Sometimes, more than sometimes I think, I get excited about these things more than the kids do. If the kids werent around I'd probably think of doing something like this. Of course, that might be viewed as being a bit strange by some. It is great to be able to have the kids as an excuse to do something so fun. They did get into it and poured the colored water into the balloons I was holding. They make everything so fun. Laura got the red color, Jack green and Catherine purple. Who would have thought red and green made purple!!! Jimmy was there to supervise the event and the kids were crazy enough to want to come outside in this 16 degree temperature to place them there. Its a good thing they are so mature because i'd try to do something like make a middle finger ice hand. See, its a good thing the kids are around.
Laura still whispers to me that there is an empty milk jug in the garage waiting for us. We unloaded two of them last night. That cap goes flying across the garage.
Tomorrow, there will be basketball games and a swim meet. Today, Laura had a basketball game that her team won. She was on the free throw line with about a minute left in the game. She had been pushed when she was shooting and got two free throws. She told her mommy that the girl pushed her before she could push her back. Well, here she was with the first free throw and threw it up there. I was watching her as her face was utter astonishment when the shot went in. It went SWISH but her face was priceless. I asked her after the game if she was surprised the shot went in. She just laughed and laughed because yes she was. It was great and the team ended up winning....by one point!! She tries so hard and runs up and down that court with alot of vigor. Tomorrow, she swims in both the morning and afternoon meet and Catherine is swimming too. Swimming is the sport Laura absolutely loves. She smiles the whole time and is so goofy with all her fellow goofball swimmers. I think Daddy get so excited about these sports. Jimmy has a basketball game in the afternoon too. His team is so funny. They always end up getting behind and make these crazy comebacks. He's gotten so much more confident driving to the hoop. Tonight we had a one on one game in the driveway. Did I say it was 16 degrees outside. He was doing his best dog and pony show with the ball before taking a shot. I said okay Jimmy, its time to shoot and get the hell out of here. The ball was like a 23 inch frozen projectile and a couple of times it went flying by my head. My shots were lucky if they made it near the backboard. For the record, I beat him!! I'm not going to let the little buggah beat me. Because usually he does.
****Well, we finally did get two good ice hands...one of them fell apart though. The weather today hit about 30 degrees but the gloves were stuck in the sun. When we went to pull it open I realized there was an air bubble underneath the surface and the red hand leaked all over me. We ended up with the green hand and a couple of red ice balls. Which I am very excited about....for our first attempt. Its going to get better as time goes by. I think next week we'll try again with more rubber gloves and different colors. It was pretty fun!!
Lost the pointer finger. I guess we could say the the green man lost his pointer finger and the red balls are the clots of blood that came out as a result. Yes, thats sick enough.
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