Boys Team - Girls Team

Ready to start

Concentrating on painting

Look at my masterpiece
(I wish I had pictures of the boys day but Robb didn't take a camera. Next time.)
It seems like as the kids get older we end up splitting into Boys team and Girls team more often. I'm not sure if this is a good thing or not, but how things have been going in our house.
On Friday, Robb took the boys to the range and met up with Grandpa and Andy there. Abby and I on the other hand ran errands and went shopping.
On Saturday, the guys (Robb, Bob and Andy) and the boys (Bryce and Caleb) had big plans for the day. They had declared it golfing weekend so they were planning to golf most of the morning and afternoon and then they were going to watch the State Basketball game later that afternoon. I didn't really have too many plans except for the endless errands that I run, but I started to feel guilty that Abby just got drug along all the time. So, Abby and I decided to plan something fun of our own. We went to the Haymarket and got coffee and apple juice and then headed over to Paint Yourself Silly. Together we picked out a jewelry box to paint. She was so excited to pick her own colors and picked 6 different shades of pink and purple. We picked a paint apron to wear (pink of course) and got started. She did such a good job. She was careful about getting paint only on her box and we made sure that we painted each part the 3 times like the lady at the counter said to. She was a bit confused about having to leave it there but she finally decided that it would be okay. After a fun morning of painting we headed out to the mall to get a little shopping done. She didn't last too long before she was demanding to be carried but all in all it went alright. We hit up her very favorite restaurant (McDonald's) for lunch and I even splurged and got the toy meal. I had a fun morning and I think she did too. I need to be more careful about planning fun things for us to do and not just use my time with one child as a time to get my stuff done.
The boys team went golfing at Wilderness Ridge. Caleb had always like golf but lately has declared it to be his sport. He is obsessed with golfing and going to the range. Any day that the weather is nice he is begging to call dad to see if he will come home early to go to the range. It really is cute but I can see that they are going to team up on me sooner than I expected! Bryce also enjoys golfing but hasn't declared it as the only sport he loves just yet.
From talking to Robb, Bob and Andy it sounded like golfing was a bit LONG. They all said the boys were good but it was a mix of taking little kids and bad golfing for all of them. Oh well, I think it went alright still.
Later, that afternoon the Boys team and Girls team went to cheer on the Eagles in the State Basketball game. I have never taken the kids to a basketball game (Robb has many times)but I was surprised at how much they enjoyed it and seemed to understand it. I on the other hand had a mini panic attack about how I will be a mom to teenagers! I don't enjoy sports nor do I understand sports so... I guess I have a lot to learn before my kids play. I will go to their games and I'm sure I will enjoy watching them play, but I probably won't ever be the mom yelling in the stands or arguing with the ref (I wouldn't know what/when to yell) and from all my people watching at games, those moms' make me laugh.