Field Trips, Playoff Games, and Birthdays Oh My!

Last week was crazy and awesome.  It started out watching general conference which was great!  My kids still aren't great at actually watching general conference but at least, during the majority of the time, they are in the same room as the TV and maybe they are catching bits and pieces as they are coloring, playing, fighting, whatever. :)  It was a great conference weekend.  So excited about the missionary age change.  I told Pacen about it and he just had the look of, Are you seriously making me go on a mission earlier?!?!  He is a little bit afraid of leaving me.  That will change over time, I'm sure.  I will be interested to see how many more young women serve missions.  It's going to be awesome!

Monday morning was pretty awesome.  I had volunteered to drive for Pacen's field trip to go to Shadelands historical museum.  Unfortunately Than's car decided not to start and he had an important appointment with his accountant that he couldn't miss so we had to do a little shuffling.  I ended up driving to the field trip, coming back and driving Than to his appointment, and then back to the field trip and then home.  It was so fun to be able to be with Pacen, even if it wasn't as long as I had hoped for.  

 Pacen was looking forward to stepping through the "time machine" but was a little disappointed when he realized that it was only some wood with a sign.  He even asked towards the end, "Well, when are we going to go through the time machine?  That was it?!?!"  

 When I got back, I saw them make a little crazy quilt.  

 He got to count and weigh walnuts. 

 Learn how to wash clothes old school style. 

 And beat the smack out of a rug.  Those were his favorite parts.  

 Oh, and play some old fashioned games.  

 I'm glad that I can go out with him every now and then.  I know he wishes that I could go into his classroom but it's just not in the cards on a regular basis right now.  But I do what I can and hopefully he appreciates it.  

I have to post some pics of my finished temple print!  I made the frame! With real wood, stain, and a saw!  I was so proud.  I think it turned out super nice.  I keep expecting it to be fallen off of the wall and in pieces when I walk into the room but it's still intact!  

 I found a note from Camry to Pacen the other day. 

 Isn't she so cute?  She is all about writing and is becoming such a girl and I love it. 

This was Gentry one day last week with her noodle soup lunch.   She was so proud of her mixing her ice cubes in her soup and making such a big fat mess!  

 And it was also all over the floor.  Man I love having toddlers. 

 Claira was just sitting there putting all of these people in a row and making up a story about what they were all doing.  I love her little imagination and how engaged she can be with little pieces of paper.  

Tuesday night was a fun night.  We went to our first ever MLB playoff game!  The A's vs. the tigers.  The A's were in a must win situation since they had fallen behind 0-2 and they won!  The atmosphere was AWESOME and we all had great night even though we were up super late on a school night.  And it was a little stressful because I had to do cubscouts right before we left but it all worked out like it always does.

 Gentry was LOVING the baseball game.  she was dancing and waving her towel and giving highfives.  It was so cute.

And in the end, she was all tuckered out.


Claira's favorite part of baseball games......Hodden Candy.  Doesn't understand the cotton reference yet. :)

Hanging with my boy!  Love that kid.

I love him even if he now says he does not like the Giants at all.  I try to be supportive of the stinking A's but now my only son is an A's fan.  I should have pushed harder for those giants!  At least they are still in the playoffs.  Neener neener neener, Pacen!

Wednesday we stayed up way too late watching the A's win game 4.  Winning game four meant that we were on our way to Game 5 the next night!  Woohoo for Than just buying a bunch of tickets ahead of time! 

Thursday:  

Started off with another field trip.  This time with our little preschool group.  We saw the play The Emperor's New Clothes and they loved it!  It was the perfect length for little ones and fairly entertaining.  Claira couldn't get over how many times the princess and prince kissed. :) 

Camry's first grade class went the next day.  We're going to go to all of them.  It was a hit! 

Then we went out to lunch which is also fun. I could go out to lunch every day.  Its one of my favorite activities. 

We only took Pacen and Gentry with us to the game this time.  Camry and Claira stayed with a friend.  Let me tell you, going to two baseball games in one week is exhausting!  I was so tired that night and the bummer of it all is that they lost, but the fans were still classy.  As classy as Oakland fans can be. :)  After booing when they lost the game, they gave like a 5 minute standing ovation to the team for a season well played.  It was still a great atmosphere and I'm glad that we went. Oh, and Pacen got a ball from batting practice!  He was super pumped!  And Gentry made friends with the people sitting behind us.  That is my super friendly baby for ya!

Oh playoff games are sooooo crowded!  It took us a while to get home but again, totally worth it. 

Friday I got to go to lunch with some friends to celebrate mine and Megan's birthday.  Another lunch!  Woohoo!  Than was home so I put the kids to bed for naps and was out the door.  Going to lunch with out any of my own kids was even better!  I think it should happen weekly! :)  

Friday night I ran up to a friend of mine's house to take some family pictures.  I haven't had a chance to go through them thoroughly but I had to do this one because she was just so cute! 

The rest of Friday night was filled with Pacen's basketball practice and The Habit for some delicious burgers.  Saturday was full soccer and the start of my birthday weekend!!!  But I'll blog about that next because, let's be honest, my birthday deserves it's own post. :)