4/21/11 – Jack “The Slugger” Patterson

Jack’s always talking about hitting a home run. He asked if he could get $20 every time he hit one. I (Mom) told him I’d give him $20 for a Grand Slam but not every home run!! So, here we are at Game #2, bottom of the 6th inning, 2 outs and bases are loaded and Jack’s up to bat. We are losing by 5 runs. Jack’s hitting has been so much better this year. He’s very solid. He gets up to bat, let’s the first one pass and then POW…he hits an awesome in-the-air ball that goes right inside the fence. Everyone takes off running and Jack is flying! By this time, we are all screaming. He’s heading towards 3rd base where Sam Duggan is coaching and Jack doesn’t even look up. Drew Duggan is in front of him and Jack’s on his tail. He gets to home plate just as
the ball does and he’s SAFE! GRAND SLAM!!!!! He’s so excited. We are so excited! They are all in the dugout cheering. I run to the dugout and tell him we owe him money! His response – “Were the bases loaded?” :-) He didn’t even know it! He said Dad promised him $50 for a Grand Slam!!! We ended up losing by 1 point but what an exciting ending. He’s been on Cloud 9 ever since. We got in the car and he called everyone…Grandma and Papaw in Florida, Grammie, Greg and Billie and finally Devyn. It was great!!!

Finally!

I’ve been asking the girls if they want to get their ears pierced for the last 6 months. They first said they’d do it when they turned 5 and then when that came and went, they decided to wait until they turned 7! J Well, on Saturday, April 2, Abby and I went to Kohl’s to look for them some cheap summer clothes. While checking out, Abby announced she wanted to get her ears pierced. I just said “ok, whatever”. She said “no, right now”. I told her I’d take her to the mall but if we went, she was getting them pierced…no changing her mind! She said that was fine. So, she and I snuck (we didn’t tell anyone) to the mall. We went to Claire’s and she picked out little rainbow colored flowers. She hopped right up there and sat through all the cleaning and marking of the ears, etc. She never did anything but smile. Two workers came back and on the count of 3, she was done! She never even flinched!! She was soooooo excited!! We went straight home and showed Daddy and Ally (who was asleep on Daddy’s lap!). Ally was excited for her. We also went right to Grandma’s to show her!! While at Grandma’s, Ally said she wanted to do it. It was like 7:30pm by this time. I knew we had a busy day the next day and thought she might chicken out if we waited. So, we ran back home, picked up her blankie and headed back to the mall. She was good, sat up there, and picked out some light blue flower earrings. As the girl was (slowly) getting everything ready, I could tell she might cry and was getting nervous. She was holding her blankie tight. Once the girls finally got the guns ready, she was smiling nervously. 1-2-3 and pop….she started to laugh a little and then started crying hard! J I picked her up and we all cheered that she had her ears pierced and showed her in the mirror. She finished crying before we even paid. So, after that, we went back to Grandma’s and then finally home at around 8:45pm. I was exhausted but the girls looked so cute!! They have to wait 6 weeks to change them. Just in time for Totten Hall’s Graduation!!!!










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Boys will be boys!

On a Thursday night while dropping off food at Christy Rolley’s house, Jack got to play with Sam and his friends outside. All the boys had Airsoft guns and were playing war. Of course, as soon as we got home, Jack wanted to go to Walmart to buy one! So, Jeff took him and let him buy one with his own money. Once home, Jeff gave Jack 3 rules…no shooting people, no shooting animals, and always wear your safety glasses. Friday went by without a hitch. Then came Saturday! The boys were out at 8:00am as usual. Jeff was on the computer, and I had just taken a shower. While I was getting ready, I heard Jack’s cackle…that cackle that means they are up to something! I looked out the bathroom window and could only see Jack P. He was standing at the easement with his glasses on and his arms inside his shirt and laughing away. I told Jeff to go check on them because I had a feeling that they were shooting each other! Jeff snuck outside and watched for about 5 minutes. Jack B. was about 20 feet away just shooting Jack P. like crazy!! Needless to say, Jeff jumped all over both of them and sent Jack B. home and Jack P. inside. Jack P. was so upset because it was only 10am and he had to stay inside until his practice at noon!! And, he was grounded from his gun for a week. What can we say…it only took him a day and a half to break the rules!!!!!!!!!


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Go Indy Met Pumas!

Heading home from Indy after watching Nick's Cinderella team when the Class A State Basketball Championship. It was such a nail-biter! The won 59-54 and worked so hard. We are very proud of Nick!!!



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Skiing at Perfect North

We took the kids skiing at a new place near Cincinnati, OH. It was a nice place and we had a great time. It was the girls first time and they both went down from the get-go without falling! We stayed about 7 hrs. Not too shabby!



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My 'bag lady'

We had a snow day today so Abby dressed herself. Gotta love the pajama shirt, capris, baseball socks and rain boots!! We went to get a haircut and she wasn't about to change!!!



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Having fun at French Lick Water Park!

Decided to take a break after the hustle and bustle of Christmas. The kids are in heaven!!


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