Rob and Corey are at the Coyotes' game, but given that it started at 8 p.m., they are without me and Brody. Brody and I instead did a little shopping and a little reading! He then put his adorable self to bed around 7, I'm sure anticipating that Mommy wanted to watch the Jayhawks.
Last week when Rob was in Kansas City, I took Corey and Brody to "Finley Farms Movie Night." I was absolutely dreading it (Scooby Doo & Snow Buddies) but it turned out to be the best thing ever... Corey sat up front with his friends, and Brody and I sat back and watched, chatted with other parents, and gave Corey money occasionally (cheap eats - the popcorn was 50 cents!) Brody was absolutely mesmerized by Snow Buddies... it had all his favorites: SNOW (Nooo!) and DOGs. (Aarf, aarf.)
It's really a tie as to which boy talks more now. Brody may not say as much, but he's extremely expressive. For example, when he doesn't like a song in the car (or when he hears his Daddy singing), he plugs his ears. It turns out the kid has a penchant for the classical music (not sure where it came from, but I discovered it during a violinist interview on NPR - go figure.) So when he plugs his ears, I typically switch to 110 XM, where he can hear classical, and believe it or not, he removes his fingers from his ears and smiles at me.
So don't feel sorry for me missing out on hockey tonight. After all, I did get to see the Jayhawks in a little payback action, and we're all going to the A's game tomorrow. We'll be using half of last year's tickets, when my parents were here and we were rained out at an A's game.
And it's a busy week ahead for us. Tuesday I leave for a meeting in Tucson, returning late Wednesday. Then Thursday, I'm reading to Corey's class. It's Dr. Seuss week, so I'm reading The Sneetches. Rob is disappointed I won't be reading Fox in Sox, I think because he knows it's an impossibility. (Have you tried reading that book? It's one big tongue twister!) Friday, Corey has a video urology exam, or something like that, in Scottsdale. And it's another movie night. Then Saturday, we have more Coyotes' tickets (this time, a 5 p.m. game) and Sunday, Corey is getting to meet the Brewers before a game. Rob's afraid he'll become a Brewers' fan, and Corey evilly replied, of course he loves the Brewers, not the Cubs. He knows how to get to his Daddy!
Corey is growing his hair out, by the way, as if you can't tell from previous posts. He wants to look like Zac Efron. Power to him, I guess... I observed that most of the neighborhood boys have long hair, and with all the hockey he watches, I guess it was inevitable. I actually kind of like it... he has some spunk, that one.
Next week will be busy too. Corey has a field trip and we have MORE Coyotes' tickets, then we leave for a week in Minnesota for Spring Break. And somewhere in there, we have to schedule an MRI and follow-up visit for Corey.
I'm sure Rob will come home with a story or picture from the Coyotes' game... but I'll be asleep! LOL
OK, I've got way too many photos to post (probably because Carrie doesn't know how to post with pictures), so I'm doing some, short and sweet updates.
Here are a couple of the boys in the backyard. I think Brody is trying to play hockey like his big brother and daddy, but it also seemed similar to pool (he would put the balls in a triangle between goals) and of course he was using two golf clubs, so who knows?
I know, I know ... I said the same thing: Corey is special every week. But, as it turns out, Corey is "Someone Special" this week at school. "What does this mean?," you might ask. Well, he got to bring home Weekend Bear this weekend and wrote in the diary what we did. Tomorrow he's bringing in "Mystery Bag" (with a team photo of the Coyotes) that the class is going to try and guess what it is. Another day this week he's bringing in his favorite book (good luck chosing one!), another day he needs to fill the "Estimation Jar" with something for the class to guess how many there are and another day he's bringing in his favorite snack.
As far as a blog update goes ... Corey and I went to the Coyotes-Blues hockey game last night. As we were waiting in line to trade in our coupons for free tickets for being a Howler Kids Club member, somebody walked up to us and gave us two tickets in the lower level across from the Coyotes bench! He just said, "There great seats. You guys will have more fun, so enjoy the game." And we did ... especially since Bryzgalov had a shutout. It was an early start time (6 p.m.) which was nice since Corey wanted to stay until the very end.
It sounds like Carrie and the boys survived while I was in Kansas for a couple of days last week. While I did enjoy seeing snow, the minus-7 wind chill while waiting for the bus to the rental car place at the airport was a rude awakening. The photos of the three of us above was taken at the Hand of Hope suite for the Coyotes game last week. The photo of the two boys was taken on Valentine's Day (notice they're both wearing red?) and Brody also is sporting his new Wild hat from Grammy and Grandpa. Also, here's a photo of Corey doing some of his favorite things: eating, drinking milk, watching TV and savoring the fact that he can climb onto the couch all by himself!
Happy Saturday! I took Corey and Brody to the D'backs Fan Fest this morning while Carrie cleaned the house (great deal for me, I know). Here is a picture of Corey and Chris Young (with another family favorite, Connor Jackson, in the background). Corey actually hit a Whiffleball home run off of third base coach Chip Hale OVER All-Star 2B Orlando Hudson on one of the little fields they had set up on the street.
It was fun to walk around and see the players while they were hanging out and all of them were eager to interact. We also saw Baxter (the mascot), saw/heard the organ player, got free ice cream, chips and mini-baseballs. Brody was pretty excited about "Bobo ball!"
1) playing with his Big Wheel after Christmas,
2) reading books with Elmo, and ...
3) reading a book in his room before bed. (Brody LOVES books!)
