I'm still having a hard time believing February is almost here...however it's not so hard to believe that the Steelers are in the SuperBowl tomorrow...especially in this town right now. There is some serious pep and rallying everywhere ya go.
Anyway, now that we resolved a technical difficulty, here is a recap on January. The boys were in their first chess tournament and did great (much better than I would have if I had went!?!). A blue 1st and red 2nd place ribbon for their first time - who could ask for more? They both won two out of four games...and going back for more. Their next event is Feb 21st and both are practicing up to compete again.
Then, we had the Pinewood Derby...actually, Jon had his surgery first. This went very well (other than harshly coming out of anesthesia) and he was feeling good enough that he still helped run this big event. Unfortunately, I wasn't quick enough to get pictures of them with their cars before they completed their registration and had to turn their cars over but somebody else did, so I might have more pictures later of those. Neither placed but have gotten better each year which is a good trend to follow. We were thankful Grandpa came out to help us that week and we got to celebrate his birthday too. Us giving him a break and going away for a few hours at a time might have been his best gift :)
This week the boys have tryouts for the school talent show again...you can guess what Eric is going to do, but this time with a sidekick. I bet it will be our favorite performance yet! Also, very newsworthy, we got report cards yesterday and STRAIGHT A's - BOTH OF THEM. How wonderful and pleased we are. For rewards, Eric got the green Wimpy kid book and Jesse got a make-your-own-paper kit which we are in the process of doing today (we need to recycle, especially with the way he goes through it).
Anyway, I think this brings us close to up to date for now. The boys (yes, all 3) are out playing in the crunchy snow now. I'm not equipped to do so (plus I'm freezing already) so I don't mind having a window seat for that with my girls :) Surely, we'll have more to report again soon...but signing off for now.
