Next Step: Minivan

I'm officially a Soccer Mom. Not what I imagined of myself ten years ago, but we had a blast at G's first ever soccer practice. He learned a lot and really loved it. This seems like a great sport for him. He listened well, was able to do everything asked of him, and enjoyed it. We are so excited for the rest of the season, especially when it warms up a little.

p.s. Since we didn't blog on Saturday, we want to wish a belated Happy Birthday to Matt's dad, the best helicopter pilot Manassas County has ever seen!

In Other News...

Those Japanese lessons? Totally true! I'm going to jump in to class 4 tomorrow, and then they will privately tutor me if I need help catching up. How amazing is that?! I'm so grateful to them for giving me this opportunity to improve my Japanese, so please check them out: Language Institute of Atlanta.

Marc, who works there, explained to me that they had trouble getting in touch with me and put my name on their web site hoping I would see it. Isn't that kind of them?

I'm super excited to take this class and hope I learn a little written Japanese too.

In unrelated news, check out these earrings I found today at REI:

They are cairns, which are rock piles that serve as place markers. In hiking, they can be used to help mark a path. I think they were meant for me! I know they are meant to have a deeper meaning too, but I really like the literal meaning.

Kid news: G takes his first entrance exam today. Well, it's actually just kindergarten screening, but we are kind of excited to see whether they declare him the Smartest Kid Ever. Maybe they'll even give us free tuition just so that they can claim him as their student. Maybe we'll get a special on TLC! Shoot, I better get my body in TV shape...

Happy Birthday Wishes!

Our very best happy birthday wishes for today, Friday, go to Matt's mom. We hope that she has had a wonderful day and has an even better year ahead!

Love,

Us

This Is Pretty Weird...

Between chores, I googled my own name - procrastination makes you do funny things - and found this:

JAPANESE. Language Institute of Atlanta (770) 730-0000 info@atlantalanguage.com. 2008 ATLANTA JAPANFEST WINNER : Patricia Angle - Free Japanese Classes ...
www.atlantalanguage.com/test/Japanese.htm - 11k - Cached - Similar pages -

So I guess I won the lessons I entered at Japanfest???

To be continued...

Happy Valentine's Day 2009!

We've had a great time celebrating Valentine's Day this year. G had a fun party at school, and then we also celebrated with a group of friends in the Hobby Town USA kids' section. Today, we laid low for most of the day. G went to his Kelly grandparents' house for the afternoon while Mommy and Daddy shopped (romantic, right?). We picked up some Chinese food from Li's Asian Cuisine and ate it at home.

Our most important present was the gift of lounging around most of the day, but the boys gave P a massage gift card for our salon, we gave M tickets to see David Sedaris live, and we gave G Hug Time and some Ben 10 Alien Force action figures.

Some notes on the photos: Matt's present came as a David Sedaris photo jigsaw puzzle, with the pieces stuck into rooster placecard holders. We thought it was pretty amazing that G and Daddy picked out the exact same kind of card for Mommy, as G and Mommy picked out for Daddy.

As part of our shopping, we bought a new floor register for the family room. The melted crayon incident is still evident in the carpet surrounding the grate, but look at what a difference the new one makes!

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! May you all find love in the most expected and unexpected places. How was your day?