Did that door close or slam?

Well after lots of serious thought and discussion I resigned from my job today. I really loved working with the pianos and I had the opportunity to meet some cool people and amazing musicians. I would have really liked to have continued working there but there were factors that made it impossible. I would have really liked that all expense trip to New York to tour the Steinway factory! I told Kirk someday he is going to have to buy me a Steinway with a player system!! I'm going to miss playing on them and watching them be played and appreciated by other music lovers. Guess I'll look for the next adventure.

Teenage angst

Today was a frustrating teenage day. Don't know why sometimes they just wake up crabby and make life difficult for everyone. I guess I understand, after all I can't explain PMS but I know it's real. So Matt was threatening to leave home because his life is soooo terrible here, and I said ok but you can't leave with anything we've bought for you. Off came all his clothes but his boxers. I reminded him as he reached the front door that I bought those as well. He stood there for what seemed like a long time watching the snow fall, and finally decided being sent to his room wasn't as bad as leaving naked in the snow. It took a lot of restraint to not take a picture of him standing there in his underwear because one, it was a tense moment and two it really was a tough moment for him and I would always feel that looking at the picture. But the picture in my head I am able to giggle at. But I won't tell him thats why I am randomly giggling.

AJ's gymnastics meet

My little stud!!

Leftovers

This morning I was cleaning out my fridge which was packed top to bottom with leftovers. And strangely enough it didn't gross me out, it actually made me hungry! Now I'm craving au gratin potatoes and beef stroganoff! lol

AJ's first gym meet

So this weekend was AJ's first gymnastics meet. He's only been on the team since August so we knew it would be a learning experience. We also keep in mind that he is doing this for fun, we aren't trying to raise the next gold medalist, although I would never stand in front of his dreams lol. He was such a riot to watch, he salute to the judge was sometimes more of a wave and while waiting for his turn instead of standing at attention he was usually dancing or bopping to the music. He rocked on the floor routine which is his biggest strength since most boys at his level can't do back flips. But he adjusted his hands on a push up once and that knocked him down to 4th. His strongest score today was a 1st place on the vault. Which is funny and we all kinda make fun of it, because you run down and jump on a spring board and land on some matts. Period, thats it. The key is height, keeping the legs together and sticking the landing. It's not a hugely hard thing, but apparently AJ was the best at it today! The funniest part of the day was we were waiting in the stand for almost 2 hours while the teams warmed up, all of our backsides were getting sore. SO Kirk gave Connor 2 dollars and told him to go buy 2 raffle tickets for something called the best seats in the house. Right before the meet started they read off the winning numbers, and with each number Kirk and Connor are cheering. When the final number is called Kirk jumps to his feet and yells Yah Eat it we won!! He was so excited he couldn't contain himself. I turned so red I could actually feel it, which hasn't happened to me very often. But we got to sit on a pleather futon right up front and got 2 free drinks, popcorn and candy. It was actually a lot of fun. My friend Jackie that I carpool with came over and sat with us or stood by us and took pictures, so that was cool as well. After the meet to waste time before the awards they had all the gymnasts have a handstand contest in their age groups. Of course AJ totally rocked it and won a duffle bag. His team mate Josh who is 6 and amazing won for his category but he is so short they didn't see he was still on his handstand and gave the bag to someone else. Luckily Kirk was filming the whole thing and we took it to the judges after and Josh got his bag :)

Priceless

AJ's new jacket

AJ got his clothes for his gymnastics competition this weekend.