S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. Night!

Another Saturday niiiii-iiiight!  Good thing you can't hear me singing it :)  I am at home with the kids tonight, while Justin is out with the boys (a well-deserved night, since I was gone Thursday night, Friday night and have book group tomorrow night). He went to Lucky's to watch the game with the boys, while I cuddled with the kids on the couch (well, Mason doesn't cuddle much these days but luckily Ella and Si still do). We watched the Buckeyes as they barely won - to stay undefeated!! 22 - 0 so far this season!  It's nice to have a lazy evening at home with the kids.


This past week, Silas went for his 5 year check-up.  He had to get 4 shots :(  Poor guy, he was very brave and didn't cry or flinch at all. As soon as the nurse left the room though he looked at me and almost started crying but then just said "oww, that really hurt!"  He got a green Popsicle out of the deal so that made him happy.  His arms both hurt during the day and he got a 102 degree temp that night but was fine by the next day. He's measuring in the 50 percentile for both height and weight.  He's 41 pounds and 43 & 3/4 inches.

Ella has so many (too many!) cute clothes.  She wore a skirt and leggings to school one chilly day this week..  After school I noticed that she just had the leggings on, no skirt.  When I asked Ella why she took her skirt off, she said told me, "because I can't kick Mason with it on!!!" while demonstrating how her leg would only kick so high because of the "dumb skirt".  That girl is going to give us a run for the money...

Ella also started her Clay Creations class at school this week.  It's an after school 1-hour class one day a week that is taught by the art teacher that she loves.  She always brings several cute projects home at the end of the session.  She loves art so much and she's really good at it...she must get that from her Daddy and grandparents, because I can't draw a recognizable thing!

We're continuing to work hard on our YOSP goals.  2 more days in January to make some progress.  The running is going well and we're both doing a great job of sticking to it!  Tomorrow I plan to get to the Y and I'm shooting to run 4.5 miles. I had to back off a little on pace and miles because I was having a lot of pain in my left leg/hip/knee.  I think I was doing too much too quickly and now it's feeling better. I think I can start working my way back up. It gives me so much more energy and especially motivation. Wish I had started a long time ago!

I found myself really missing Jim/Grandpa J this week.  He was on my mind a lot and I think it's just now really sinking in...it makes me sad to think about it...

Speaking of thinking, I think it's bedtime...I need to have a productive day tomorrow!!