Thursday, May 22, 2008

Outside fun!

HAHA! I am updating before a month has passed. WOO HOO!!!! In your face In your face!!!!!

Anyways, now that that is out of my system.

Monday we ended up getting Michelle a very cool power wheels car. We also got her a real bike. So, of course, the weather has been super crappy since! FINALLY we were able to go out for a bit this afternoon.

She is a little freaked out by her car... I don't know why, but she seems to think Mama should be the one driving it. I don't know how she got that idea.... I might have gotten in to show her how she was supposed to press the button. Maaayyyybbbeeeeee....... But she still loves it.

We also got this REALLY cool sidewalk chalk. Basically, you use the chalk, then put on the 3D glasses, and it makes all of your pictures 3D. VERY cool. For Michelle.... Yes, that's it.... Miiichhhellllleeee.........

So, of course, about a billion pictures!!!












After all the playing.....

Saturday, May 17, 2008

Ahhh, such a slacker!!

Ahhh, I can't believe it has been so long since I last updated. I am such a slacker. I am not sure if anyone remembers me. I, of course, remember you.... Yeah, good ol' you.

A little over a month ago, we went to Cleveland for our yearly Red Sox v. Indians game. We always go there overnight, watch the game, and hit up the zoo or something. Two years ago we did the zoo, then game, and then the next day we went to the Rock and Roll Hall of fame, and the Football Hall of Fame. The cool thing about that trip was seeing them filming Spider Man 3 right outside of our hotel. Well... Except being woken up at 7 am with them crashing cars. Still, very cool.

Last year we didn't have as much time, because Mike had his work family picnic during the day. Then we drove up to Cleveland, spent the night, then went to the zoo. After the zoo we went to the game, and had intended to leave early. But the Sox were up 1-0, so we stayed the whole thing. And got home at like 4, and Mike had to work the next day at like 11. It was still worth it though!

This time was awesome! We went up there on Monday with no real plans. We hadn't booked a hotel, and were kind of going with the flow. Mike had had some work issues, so we weren't sure how everything was going to work out. He ended up opening Monday so we could leave by like 1:30 to get up there. We made it with plenty of time. The entire time Michelle kept talking about seeing the Red Sox. She was so excited! She can recognize the Red Sox logo, knows atleast half of the players, and is just turning into such a fan. The game was the best baseball game I have ever seen. The Sox were done almost the entire game until the 9th inning when they took the lead, and ended up winning it. It was a very spiritual experience in the baseball world. Just simple, eloquent plays, executed so beautifully you lost your breath. Yes, I know, I am a proud baseball nut. It is just an amazing game. Michelle was awesome the entire time. Everyone kept commenting about how they were amazed a two and half year old could not just sit so good for that long, and in that temperature(it was about 30 degrees!) but how into it she was. It was very fun.

The only downer to that night was that our car got broken into. Nothing was taken, but my bank cards were in the car, so I had to cancel all of those. Pain in the rear.

The next day(we did find a hotel, by the way), we ended up going to the zoo. Michelle loved it. She is so into animals, so she was just in her glory. It ended up being the perfect temperature, very sunny, but a little chilly. So perfect for all of that walking around. When we were on the way home, we ended up seeing a sign for a Beni Hana. Beni Hana is a hibachi grill place where they cook the food right at your table. It was so unbelievably good! Mike and I keep talking about finding time to drive to Pittsburgh, which is where the closest one to us is. Mmmmm, my mouth is watering just thinking about it.

So that was the biggest thing lately. I promise to update with some of the other stuff later.