Spring??

Could it possibly be?  No, it can't possibly be.  We think spring may have finally sprung!  We had a beautiful weekend here- dad was able to get in a bike ride wearing his Tucson "winter" kit instead of his Colorado "WINTER" kit.  Mom was able to run in her 3/4 length running tights instead of the full length ones AND no jacket.  I was able to play soccer in shorts and a short sleeve shirt- and I was hot!  But more on all that later...

We had a pretty good week but it felt like a long one.  One of Dad's colleagues from Norway was in town for the week, so they headed out for some mountain biking in the hills behind our house on Wednesday.  We all thought it was a bit chilly at 66 degrees, but Borre is from Tromso which is very far north and he said this weather was "high summer" for them.  We are trying to figure out why anyone would live there voluntarily.  Maybe the food is good?

On Thursday, it was Take Your Child to Work Day at Dad's work.  I had such a great time last year that I couldn't wait to go again.  This year, not so great.  Last year, we got to design roller coasters, learned about propulsion by building a balloon powered car, made goop.  All kinds of good "mathy" stuff.  This year, I came home with a brochure from HGTV on how to landscape your business for maximum profit.  Not quite the learning opportunity mom and dad were expecting.

It was great to spend the day with dad though.  That is always tops in my book!

I had Friday off from school so mom took the day off from her work.  It was such a relaxing kind of day.  We spent the morning hunting bugs in the creek bed by our house.

After a lot of work, I came home with two roly poly's that died about 3 hours later.  My spirit is not daunted though and I will be back for more.  We rounded out the day with a play date at my friend Lena's house and soccer practice.
We did manage to sell our beloved A-liner too on Friday.  We sold it to a nice family with a little girl and we hope they have as much fun as we do.

Saturday was very busy in a good way!  We finally got to pick up our new RV and bring it home.  This was the view from our front porch for most of the weekend.  Beautiful, ain't it!?

We had to go to my soccer game (which we won 2-1) and then came back (with my friend Cami) and we got the RV all stocked up and ready to go for our first adventure.  Cami and I helped as only two seven year olds can so it took a little longer than planned but it's done and we are good to go!

Sunday was another super beautiful, super fun day.  We had some of our friends over for Sunday brunch and it was so warm, we were able to eat outside and had a wonderful time.  Mimosas, Bloody Mary's, breakfast burritos, fruit salad.  We were fat and happy!

The adults finally got smart and sent us off to the park for a while and they spent the time talking about how nice it was that we were old enough to send off to the park.  We were back in 15 minutes.  Even so, it was a great day.  Can you tell we are happy it's warm?

Hope everyone has a wonderful week!

A Suburban Kind of Weekend

So.  Here we are near the end of April.  And we are still. wearing. our. PUFFY COATS!!!  Gaaaaaaaa!!  It snowed Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and did not get above 35 degrees.  And more is coming this Monday and Tuesday.  We have decided to take a reverse psychology approach- we LOVE winter, we want MORE winter!  MORE snow!  MORE icy streets!  Please?

There- that ought to take care of things.

Once Thursday hit, it warmed up a little bit and mom's attitude thawed as well.  A little bit.  Just enough to start our Suburban Weekend.

On Friday, all of the 1st grade/2nd grade blend classes put on a program of patriotic songs and presentations about various patriotic symbols.  It was very well done and considering all the events of the past week, it brought a little bit of a tear to mom's eye.  Mom and dad were both very impressed and we celebrated my debut with a trip to Dave and Busters for dinner and games.

We got to bed early because I had swim team try outs first thing Saturday morning.  We were up and out the door by 7AM.  I was trying out for the non competitive/club team and I made it!  Yeah me!  I wasn't the best swimmer out there but I was waaaaay better than the one boy who had to be rescued by the lifeguards, the boy who was clinging to the lane ropes and the other kids who barely made it across the pool.
I got my suit and cap ordered and our first practice is May 20th.  We can't wait.

We got home from swim team and had enough time to eat something and turn around and head out to my soccer game.  We had team pictures before the game and although they tried very, very hard, Coach Jen and Coach Cathy could not keep us corralled in one spot......

...but we did eventually end up in a tree all together.

All that pre-game activity must have been really good for us because we won the game 4-1 and I scored a goal!

Sunday, I had a birthday party with my whole class and then I got to hang out with my friend Sophia for the afternoon while her mom and my mom discussed their plans for the Daisy Scout troop.
Dad spent the day getting our pop-up ready for sale and we are spending our evening watching the movie "RV"- you know to get us ready for our next trip!

Have a great week!

Upgrade.

So here we are- the middle of April.  And winter just won't go way.  We are so dang tired of putting on our puffy coats.  They are filthy and need to be washed but it doesn't stay warm long enough to get them washed AND dried before the next snow storm.  This past week, we had a low of 7 degrees and semi blizzard conditions.  The only good thing about this nastiness is that I got a snow day out of it.  The weather forecasters were predicting an epic blizzard Monday night into Tuesday so I was hoping, hoping, hoping for a snow day.  It is Colorado tradition (and maybe elsewhere as well, but we've never lived where snow days are a regular occurrence) that if you want a snow day, you need to flush ice cubes down the toilet and wear your pajamas inside out.  I did both and then I made dang sure mom and dad had their PJ's on correctly as well.  Wonder of wonders!  It worked!  I woke up Tuesday morning to 1" of snow- and a snow day!  While I was definitely not complaining about a missed day of school, it kind of stunk because it was nasty windy and nasty cold.  We thought about going to a movie in the afternoon but did not want to step foot out of the house.  Blech.  Dad went into work because he has still not caught onto to the fact that EVERYONE takes advantage of snow days and "works" from home.  He ended up heading home to "work" from home around noon.  Believe it or not, he actually did work....  It ended up being a nice family day.

The rest of the week was just plain cold but it warmed up a little by Saturday, in time for my soccer game.  We lost this week, 4-2 but we still had a good time.

So, mom and dad have been married for 9 years this November and have know each other for 11.  If you asked mom to describe dad in one word, after all these years, without hesitation, she would say "persistent".  Once he gets it in his head to do something, it will get done and it will get done before anything else gets done.  Whether it is fixing our computers, putting in kitchen cabinets, tackling Mt. Lemmon on a bike, buying a car- he doesn't stop until it's done, no matter how long it takes.  

Well, dad decided a couple of months ago that we needed a bigger camper.  Mom wasn't quite on the same page as she felt our awesome little pop-up was just fine but she has also learned not to try and talk him out of stuff.  He has been researching, researching, researching and with his persistence, he found exactly what he was looking for.  And we bought it on Saturday.

We headed down to the dealership to take it for a test drive.  It felt and sounded a little like driving an airport shuttle bus but dad looked good behind the wheel.  We drove it to the nearby mall parking lot to park it and play with all the gadgets.  All went well until we tried to start it up again and nothing happened.  We thought we broke the dang thing already!  Turns out it was just the battery (as dad suspected) and a little jump start from the nice man at the RV place had us back in business.  We were just glad we weren't out in the middle of nowhere!

So we bid a fond farewell to our little A-liner pop up.  We had a lot of good times in it.  And we say hello to our Coachmen Freelander.  As much as mom will miss the A-liner, it will be kind of nice to have a real potty!  And I love my very own queen size sleeping loft.  I think mom and dad love that too because I'm way to wild of a sleeper to share a bed with anymore

It will be ready for pick up next weekend and we are planning our inaugural trip already.  We have all kinds of plans from pre-bike race housing to housing extra family during the holidays.  Can't wait!

Mom has been scrolling through our old blogs and realized we haven't had any "Jordanisms" lately.  My latest came this morning after watching an episode of Gator Boys.  "Mom- are they speaking English in Mississippi?"  To which mom answered "Mmmmm- kind of."

Happy travels and have a good week!

Back to the Grind

Deep sigh......

It is soooooo hard to be done with vacation.  There were a few droopy faces and grumpy moods around here this week.  On the positive side, the week went pretty fast.

The only thing on my agenda was swimming lessons- I had my group lesson on Monday and then my final private lesson with Ms. Suzy on Wednesday.  She is super excited about me trying out for the swim team but mom is a little nervous about it.  Mom went to a meeting the night before we left on vacation and there were a bunch of hard core swim moms there and it scared her.  Ms. Suzy calmed her down some, told her those were the crazy moms and their kids won't be in my league.  I hope not- we don't do "crazy" very well.

Soccer practice was cancelled on Tuesday due to rain and cold.  It was 80 degrees in Tucson that day.  Not that we are keeping track or anything.

The rest of the week was pretty quiet as was our weekend.  It was a little strange to be at home with no plans after our whirlwind trip but it was definitely nice.

On Sunday,  I had a make up soccer game.  The original game was cancelled due to snow.  This was when we were in Tucson and it was 75 degrees.  Not that we were keeping track or anything.

This was my first soccer game of the season and I did OK.  Even though we lost, the team is looking pretty good with some new, aggressive, coordinated players.  Should be a fun season to watch!

That's it for this week from the exciting world of me- we'll see you next Sunday.