Here are some highlights from the past month:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We made ice cream in a bag. Ben was only able to shake it for like 1 minute before his arms got too tired and too cold. I think next time, we'll put the ice cream bags in a pillowcase. He can hold one side and I'll hold the other, then we'll shake it. That way, neither of us has to deal with freezing hands! The ice cream was a little (well, a lot) soupy, but it was actually very yummy.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Summer Movie Nights! Once a week, we let the kids stay up a little later than usual, set the little couch up with a cozy blanket and began a movie after bath. The movie title was always a surprise. Eva's favorite was Tangled. Ben hated Tangled. He said it was the second worst movie ever. I asked what the worst movie ever was, and he said he didn't have one. Soooo, I guess Tangled was it! That didn't stop him from watching it from beginning to end without taking his eyes off the screen!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As part of my birthday celebration, we went to The Melting Pot for dessert. It was really fun and the kids were very well-behaved. They looooved dipping the treats in the chocolate!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ben complimented our server on the best chocolate ever and asked for his autograph. Heehee.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Believe it or not, Eva didn't get too messy. She did good!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We went to Lowry Park Zoo again with Aunt Susan and Makayla.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ben rode the Tiger Chase (?) ride all by himself, like, three times! And no hands!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He looks happy here.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He does not look happy here. Such a pre-teen. Eva, on the other hand, thought the train was awesome.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She also enjoys The Flying Bananas.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Feeding the fish</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Tomorrowland Speedway at the Magic Kingdom - these guys were especially excited to drive the race cars.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We were super hot. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting ready to take off - Ben drove, but Greg had to press the pedal. Greg said that Ben did a great job steering around the track.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And, oh my lord, this had to be the most stressful five minutes of our Disney Vacation. Eva HAD to drive. You know how little kids pretend steer by moving the steering wheel from left to right all herkey-jerkey? Well, that was our Tomorrowland Speedway experience. We were bouncing around like crazy, but she wailed when I tried to gain some control over the wheel. There were a few times when I felt like we were going to bounce right out of the car (even though we were securely belted in). My back hurt when we got off the ride! Not fun! I'm driving with Ben next time!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The teacups were fun for the three of us, not so much for Greg. I figured that we would just rotate around the center teapot, knowing the Greg doesn't like spinny rides. However, Ben was able to spin us round and round pretty well! I was impressed. Greg was queasy.</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>While I love summer vacation and it's great to look back at all the fun things we did, I am also excited about the upcoming school year. I am lucky to be a teacher and have so many vacations in common with the kids. Many people don't have that opportunity, so I am grateful for all the time that I do have with my very awesome Ben and Eva. Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314316155283966654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418550875181690302.post-11682163538707498162011-07-25T12:47:00.000-07:002011-07-25T12:47:34.824-07:00PhotographyI love taking photographs. I have not devoted a lot of time to studying techniques, but it's definitely something I'd be interested in doing at some point in the future. In my Google Reader today, I came across a contest from <a href="http://www.iheartfaces.com/">iheartfaces</a>. The theme was "water" and the photo must include a face (at least one, I would imagine). So, figuring that I had hundreds of beach and pool photos, I started making a mental inventory of ones I really liked. One stood out in my mind, but I had to think back to where it would be located. My photo files are organized by year (and then by month), and I knew the photo in my head was taken in November and that Ben was little, so I went to November 2006, and there it was! This is one of my all-time favorite pictures:<br />
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It was taken at Fort DeSoto, and like I said, Ben was just over a year old. We walked out on the North Beach to play a little bit in the sand and on the playground. At the point that this photo was taken, Ben was whipped. I love everything about it. Here are some more from that day:<br />
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</tbody></table>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314316155283966654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418550875181690302.post-24069136193343845952011-07-24T16:56:00.000-07:002011-07-24T16:56:17.747-07:00Fastest 18 Holes EverToday, we went miniature golfing, at Ben's request. I recall the last time we went mini golfing at the old course on Gulf Boulevard (the one I remember going to as a kid!), and I had to post pictures from back then. This was almost exactly three years ago (Ben was just shy of three years old) and he had a major meltdown on, I think, Hole #16. Check it out:<br />
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What a difference a couple of years makes! Today's golfing experience was just as hot, but our kids are a whole lot more laid back now. Phew. Makes for a much more enjoyable time. I noticed that I took very similar photos this time that I did last time:<br />
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When we got home, Grandpal (that's Grand-paaawwl, in case you are wondering, and how Ben actually spells it) came over and we went to the pool. Eva and I were hanging out on the raft, and Ben was pulling us around the pool when somehow, his very loose bottom tooth got caught on one of the holes in the raft and got yanked out! AAAHHH! He freaked out a little bit, since this was his first tooth that came out totally on its own (the first three were "wiggled out" by the dentist after his playground accident). Unfortunately, we could not find the tooth that fell out! We did our very best to search the pool, deck, and even the raft, but no luck. I am certain the Tooth Fairy understands that these things happen, right?<br />
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Anyway, today was a very lazy day, but we did undertake a big cooking project - cakeballs! I've made them before, last Christmas I think it was, and thought it would be fun to get the kids involved since it does take a lot of steps.<br />
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Ingredients:<br />
1 box of the cake mix of your choice<br />
1 can of cream cheese frosting<br />
melting candy/chocolate of your choice (I used milk chocolate, but you can use white chocolate, dark chocolate, whatever!)<br />
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Directions:<br />
1. Make the cake as directed on the box (be careful not to undercook)<br />
2. Let cake cool completely<br />
3. Crumble cake into a large bowl<br />
4. Mix in cream cheese frosting<br />
5. Put mixture in freezer for a while (otherwise the ball-forming is much too gushy and mushy)<br />
6. Use your hands to shape the mixture into smallish balls (mine were about 1" in diameter, Ben's were...of varied shapes and sizes!)<br />
7. Put balls on a cookie sheet and put in freezer for a while<br />
8. Melt chocolate candy/bark/chips slowly (don't overcook)<br />
9. Roll each ball in the melted chocolate with a spoon (I don't know of any easier way...suggestions welcome)<br />
10. Put balls on wax paper to harden<br />
11. Store in the fridge (my favorite) or on the counter in an airtight container<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ben did an awesome job measuring all of the ingredients</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eva did an awesome job trying to sneak chocolate</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ben's first time using the electric mixer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eva's first time being one inch from chocolate and not putting her finger in it</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Of course I let him taste a little cake batter</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My princess ballerina had some, too. Can you tell?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What happened to the shirt? Cake batter happened! Bowl licking happened! (I spared you those photos)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Check out those cakeballs!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Very carefully dipping the cakeballs in melted chocolate. We didn't have any wax paper, so I used printer paper. Yeah, I said it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ta da! Not pretty, but mmm-mmm-good!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314316155283966654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418550875181690302.post-51935554462601436032011-07-20T13:13:00.000-07:002011-07-20T13:13:49.154-07:00House Party!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> Well, no, not really. Sounds exciting, though, right? This week, we're sticking close to home. No big plans, other than tennis lessons and possibly hitting the beach on Friday. I try to keep things sort of fun, even if we're just hanging out around here.<br />
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We do some science-y kinds of things a lot. Ben has been creating potions, generally consisting of water, salt, liquid soap of some sort, and maybe even some sprinkles thrown in for good measure. We also did a little sink vs float investigation, in which Ben made predictions, observations, and recorded the data (gosh, I sounds like a teacher...oh wait...)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Check out those goggles: Safety first!</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>Inspired by my new favorite time sucker, <a href="http://pinterest.com/heatherrobinson/">Pinterest</a>, I made a hopscotch grid in our living room with painter's tape. While I was making it, Ben kept commenting, "Ummm....do you think Dad's gonna get mad? I think Dad's not going to like this." I had to reassure him multiple times that painter's tape would not stick to the floor permanently.<br />
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I've been on kind of a croissant kick, so we've had two delicious croissant based snacks this week. One was this AMAZING cinnamon sugar cheesecake croissant thingie:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Forgot to take a picture - this is from the recipe!)</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>The other was a peanut butter chocolate chip croissant thingie. Seriously yum.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eva was my helper (when she wasn't stealing the chocolate chips. See that face? That cute little mouth is filled with chocolate chips)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was a hit! Ben ate three! And, yes, that's spilled milk. Welcome to my world.</td></tr>
</tbody></table> And finally, we have been spending a lot of time at the pool. Eva is getting to be a great little swimmer. She has absolutely no fear (which is kind of scary), loves to jump, and actually swims under water. She doesn't even try to keep her head above water. The key is getting her to use her arms and legs all the time! She is pretty good about swimming either to me, to the step, or to the side, though. Ben, of course, is an awesome swimmer. He has learned a bunch of different kinds of floats in swimming lessons, and has a sort of crazy free-style thing going on. He also loves to jump in, and I would like him to learn how to dive.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the first time that I feel confident to not be in the pool while the kids are in the pool. Of course, I am right there, and I tell Eva to stay on the stairs if I am not in the pool. She likes to play on the stairs, so it's okay.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doing the crab crawl</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CANNONBALL!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blowing water out the back of the noodle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking a breather and looking adorable</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Silly faces!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Riding a horsey - "Heeheheeheeeheeheeheee!!!" That's Eva's version of "Neigh!"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They both loved jumping on to the raft</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Next week, I have a couple of trainings to attend, so the kids will be with Aunt Kathy and Uncle John (Helllllloooooo, Chuck-E-Cheese!!!). They are looking forward to it!Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314316155283966654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418550875181690302.post-8821175369627402742011-07-20T12:35:00.000-07:002011-07-21T10:47:27.702-07:00Oh, the Places You'll Go!Although we have no major vacation plans for the summer, we try to get out of the house for some fun every once in a while! Here are some of the highlights of our summer so far:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ben going down head-first at the Dunedin Splash Park</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fun!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love playdates with Grant (and his parents!)!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can you get any cuter?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snacks at Albert Whitted Park - pretty, but no shade</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Playdate with Michael (face blocked b/c I don't know if his parents would be okay with me posting him on a public blog)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our favorite beach, Pass-a-Grille</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eva driving the boat at the Glaser Children's Museum</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We met Grant and Michael there - they all loved the fire truck!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eva made a garden</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ben and Greg took the Mustang to the car show and "won" a trophy. Ben didn't put it down for about 24 hours straight.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swim lessons at Fossil Park</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yup, that's Ben on the high dive! No fear at the Twilight Swim Night!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some guy offered to take our picture in front of the aquarium</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Playing at the Florida Aquarium (weird...didn't get any photos inside the aquarium!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Impossible, but at least Eva looks smashing!</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314316155283966654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418550875181690302.post-42619267204220023402011-07-14T17:22:00.000-07:002011-07-14T17:22:45.641-07:00Tennis!We've been trying to encourage Ben to give organized sports a try for the past...lemme see...two years? He has always expressed an interest in playing sports with us, at home, but we always have to play by Ben's Rules. Which are never very explicit, so he usually ends up getting frustrated that we're not playing right. I'm pretty sure that's normal for kids his age, right? Right?!? So, anyway, since he's always taken a liking to playing tennis on the Wii, Greg suggested tennis lessons, and lo and behold, Ben was actually open to it! I immediately signed him up at Fossil Park, so as not to give him time to rethink this decision, and he's been going twice a week ever since. He really loves it. I think he's getting good at it, too! Here are a few photos from lesson #1:<br />
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Coach Charles does a great job with the kids - he's very patient and seems to have a lot of fun out there. They learn proper form and they play a lot of cute games that the kids love. There is usually a group of about 5-7 kids there on a given night, which works out really well. Tonight, the "big cool kids" asked Ben if he wanted to be on their team. Heehee.<br />
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Meanwhile, Greg, Eva and I have been doing our own exercising during part of Ben's tennis lesson! Greg runs (he is far to fast for me, sorry), and I try to fast-walk, pushing Eva in her stroller. I tried to jog the other day, but jogging while pushing a 20 pound stroller with a 30 pound kid inside is a totally different beast than jogging solo with an I-pod. So....I will definitely be WALKING on tennis evenings. I am planning to jog (by myself while Greg does bath with the kids) on two other nights during the week.<br />
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I must say, I do not like to exercise, but when everyone's involved, it's a tiny bit more palatable! Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314316155283966654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418550875181690302.post-19834906378819037112011-07-12T09:38:00.000-07:002011-07-12T09:44:21.233-07:00Race Weekend!Greg and I were verrrry excited to go back to Daytona after having a fabulous time at the 500 back in February. We decided very last minute to book a hotel room about 15-20 miles outside of Daytona. Prices in Daytona were ridiculous, and even still the hotel we ended up booking was probably 3x the price it should have been any other weekend. Anyhoo, we got there and checked in around 3pm. It was shabby and scary from the outside, and when we went into the lobby, the front desk attendant looked like she was right out of a creepy movie. She was tiny, with a huge platinum bouffant, ample make-up, and a sqeeeeky little voice. I wish I would've have gotten a picture of her! Here's the hotel, with a lovely paining of Daytona International Speedway. Looks <i>just like the speedway</i>. Ahem.<br />
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So then, we headed over to the speedway, not really looking forward to hanging out in our smoky hotel room. We arrived at the track, parked nearby, and strolled over. We bought tickets to the Fan Zone this time, which was soooooo worth it. We got to see the cars in their garages, watch the crew hang out, saw a little of the inspections, and just hung around and felt a lot more part of the action than we did at the 500.<br />
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When it was time to have a bite to eat, we got our hotdog and hamburger, and scanned the area for a place to set up. We saw a little table with one guy eating there, so we asked if we could join him. Greg noticed the Hot Pass around his neck (a pass that enables fans to actually get really close to the cars and other VIP places), and he was like, "How'd you get one of those?" The guy was like, "My brother-in-law." And astute Greg, noticing the Jeff Burton baseball cap on this guy's head, as well as the ones on his two friends who had joined us, said, "Is your brother-in-law Jeff Burton??" And the answer was YES! We chatted with them for about 30 minutes - they were from Tampa, we talked about Davis Island, being in Iraq (the friend was due to go back to Iraq soon), and a lot of other things that we had in common. Is it bad that we were secretly hoping they'd invite us back to the RV to hang out before the race? Well, they didn't, but we still had an awesome time checking everything out:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Interview with Greg Biffle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The quintessential NASCAR fans. Too good of a photo op to pass up!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matt Kenseth is there on the left</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting kicked off the track...heading back to our seats</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One more picture...stalling...waiting for my boyfriend, Carl Edwards</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aha! There he is...just barely</td></tr>
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Unfortunately, Carl Edwards had a very early crash that damaged his car pretty badly. He was behind laps for almost all of the race, so that made me sad. However, David Ragan and Matt Kenseth hooked up together and David ended up winning. It was his first win in Sprint Cup, he drives a Ford, and we saw him earlier in the day and liked him during his interview. Greg was happy that "our team" won, and explained to me that it's better to like a team, rather than an individual, in case something like this happens (Carl pretty much out early in the race). Meh, I guess. So, my cheering team goes like this:<br />
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Tier 1 - Carl Edwards<br />
Tier 2 - Denny Hamlin (Three words - "It's Denny Time.") <br />
Tier 3 - Roush-Fenway Team<br />
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We are already talking about going to the final race of the season, in Homestead, in November. Our ten year wedding anniversary is coming up in October...I think that's something to celebrate with a little NASCAR weekend! Especially if Carl Edwards keeps himself up top in points!<br />
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Who knew that I'd be blogging about NASCAR? Thank you Greg and (yeah, gotta admit) Ben and Lightning McQueen for a fun new form of entertainment!Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314316155283966654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418550875181690302.post-62703958320277444182011-07-08T13:55:00.000-07:002011-07-08T14:07:26.497-07:00Kindergarten ReflectionsI can't believe Ben will be in 1st grade in just a few short weeks. It really is amazing how far he's come this year, despite being the youngest in his class and being one of 32 students. He went into kindergarten knowing his alphabet, almost all of his letter sounds (he got tripped up over a few vowel sounds) and one sight word. That's right, <i>one</i> sight word. Although Greg and I have read to him since, well, before he was born, he never expressed any enthusiasm to learn to read or spell himself, no matter what kind of subtle or fun kinds of learning tricks I came up with. I figured he'd learn on his own time, and we'd be there to encourage and help him grow. Well, he most certainly has! At the end of the school year, he knew the 30 (?) basic sight words needed to exit kindergarten, plus an additional 88! So, from one measly sight word at the end of August, to over 120 at the beginning of June. And that's JUST sight words. He reads a ton of other words, too. We read a book together this afternoon called <u>Kronosaurus</u>, which was wordy and far too advanced for him, but we took turns reading, and he was able to read many of the captions himself. And he understood it.<br />
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So, in Kindergarten, Ben learned to read, write, do lots of math, and more. He was awarded a certificate for "the best science mind" (we know he didn't get <i>that </i>from me!), and he earned two E's on his final report card, in writing (WOW!) and science, and S's everywhere else. He made some good friends (especially Michael), he had his first of many unsupervised playdate (well, unsupervised meaning one of his relatives wasn't present!), he was invited to many birthday parties, and he added a whole nother dimension to my own school year!<br />
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Here are some of the highlights from Ben's kindergarten year:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First day of school - see all the presents from his birthday party the weekend before?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In Mama's classroom - first day of school</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First morning work of kindergarten</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Happy in kindergarten</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Proud Mama and Ben</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watching a movie on the big screen after school in Mom's room</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Skating Party - first time on wheels!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He made it about 1/4 way around the rink - like this!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And then it was time to play games!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Out past 8pm on a school night = EXHAUSTION!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ben's Big Buddy, Honor, and a kindergarten friend</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ben dressed as his favorite book character, Rikki Tikki Tavi, for Halloween at school</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gorrie Walk-a-Thon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Third grade class playdate - he fit right in!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eva was there, too!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Polar Express/PJ Day!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gorrie Gala Outing - Candy College at City Sweets Treats</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The graduation from Candy College dance</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cotton candy party with Big Buddy, Honor</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another third grade class playdate - playing with the boys!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eva loved my girls. The feeling was mutual.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Board games with buddies</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gorrie Gala Prize - Teacher of the Day</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Co-Teacher of the Day: Finley</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good Buddies - Michael and Mason</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314316155283966654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418550875181690302.post-64664015927810588932011-07-07T22:38:00.000-07:002011-07-07T22:38:26.349-07:00ROOOAAAWWWRRRRR!So, before summer vacation began, I started brainstorming a list of things to do, crafts to make, places to go, etc., so that we didn't end up in our PJs watching SpongeBob all day. Ben was very excited about our list, and begged me repeatedly to begin our little projects before school was out! Denied! On our first day of vacation, we made Dino Eggs, which he LOVED:<br />
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<strong>You will need:</strong><br />
<ul><li> coffee grounds (used)</li>
<li>flour</li>
<li>salt</li>
<li>sand</li>
<li> water</li>
<li> plastic dinosaurs</li>
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<strong>How to make dinosaur eggs:</strong><br />
<ol><li>Mix together all dry ingredients</li>
<li>Slowly stir in water to create a dough, clay-like texture</li>
<li>Mold the dough around one of the plastic dinosaurs</li>
<li>Let the eggs dry thoroughly. This may take all day or several days depending on the weather.</li>
</ol>We followed a recipe similar to the one above, but we cheated a little bit and baked the eggs on the lowest temperature possible (250 degrees, I think?) for about 10 minutes to make the process faster. Because what five year old really wants to wait a WHOLE DAY for dino eggs to dry and harden? Not this one!<br />
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