1, 2, 3 strikes your out!

Today we had the pleasure of attending a Lexington Legends baseball game.  If you live around Lexington and haven't been - you need to.  It is a good ol' time.  We always go on Mondays since it is Kids Eat Free night and you can't beat that!  The kids get an entire meal for zippe doo da! 

The reason we went:
So a couple Saturdays ago we ventured down to the Farmer's Market in Lexington and there was a Legends Spinner game that the kids took turns playing.  The 2 bigger boys both got squishy balls.  Score!  Then Ryan, he got a super obnoxious, annoying hand clapping toy.  A toy that MAY disappear soon!  No Score!  Then Lil Brin spun her heart out and it landed on 4 free game tickets!  BIG SCORE!!  So a dude called us a few days later and asked which game we wanted to attend.  We told him "Today" and he asked if 4 tickets were enough.  I let him know we needed to buy 2 additional tickets.  He then politely let me know that there would be 6 tickets waiting for us at the box office.  Oh Ya!

We had SO MUCH FUN!  The seats were FABULOUS!!!  The 2 biggen's even got selected by "usher of the year" to participate in an in-between-innings game.  Good times, I tell ya!!   Oh, and the best part . . . the Legends scored TWELVE runs in the 1st inning.  Woot woot!

Here are some photos and a video.  Enjoy!!

Awesome Usher Man

Ashton

Ethan and Ashton about to Take The Field!

Ashton's Prize!

Ethan's Prize!

THE Competition!

Today I went over to Eastern Elementary to check out all the artwork for the Kentucky Kid's Day T-Shirt Contest.  There were SEVERAL really cute designs.  There are some very creative students apparently!!  There are also a few modern art pieces I didn't completely get.  I need to learn to look "outside the box".  There are 23 entries total.  Here are a few pictures of the goodies. 

I really liked this one until Ethan said it looked like a toothbrush.  Now I can't get that out of my mind, dang it!  I really like the "Triple Crown" slogan though!

Very cute!

Ethan's entry!  Isn't the #7 a lucky number?  He hopes so!

My guess would be "Modern Art"

Ashton hopes that #20 is lucky this year!

Ummm, I got nothing!

Another very cute, very creative piece of artwork.  Good job #2 whoever you are!

This one cracks me up!  It totally reminds me of Arthur the Aardvark.  This is Ryan's favorite!  :)

This, according to a 5 year old, is by a cute girl in our Primary.  She is in Ryan's Kindergarten class.  She did a very good job with her entry!  I think the printing is especially good!


Good luck all participants!  Great stuff.   The entire school wins by getting to wear a t-shirt with such great design work!!

Humor Me, Monday!

Today's dialogue with Ashton . . .

Ashton:  "Mom, did I get anything in the mail today?"

Me:  "Nope"

Ashton:  "I should be getting some packages since my birthday is coming up . . . . "

Me:  {silently thinking}  "Yep, probably any day since your birthday is right around the corner (Dec 3rd)!"  haha

Bummm . . . her!

Today while driving to Matt's work Brinley asked if dinosaurs have bums.  I told her they did when they roamed on the earth.  Then Ryan piped in to let Brinley know that everything has a bum except for Barbie Mermaid Tale.   There you have it . . .

Winners, Winners! Chicken Dinners!

Soooooo, we have a winner, or two, or three???

Ethan won his class T-Shirt contest after a tie breaker vote.  He was pumped!  However, I think he was more excited that the winner from last year didn't win.  :)

Ashton said his class didn't get to vote but we did find out he won.  My guess is he was only entry for his class.  Still a win in my book!

The jury is still out on Ryan.  We have no clue if he won, or not.  He, like Ashton, said they didn't vote.  We will find out his results on Monday when I go to the school to size up the competition.  Heehee

Needless to say, we are very happy with their hard work!

We Got Horsepower!

Last night at 8:30pm I ran out to our truck to grab something when my neighbor was walking by. This is my neighbor who is the Co-President of the PTA at Eastern Elementary. We were chatting and the Kentucky Kids Day T-shirt contest was brought up. I told her I needed to get my kids working on their entries soon. She then told me they were due TODAY!!! So I ran back inside, got Ethan and Ashton out of bed and they started contemplating their design ideas. The theme this year is "Horse Power" since the World Equestrian Games will be in town in a few weeks. My neighbor told me the idea her hubs came up with and said we should do his idea. He said to use "horse power" as a muscle car theme, instead of a horse theme. So the 2 big boys ran with it. We found clip art online and they used my Mickey Mouse Light Up Desk to trace away. I thought they turned out pretty good.

So this morning, I woke Ryan up bright and early (6:15am!!!) and started on his design. He did not like the tracing idea so on to stencils he went! I think he did a great job too!!!

Today the each class votes on their class entries. The winners of each class go on to the entire school vote next week. If you remember, Ethan and Ashton both won their class entries last year!

I'll keep you posted on the status of their entries! Good Luck Ethan, Ashton and Ryan. We are sure proud of you all for trying your best!!

 

Not the Norm!

Tonights conversation . . . .

Ethan: "Dad, thanks for adding The Statler Brothers to my MP3 player!"

Matt: "No problem, bud!"

Okay, so we are not normal . . . not even close!