Road Trippin'

Emma and I had our first road trip for her dance competition this past weekend just the two of us.  Her second regional dance competition was in Mason, OH near Kings Island!  So I asked my Mother in law to get Ethan from the bus stop on Friday and Emma and I headed down there around 3:30 pm.  Luckily the weather was nice and it was a little less than 2 hours away!


We checked into our hotel and then headed about 5 minutes away to dinner at O'Charley's.  It was fun to just have some one-on-one time with her.  She is so busy with dance and school, we do not get much of that anymore.  I do not want to miss this time since I know soon enough she will be off to college.  That makes me sad...time goes so fast!

After dinner we headed back and Emma met some other dance friends at the pool and the Moms and I had some wine poolside!  Then off to bed!

The next morning we had a nice breakfast buffet at the hotel courtesy of our dance studio!  Then it was off to the high school to dance!  Emma gets a little nervous right before she goes on stage and then she is fine once she starts dancing.

It was a long day but all of Emma's dance performed really well and placed!  I am so proud of her and all the dancers.  They worked so hard throughout last year and this year on all their dances!  Great job Gen-PAC!

Saturday evening we headed home and the boys were waiting on us!  It was nice for a small getaway but nice to sleep in your own bed.  I do not sleep well in hotels since the beds are usually like sleeping on cement or the neighbors are loud or the heat or air is loud in the room too!

Talent...Talent...Talent!

Both my kids have more talent than I think I did at their ages.  I wish I had that but I do encourage their creative sides and both really excel at it!

Last Friday was very eventful.  Ethan came home from school off the bus with a chipped front tooth.  Needless to say, I was not a happy Mom.  This being said, he was supposed to perform 2 hours from then at his school's talent show.  I called our dentist but they were closed and my dentist was out of town and would need to call another dentist for an emergency.  Luckily, Ethan was not in any pain and the tooth did not turn black or he had any bleeding or sores.  So we decided to leave it alone until next week.

He then performed a cute hip-hop dance to "Watch Me Whip"  at the talent show.  He received so many compliments that he was blushing.  I would consider placing him in hip-hop classes but competitive soccer has taken over and dance is a year-round sport!  So I think he will continue getting his moves from his big sis!

He did get his tooth fixed on Tuesday and good as new!

Then on Tuesday night, Emma sang at her 7th grade winter choir concert.  Very proud of her and her fellow classmates!

Then on Thursday evening, Emma and her fellow Jags were honored for their artwork from the Genoa PTA Reflections program.  Emma turned in a Visual Art piece she was working on in art class earlier in the school year.  She did not place but she was still honored and we were still proud of her!

Love is in the air!

This month has had some changes.  I recently added substitute teaching to my resume!  I taught 4 times at my current school that I am working as a duty aide last week!  I am super excited about this opportunity and hope it continues!

With me teaching 2 half days and 2 full days, our schedules were a little crazy!  Erik has been extremely busy at work so I needed to get it altogether and I did!  Both kids had sports and I had carpools but I premade dinners, snacks and had bags packed in my car!

Friday was Ethan's Valentine's party which I am the room Mom but I was asked to teach 2nd grade all day.  I did but brought all his party items to his class and had wonderful volunteer parents to pick up the slack for me!  I popped in for a few minutes and he was doing just fine without me!

Saturday Emma toured and helped sort at our local food pantry (W.A.R.M.) with our Confirmation group with our church.  She had a great time and really enjoyed helping!  Way to go Messiah Youth!

Sunday was Valentine's Day but Ethan was feeling a little bit under weather so we decided to hang out at home all day.  Erik had to work from home all weekend so I decided to do some cleaning while the kiddos watched tv.  Erik ordered food for us and it was a nice quiet evening!

Since we all had Monday off except Erik, it was more spring cleaning!  I rearranged and organized Ethan's room.  He was feeling better and both kids helped.  I will eventually get to paint his room gray with his OSU bedding!

Emma's room was next to clean out and organize.  We could not rearrange any of her furniture since she has a bed, desk, vanity and her huge dresser.  However her room will be painted with new bedding she received from Christmas too!

Today was a snow day so we all slept in (except Erik who had to go to work), and I had to go to the dentist for 2 cracked molars that needed fillings.  Now I am a mean Mom who is going to have them actually do some work!  Emma has a math snow packet to work on, Ethan can work on his reading app, and math website and me back to cleaning!

Tonight Emma has a Reflections ceremony at her school for her art work.  She did not place but they are still honoring all participants which she could not be more thrilled! Then she is off to go to dance class!