Soccer, art and citrus

If we're being 100% accurate about the title, it's actually soccer, art, citrus and cleaning. 

Spencer started his first soccer team experience last Thursday the 11th.  They had a twilight practice, so I got to catch a nice sunset. 

We had dinner when we got home and then Elliott used his magformer toys to make a bunch of sunglass holders. 

On Friday the 12th I volunteered doing Art Masterpiece in Spencer's class in the morning and Elliott's class in the afternoon. We made masks in Kindergarten. 

Can you guess what the masks are?

Birds.

They are birds. 

That afternoon I started seeing stuff on social media that it was Kiss A Ginger Day. 

Well, if we have to we have to. 

Elliott did some exercise that afternoon. 

On Saturday the 13th I took the kids with me to Brenda's house for the third annual January citrus picking. 

We had a potluck lunch first. 

Then we hit the trees.  Well, we didn't hit them at all, but you know what I mean. 

Some of the kids were more interested in building a fort. 

Spencer took our group picture. 

We were standing in the same order as last year (with Cynthia added on the end as a bonus), so Brenda held our picture from last year. 

BTW, I looked and looked and could not find the picture from last year anywhere.  I obviously didn't take it.  It's not even in my blog post from last year. 

Spencer said we needed a silly one. He cut Maryellen off. 

Brenda's daughter in law stopped by for a bit and took a big group picture of all of us.  Brenda is holding her granddaughter. 

The kids climbed trees.

See the red?  That's Spencer!

That afternoon we tackled Elliott's mess of a room.  We moved his dresser, bookshelf and train table to make everything work better.  I never took a before.  This is the after. 

And this is the hallway after. Anyone want some new old toys?

The last days of break and back to work

On Saturday the 6th Spencer spent the night at a friend's house.  Elliott went to bed a little late that night because John and Maryellen were here for dinner. Then on Sunday the 7th Elliott slept until 11:10 am.  Yes.  11:10.  And even then the only reason he got up was because I went in and woke him up.  Who knows how long he would have slept on his own.

 P.S. He got a bed tent for his birthday.  He loves it.  I honestly think it helps him sleep better. 

Daily dose of Ginger pictures- Sunday the 7th

On Monday the 8th we went to Bookman's in Mesa.  I took this picture for Nick because the shelf is labeled "seafaring history". 

Last year my uncle gave me a bunch of gift certificates and store credit for Bookman's that my aunt Karen had accumulated.  I spent this one for $20.  It was from 1/30/01.  I kind of feel like I should have waited until 1/30/18 to spend it, but alas, I ruined it. 

We went out for Mexican food that night.  Michael and I had margaritas.  It was my last drink for a while since I'm going no sugar, no alcohol, no dairy, no grains for a good long while.  And then that was a lie because I drank a glass of wine the next night, but only because we had an open bottle.  I've been booze free since then. 

Tuesday the 9th was my first day back to work and the first day back to school for the kids.  I printed out super cute 2018 calendars for my office. 

And I nearly threw up when I opened Pandora and it was still on Rockin' Holidays Radio and playing Jingle Bell Rock.  I can tolerate Christmas carols any time of year, but NOT in January.  Probably not in February either.  

I took this picture of Ginger that night.  What the heck is going on here?  Her eyes are closed, but I caught her pupils flashing.  How did this happen? Is it witchcraft? 

Elliott wanted me to take his picture with a 15 pound weight on Wednesday the 10th. He asked if he could take a kid weight lifting class because he's really good at it. 

He's also really good at spelling and writing. 

And another daily dose of Ginger. 

The next post will be Thursday to Saturday of last week.  They were much more interesting days, promise.