Sunday, September 27, 2009

Our Weekend

We had a nice relaxing weekend. We spent Saturday hanging out around the house. In the morning, after playing some foosball, Jake and I built the biggest tower out of Tinkertoys that we've ever attempted. It went all the way from the floor to the ceiling! After his nap, Mommy took him to the park where he got to play until it started to rain on them. We then lit a fire in our outside fireplace and enjoyed some leftovers from East Side Marios in the cool fall evening. Jake liked the fire so much, he got Mommy to take him back out to read his book before bed!

On Sunday, we headed over to DLCnM's to help celebrate Colin's birthday. We had a great time with the Herman family, including Bill and Joanie. Grandma and Grandpa Trosko were also there, so Jake had fun spending time with both of them as well. And, possibly the best part of the day for at least the guys in the house, the Lions finally won a game. It was just too bad we had to experience their first win in 20 games on the radio and nfl.com instead of on TV. Maybe they should black out ALL their home games if it'll keep them winning! You can see some of our photos from the weekend here.

While playing foosball with Jake, I was really impressed at how much he's improved. I've helped him to understand which way he's supposed to shoot, and how to spin the guys to get them behind the ball, but that's about all I've taught him. Through watching me play with him, apparently, he picked up the proper way to perform a wrist shot (no wild spinning in this family) and actually got some pretty good speed behind it! I can imagine it's going to be even more fun when he doesn't have to step up onto a stool just to reach the game. Here's a quick video I shot of him taking a great shot from the 5 line and then performing our standard, post-goal celebration.




Sunday, September 06, 2009

Labor Day Weekend '09

Jake is really enjoying his new classroom. A lot of his classmates "graduated" this past week, which means he won't be one of the smallest kids come next week. It also means that his friend, Lincoln, should be coming up to be with him again. I hope their teacher is ready!!!

We had a great Labor Day weekend (at least the first 2/3rds).

We spent Saturday hanging out with Meme and Alison. They met us in the morning at the Detroit Zoo. We wanted to make the trip so that we could see the dinosaur exhibit that was ending on Labor Day. While the rest of the animals seemed to be taking it easy in the heat, the robotic dinosaurs weren't bothered at all! We all really enjoyed the dino trail. Afterwards, they hung out at our house until dinner time, and played a few board games and games of Boggle before heading back.

On Sunday, we headed up to Fenton in the afternoon. We spent the early evening on the boat with Grandma and Grandpa and the Herman family. The lake was not as busy as I expected, and I thought the water felt great. Everyone else seemed to think it was too cold, but I don't think they remembered the temperature of Lake Michigan on our Shelby trip! After the boat, we went back to the Troskos for some dinner and desserts. When their bellies were full, the kids had a good time riding their bikes, scooters, and anything else with wheels up and down the driveway.

Tomorrow, we're hoping to just hang out at home and take it easy. I'm guessing we'll spend a good chunk of time on chores and yard work, but we'll make the most of it!

Here are a few photos from Jake's first day back to school. Our photos from this weekend can be found here.