Out Standing Player

So these are the Ola MUDCATS. Don't you just love pictures like these. (Trent is standing right infront of Brett. Brett is the one without a hat) We'll only one more game to go. The team had their party on Tuesday night and Coach Chris handed out the trophies to all the players and the coaches. We ended up having our little party at Burger King, which was great because the kids could play outside on the playground.
Trent received another game ball that night for hitting the best . There's a picture. Also when it was Trent's turn to receive his trophy the coach said, "This trophy goes to the player who is our hardest and best hitter, Trent Barfield" The look on Trent's face is priceless. He was so excitied. He kept asking me, "Did I do good Momma? Did I do good?"

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She's Gone.

Our baby. She's gone. Have you seen her? All we have now is a little girl. Since she has been sleeping in her "big girl" toddler bed for a couple of weeks with no problem I finally took her crib and changing table down. It's sad. I have no baby anymore. I don't even have to carry a diaper bag . I just use her Dora the Explora purse. I can't believe that in exactly a month she will be 2. Wow. Time does fly when they are infants. Thankfully I can still hold on to the fact that she still wears 24 months because when she gets into a 2T she's an offical toddler. Man! That's hard to grasp. Since she is approaching Toddler status we are trying "Time Out". It never worked with Trent but since every child is different we thought we'd give it a try. She has watched different children's video's on the subject and they have tried it with her at school. So I guess time will tell. I never believed in it before. Like Jeff Foxworthy has said " Yeah! My used Time Out. He took time out of his day to whip our A**" Because of her "OI" we have opted to get a toddler bed instead of a twin size one. Trent started out in a twin bed. I used to think that toddler beds were a waste of money, but we are afraid that she might fall off a twin bed and break something. A toddler bed is so much closer to the floor and I wouldnt have to worry as much.

Where Did It Go?

Ok! So Trent lost another tooth. That's two within two weeks. He is mortified because we can't find it. I think that he swallowed it. I guess we will find out in a couple of days>>>>>See other things Trent's swallowed>>>>>>
A Penny ~ Cool x-ray of it stuck in his throat.!!
We looked everywhere. I originally told him that there would probably be a delay in the "tooth fairy" visit because
we couldn't find the tooth. ( She didnt have change for a $20) But I couldn't let that happen. Quick thinking on my part. I took the money out of his bank that I had given him last week and the tooth fairy slipped it under his pillow Again. (Don't worry she will replace what she took) On another note:
Brett's first day on the day shift was "different". We acutally ate dinner at a normal decent time and together, which doesn't happen during the week that often. But we are going to have to overcome some challenges. (1) being the fact that he has to get up so darn early. 4:15 am . Man that stinks. We are going to have to put the alarm on his side of the bed so I don't have to get up to turn it off. And since Alyssa still wakes up in themiddle of the night (around 3 am) he is getting a little taste of my life that has been the last 6 years. Also Brett didn't make it home before the bus came. He was only 5 minutes behind her but she wouldn't let Trent off the bus without no one being home. So we are going to have to come up with something. Hopefully, Brett can tweek his schedule by 20 or 30 minutes to elimiate this problem. And since baseball is on the next couple of weeks I didn't have to worry about the TV rules last night. There wasn't anything on to watch anyways.

Weekly Recap

Isn't she cute?

This week has been really uneventful. Trent had a really good game on Monday night. He had two doubles and three good plays at third. He even got the ball at third and threw it at first for an out. AWESOME. We won the game eventhough the YELLOW JACKET cheaters had 7 year olds on the team. YEAH! We only have 3 games left. BooHoo. ~~~ Ok! So now that Brett will be on day shift starting on Monday, I will be available for my girlfriends monthly game night. So be aware! I am going to start practicing my Texas Holdem'. I've been watching Bravo so I am ready.

I am so Sore!

Man! I am sore! Brett's cousin, Megan, and I decided to start "running" a couple of times a week. Ok! So we only ran a little ways, but we walked really, really fast the rest. Then we came home, did 100 crunches and watched One Tree Hill and Lost. I have got to get into shape and lose some weight. The only problem is........ I have got to learn what to eat and not to eat. I am not a real "snacky" eater but I just could eat alot better than I do. I am going to have to make time to eat and eat right. I figure if I at least walk or try to run I will be working towards something.

Time. That's what I need more of. My day starts at 5:40am. That's when my alarm goes off. If I'm lucky and the kids stay asleep, I can get myself dressed and ready by 6:10am. Then I go and wake up Trent. I dress him while he is still half asleep and then let him lay there until Alyssa is up. I get Alyssa up, dressed and fix her hot chocolate to keep her busy while I finish up with Trent.(brushing teeth and hair) We are out the door by 6:45 am. I take him to the bus stop (at the end of our driveway) and the bus comes anywhere from 6:55 am to 7:05 am. I drive Alyssa to school and hopefully get there by 7:40 am and then off to work. I work from 8-5 with a wonderful hour for lunch to run errands or have a child free meal with co-workers or friends. Then I leave work at 5:00 pm, pick Alyssa up around 5:30ish and I finally get home around 6:25 pm. After dinner is done and homework is finished I put Alyssa to bed around 8:30 and Trent at 9:00. Then I get two whole hours to watch TV or whatever I want. Starting next week things will be better as far as time goes.... Brett starts his day shift and will be home at 3:00 pm everyday. Maybe if I'm lucky he can start dinner!!!