Waking up and getting moving was a little tough for everyone this morning. We watched the Eagles/Chiefs game last night and were very happy with the result. I was remarking to someone last week that I was hoping for an Eagles blowout but I didn’t think that could possibly happen, so at least I hoped it was a close game. Then it turned out to be a rout after all. I let the little guy stay up to watch the end (and I didn’t want to stop watching to go put him to bed…) but then he couldn’t get settled until about 11:15 p.m., which meant I was up later, and then up with the middle-schooler at 6:40 a.m…
Anyway, a few weekend highlights:
Going out with the big boys for dinner Friday night. The younger three children were all occupied with other things, so my husband and I took the older two boys out to our favorite Mexican place. Eating out with big kids is generally pleasant! And no one needed to be distracted with an iPad! Plus the guacamole was good.
The 10-year-old finished the pool part for his scuba license. He finished the online classroom part a few weeks ago, and spent the weekend doing the pool dives. This was pretty intense (Friday night, Saturday day, Sunday day) but he did a great job. He’ll do his check-out dives on a trip we have coming up, and then he’ll have his license.
We played outside in the ice. There had been some predictions that it might snow overnight Saturday to Sunday, but we woke to no snow but a lot of ice. In the afternoon, I took the little boys outside to go pull icicles off the leaves. We were competing to see if we could pull whole leaf-shaped icicles off without breaking them. It was not quite the same as building snowmen or sledding but it was winter outdoor entertainment nonetheless.
I registered the little guy for kindergarten. I put this on my weekend to-do list and then shut myself in my office early Sunday afternoon to get it done. I will do a shout out to the Apple Notes “scan document” function that makes it very easy to create PDFs of documents such as a birth certificate, our real estate tax bill, an immunization record, etc. The gathering of documents took some time, but once I logged into the system I got everything done in about 30 minutes. Nice.
I was also hoping for an Eagles blowout. I have no real interest in football, but always get invested for the Superbowl.
1) I wanted the Eagles to win because I knew you wanted them to win. Knowing someone who cared about the outcome was enough to sway me. (Can you tell I really don’t follow football?)
2) I’m getting a bit tired of hearing about the Chiefs.
My reason for wanting a blowout is because I find close sporting matches so anxiety producing. This makes zero sense since I don’t really care but, somehow, I do care. I am not kidding when I say a few years ago I thought I might have a heart attack watching a close Superbowl game. Why? This is so ridiculous!
And wow – H is going to kinder. It feels like just yesterday you announced your pregnancy on your blog.
@Elisabeth – oh I know, I get nervous too. I kind of want to go back and rewatch the game now, knowing the outcome! Which is also kind of silly but hey… Thanks for cheering for the Eagles!