I'M BLONDE

If I could ever get my right side to coordinate with my left side I think I could be President. Okay maybe not that high up but I sure could be super productive. Yesterday when I posted about Colson playing basketball sans the pictures to prove it, my right side didn't tell my left side that I had already uploaded the pictures onto my computer SO THAT I wouldn't have to take the card reader and card this weekend. And why would I do that? That would make it so much easier on me!

Anyways as I booted up my computer this afternoon I remembered so here are the pictures. Enjoy!

 FOCUS boys FOCUS! (Colson is 2nd from the right)

 Trying to get open so he can shoot the ball.

 Charge!

 White man CAN jump!

 He was NOT going to let this kid get the ball!

Now where are you gonna go #3?

A FEW HOOPS

Wow! Not sure where I've been. Well actually I do know but it's nothing to bore you with. Let's just say I haven't lost my sanity which I know was doubted by some. So we are 6 weeks into basketball season for Colson and I'm just now telling you! And we started baseball 2 weeks ago. And Calli is finishing up her cheer season on two teams. So NOW maybe you know where I've been. In all reality it's really not anything over the top as far as our schedule but we do keep busy.

Last year was Colson's first year to play basketball and he had zero very little agression. He didn't really seem into guarding someone and he wanted to take shots but he never knew how to get open and then he couldn't even shoot very good. My friend Kandy would always tell me 'just wait until next year....he'll get it then!" And oh my goodness we have a different child on our hands. He totally gets the defense thing! Last week they had him guarding a kid that was a foot taller than him because he was so good. AND last week he took two shots and made them both! He was so excited but kept his cool.

I'm sitting in a hotel room in Dallas for a cheer weekend and I brought all my necessary tools to upload some pictures but I can't get them to show up from my SD card.....I'll figure it out and post pictures at a later date. I mentioned that baseball season had started and he's really a different kid in that sport too. He's so much better at fielding and he's always been a solid hitter. It's strange to watch their improvement just from age. We haven't picked up a glove since October and yet he's better already!

I'll try to keep you more "in the know" on the Schubert clan for all you stalkers out there.

HAPPY HEART DAY

Yesterday the world celebrated the day of LOVE. And as Wes likes to say "We celebrate love every day around here". And if since that is the case then yesterday was just a day to have a party to celebrate all the days we celebrate love.

Here was Calli's Valentine to me....

Let me explain the "2 second" remark. Yesterday Mrs. Hurst told me that one of the girls in the class was wishing that her mom could come to the party but she had to work. Mrs Hurst said "That's ok Ianna, my mom had to work when I was growing up too and she couldn't come to my parties but we did other things together." Colson blurts out "My mom? She works for like 2 seconds"  as he zig zagged his finger in a snap.

Here was Colson's Valentine to me....

This is how Colson decorated his school Valentine's box. And yes, I made him make a new one. I realize after last weeks post that you may be scratching your head wondering just what goes on in the Schubert household. I too wonder because in the house that I live in, Colson's mom IS NOT mene (mean)!

Enjoy the party pics.

MY FEELINGS WERE HURT

I mentioned that Colson celebrated the 100th day of school milestone last week. This week all of the fun worksheets and activities they did came home in their Monday folder. I stumbled across this sheet that DIDN'T make me smile.

It reads....I wish I had 100 dads

But I never want 100 moms

So of course I take it to him and ask "what do yo mean by this?" He sighs and says "Mom, I can't have 100 moms...." And I think. This is it! He'll redeam himself! He'll restore my confidence with his sweet words explaining how there can only be one me.....and then my thoughts were quickly halted when he finished "I'd have way too much work to do!" So I'm just a workhorse! 



THE DAY THE WORLD SHUT DOWN

Last week the weather people around here were really getting excited. On Monday they started talk of snow that would come on Friday. All I heard?  "Blah, blah, blah". I must agree it did get cold. So cold that our teachers wouldn't even come out to get our kids out of the car at drop off. So by Thursday they had everyone in a crazy winter storm state. My winter storm state is nothing different than my summer heat state and winter NON storm state except that I MAY wear a coat only to get hot (as usual) in the car and wish I hadn't worn it. By noon on Thursday they had called off school for Friday and were preparing us for 1 to 4 inches of snow. That's HUGE for this area. It was supposed to start snowing between 3 and 6 pm on Thursday. 3 o'clock came and went with no snow. 6 o'clock came and went with no snow. Midnight came and went with no snow. Friday, 8 AM we awoke to.....SNOW!!! Wait does this really count as snow? When less than a month ago we were in snow up to our wastes I really don't see how this can count as snow. Maybe all of Montgomery County misunderstood the weather man when he said milimeters we thought inches?

So they called off school for some ice on the overpasses but no snow. Every activity was called off (some since Wednesday). But the part that made the whole day comical was that stores were closed. When I went into town to help move a friend and stopped by Ulta to get some lipstick, they were closed. The sun was shining but the doors were locked. So I will remember that day as the day the world shut down (or at least this part of the world). Breckenridge got like 10" that day and they were upset they didn't have more.  

The bright spot? My sweet, thoughtful Calli woke up and made me pancakes (plain and rasberry) and eggs. I even had my own seat with signage...I was VIP!

BEWARE

If you ever get the urge to break into my house at night you might want to stay out of Colson's room. He just may have a booby trap set up to catch you!

Every night Colson cannot go to bed without Jax. It's his security blanket because I've told you how CHICKEN he is!!!! And every night we have to wait until he goes to sleep before I can get Jax out and put him in his room for the night. I'm much better at getting Jax out of Colson's bed. I actually have no trouble getting Jax out...even when Colson has the death hold on him. Wes just sucks at it! Almost EVERY time he tries to get Jax out, he wakes Colson up. Last night was one of those nights. I wasn't feeling good because I had an allergy attack earlier that day so Wes put Jax in his room and I just told Colson to go to bed. I gave him the big pep talk that I knew he could fall asleep, he would be fine, helped him remember his Bible verses about fear and sent him on his way..... FIVE.MORE.TIMES. Every time he got out of bed he'd say "I just can't fall asleep". Finally Wes said come snuggle with me for a minute. And within 60 seconds the kid was asleep. This morning I went in his room and found the boobie trap. He had set this up after we had put Jax up. He must be scared someones going to come in at night. Again, I won't claim this trait. Calli and I are scared of NOTHING! But guess who is? Here's a hint. His name starts with a W and ends in ES.

HAPPY 100TH DAY OF SCHOOL

First grade does this day up big! They do snacks, hats, glasses, a parade so they can show the rest of the school that they are celebrating for all of them and that maybe first grade isn't so bad after all. Actually I'm sure alot of them would go back to first grade without hesitation. They kicked the morning off with a parade through all the classrooms announcing "Happy 100th Day of School". Each child was to make their own shirt with 100 items on it. Colson picked gummy worms. We hot glued them on but I'm still not certain he won't eat them. I told them the glue was poisonous but words like that don't mean much to him.

They spent the day doing centers of all kinds of fun stuff centered around 100. Mrs. Hurst told them they were 100 days smarter so of course they had to do some work. You should have heard the gasps when Mrs. Hurst passed out a Math packet of 100 math problems. The gasps were my cue to exit!