Wrapping Up Basketball

Due to the computer problems, I'll be wrapping up Trevor's last three basketball games in this one post. The lost to Washington on the first game (they're undefeated the last two years), they won a thrilling OT contest with Ojibwe, then lost to them in the first round of the playoffs the following week when Papa was up to watch. Trevor really played well those last few games, and has gotten so much better this season. He scored some points, and really used his size for rebounding and passing. He plans on playing next season in sixth grade, too.

School Carnival

Friday night the kids dragged me to the carnival at Lincoln Elementary. The kids had a fun time, and got to participate in games, a bouncy castle (Brian only, the other two are too mature, now), and got their faces painted. All the money goes back to the school, so it's a good cause and the kids really had a good time. Brian can be deadly with a hockey stick, though!

Bowl-O-Rama

Nothing like bowling to shake the winter blues. We brought Brian along for his first bowling experience, and he had a great time. He tried rolling it by himself, but we finally got him a 'helper' to roll the ball off of. He even got a strike, and ended up beating Lily and Trevor. We didn't care about the score much but had a good time. Both kids were eager to help their baby brother. The event was put on by the Lincoln School PTO.

Le Carnival'

Lily and Trevor had a carnival at their school last weekend, so they talked me into taking them. It didn't take much, as we always are looking for more fun things to do together. Lincoln School had all kinds of fun activities for the kids to take part in, like a bouncing castle, bowling, hockey, basketball, and bingo. Teachers and high school kids all helped out to make this happen. Brian pretty much stayed with the duck pond again, getting himself nice and soaked in the process. Lily and Trevor seemed to like playing bingo, too. They tried the cake walk a few times, but came up empty. We had a dinner of hot dogs and chips in the cafeteria to cap off a great night of fun.

Busy With Baseball

We've all been pretty busy this last week. With baseball and school coming to an end, not much time to relax. That's not a bad thing, though. The only tough part was battling the heat. Lily and Trevor had a game on Monday, which they both played well. No one is hitting the ball real great, but our practice on Wed. seemed to help this out. I expect a little better next week when we play. Tues. at the kids' school was Field Day. I spent the day helping all of the kids learn to throw a baseball. Lucky I got to spend some time with Lily and Trevor, too. Really a fun week, but glad it's over and the kids are glad to be done with school. They both did really well in the classroom this past school year, though. Nothing for us on Memorial Day, but we have a game next Wed.

2010 Winter Fun Day

Winter Fun Day -Feb 4th
Thursday February 4th will be
Winter Fun Day at the Big Bear.

Today was Winter Fun Day for Lincoln school. Finally being on the midnight shift, I was able to enjoy this day with Lily and Trevor. After working all night, I met up with thier classes at the Big Bear Arena, where they had lots of fun activities lined up for us. I spent most of the morning with Lily, as I already went on a field trip with Trevor and had to keep things even.

I started off with Lily's 2nd grade class in the smaller gym where we played a game called 'protect the pin'. We each got a hockey stick and a bowling pin, and had to prevent our pin from beong knocked over by all of the tennis balls being knocked around. It really was a fun game and easy to get caught up in.

Our next stop was to play Bingo. I was able to catch up with Trevor and his class here before Lily's came in to play. He was having a lot of fun and won a harmonica. Lily finally got a 'bingo' herself, on the very last game we played. She was getting a little frustrated before that as she was getting so close.

Next on our agenda we headed to the bigger gym to play some games. The kids really liked this as they had some of the big blow up bouncy things that they like to play in. I spent most of the time at the baseball toss, helping the kids with that. I like teaching kids how to play baseball. I played some other games with Lily, too, like tic-tac-toe and ring-toss. There wasn't really enough time to get to everything, but it tired the kids out just a little bit.

After lunch it was time to lace up the skates and hit the ice for the afternoon. Lily and Trevor were on separate rinks, so I did a lot of running back and forth to spend some time with each of them. Even though I hadn't skated for a couple of years, I wasn't worried since I've been skating my whole life. So.. I jumped on the ice and fell right on my ass. Apparently when your skates aren't used, they rust up a bit and dig into the ice. After I scraped the rust of my skates (and my legs) I was good to go. Lily and Trevor did a good job of skating, too, despite the fact that they haven't been this year. I was glad I got to share this experience with them. They were really happy that I could be there with them, and can't wait until next year.