Lauren and Grace had a class field trip on Friday, and I tagged along as a chaperone. We left school at 8:45 and took the bus to the McWane Center. I had forgotten how loud 45 children on a bus can be... or how loud they can be once inside McWane. It sounded like children had taken over a busy Vegas casino! Our group consisted of five girls, and I have to admit they were incredibly sweet, well behaved and posed minimal flight risk. Well, one was a moderate flight risk, but that just kept us on our toes. They were the most awesome group of girls ever.
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| Gracie enjoying the bubble zone |
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| Lauren and friends catnapping during the ride back to school |
The duo had a game Saturday that we were certain would be canceled due to rain, but it was not. Parents at the game wore the same expressions of children whose snow day dreams have been dashed when they awaken to clean streets and yards. Although it had rained all night, we were clear to play in the mud. Gracie got on base three times -- twice with doubles -- and ultimately scored twice, earning two of our team's four-point total. Unfortunately, the other team scored 8 points for the win. Although Lauren struggled with batting, she had some good offensive plays as pitcher and at second base, earning her team a couple of outs. William George is learning some good lessons about patience in the dug out. He enjoys a snack on the bench while the team is batting, and then he and I play while they are in the field. So far he has been a total champ.
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| Skip pitching to Lauren |
After the game, we picked up lunch at Burger King (don't be envious of our extravagant tastes :), came home and crashed. Skip visited with his mom who has been sick and was not feeling well at all Saturday, and the trio had some quiet time while I attempted to restore order to our home.
Footage of one of the doubles:
Softball (Grace) 2015 from Cathi Lindsey on Vimeo.
Skip says Gracie can play this clip to a future therapist one day... complaining about how he gruffly told her to advance to second complete with an aggressive hand gesture. She can also bemoan the fact that her mom missed the crucial first two seconds of the whole swing/contact part.
Later when Skip went out to pick up dinner, he ran a loooong-anticipated errand. By way of backstory, Skip has always been a Blackberry man. He loves the product and has mourned their decline over the last few years. His company has debated continuing to provide support for their use, and during one of those times when it seemed unlikely, he made the move to an iPhone. That was two years ago, and he has never really loved the device. He loves his iPad, and he appreciates my iMac. However, he says the phone is difficult to type on, and the screen is too small (whatever that means). He has a list of complaints that I don't particularly agree with, but I celebrate and embrace obtaining the device of his choice. He certainly tolerates my handbag obsession. However, he does ridicule it, and I tend to do the same with his Blackberry preference.
Anyrate, when he went out for dinner, he stopped by the store and picked up a Blackberry Passport. The store had stocked a total of three (HA!) in its inventory, and Skip nabbed their last one. I'm trying to talk him into writing a review for the blog. Skip enjoyed exploring his new device while we had dinner and a movie night.
We also spent the weekend avoiding key areas of our small town. We had a festival in town this weekend, but the event was kind of a muddy, wet mess. We normally go, but decided between the rain and the McWane fatigue we would wait and catch it next year. We strategically avoided the carnival equipment and other telltale signs of the festival in order to preserve sanity. While writing about dodging a fun festival, I feel like a stick in the mud; however, we have three games this week, as well as two school activities, making my self-preservation seem like a smart move overall.
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