the little things

This Healey house seems a little hectic lately, Sean busy at work, Me working, Clare's dance, Aidan's lacrosse, endless piles of laundry, me on a quest to find a new hobby, ya know, the usual! Sean and I seem to just be bouncing around bumping into each other.

Sometimes it's the little things that get you through times like this. Last night I was setting up the coffee pot for the morning brew and I yelled up to Sean to see what time he'd be up. His answer was so unbelievably early I can't even say it. When I went up to bed he said, "Don't forget in the morning to microwave your coffee before you put the cream in, otherwise it's gets funky." Now is that true love or what?!

Sandy Shoes

The other night Clare and I were sitting together on the chair in the living room. I told her to take her boots off, so she climbed down to the ottoman and pulled the first one off. She instantly turns to me with a look of surprise and says (boot upside down in hand) "Look Mom, I didn't get to play in the sandbox today!" ~because no sand came out of the boot~

Let the games begin...

Saturday was Aidan's first day of lacrosse practice. It's actually Scoopers, a team where they teach the kids how to play the game, they then have a few games within the organization. All the equipment except for cleats and a stick are supplied by the team. So he and Sean went to get a new stick (used) and new cleats the other day. Aidan seemed pretty excited about it.

They got there early for equipment pick up and by the time they started to play Aidan wasn't quite sure about the whole thing. Although he's so big, he's one of the youngest kids on the team. He did everything the coach asked him to do (a little slower) and when I came home he told me it was AWESOME! I'm very proud of him and Sean (who kept his cool and didn't freak out when Aidan got upset). Good job boys!!!

Cheese!

Daddy got a new IPHONE yesterday and he's the picture he took of us!

10K

This past Saturday we ran a 10K with my nephew Connor. (We kind of roped him into it.) He's a 15 year old Sophomore in High School, he spent a Friday night in and woke up super early on Saturday morning, to run 6.2 miles with his Aunt and Uncle. Sounds like fun right?! He didn't train, because when you're a 15 year old football/lacrosse player, 6+ miles is a joke to you. Let me tell you he ROCKED it! He finished the race in 56 minutes and only stopped to walk for about 30 seconds because he had a cramp.

I finished in 58 minutes and I've been running for 9 months! Not bad considering I've got 20 years on the kid!

Poked Eye

My sisters, brother and I laugh sometimes as we reminise about the things our parents told us to do when we were little. Like when we'd poke ourself in the eye, our Mom would ask if we wanted a wet paper towel to put on it. Now I'm fairly certain that a wet paper towel has no medical function for a poked eye but it definitly made it feel better. Now as a mother I too offer a wet paper towel when my kids poke themselves in the eye.

Yesterday, Clare poked herself in the eye while we were in the car. As she's freaking out Aidan's telling her, "Clare you have to keep blinking your eyes." He's then demonstrating how to blink your eyes. I guess it worked because by the time we got home she didn't need a wet paper towel after all. Perhaps an alternative method to the wet paper towel is born?!

Valentine's Day

This year for Valentine's Day I decided to make chocolate covered strawberries for my 3 favorite valentines. The kids and I baked heart shaped cookies for their friends at school and Sean surprised me with a brand new pair of running shorts! (Possibly to help me work off all those chocolate covered strawberries.)

When we got home from school/work it was still light out so we got out the bikes and scooters in the driveway and had some races. We laughed so hard and I totally won!