911, What's your emergency?

JP had school conferences last week and one of the questions they had asked him at some point was, "who do you call for an emergency?" JP had said he pushes the red or blue button on the alarm but it brought to my attention the fact that he needed a quick tutorial on calling 9-1-1. So... I taught him about 911 and when to call... if mommy falls and can't get up, if there is a fire, if mommy can't wake up, etc. I only have to tell him something once so he was on board and knew what to do. He already knew his address and phone number so this was easy. Fast forward to today...

I got in at midnight last night and was taking care of some business from my trip until who knows when so I was quite tired today and needed a little power nap. I told JP I was going to take a nap and he said OK... he was playing the Wii. At some point I guess he called to me from the other room and when I didn't respond he picked up the phone and called 911!!! He was on the phone with them and was walking into my room giving his address and I woke up and realized what was happening. Luckily I was able to convince the operator that everything was fine and I did NOT need help before he hung up the phone. It is quite a funny story, really... but I must say that I was a bit embarrassed!!! :p

2-0!

Gooooo Jayhawks!!! JP's team won again! This time it was 8-2. JP scored another basket too! Way to go, JP!

Now if I could just shake this cold/cough/congestion. YUCK. Where is spring???

It's not what you know....

It's WHO you know! Ah yes, my babysitting connections are paying off. You all know how JP got the baseball signed by Zack Greinke and David Cone. Well, I just talked to Bret Saberhagen via Facebook and I am mailing the baseball out to him and he's signing it for JP and sending it back. YAY! JP is sooo excited. Thanks, Bret!

JP has been battling a cough this week so he is missing school today. We went to the Doctor's office and fortunately it is just viral so it will just have to run its course. I hope he's better by Saturday.... he's got game #2 for basketball!!!

Off to watch: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs... we've never seen it!

1-0

"We Won! We Won!!" ahhhh.. the innocent excitement! JP had his first "rookie" basketball game and yes, the Jayhawks won. 4-0 in fact... and JP was the high scorer (only scorer) with 4 points! GO JP!!! He had a blast and now I need to go and have his name put on the back of his shirt as well as his requested number 5. Should be a fun season!

Famous?

Just adding this to the previous post from Fan Fest.... This shot was taken by a professional photographer for the Royals organization and low and behold it was on their Facebook page this morning! Cool! Oh.. and I think JP will end up getting Bret's autograph for his Cy Young ball... I messaged him on FB! :) Gotta love having "connections."

Fan Fest!

Royals Fan Fest was today!! What a blast we had... It was so fun! You can't beat a fun Royals extravaganza in the cold month of January!! Makes us extra excited for opening day on April 5th! Can't wait!!!!

We got lots of FREE stuff... did I say LOTS??? Tshirts, hats, bags, autographs, beads... just to name a few! JP got to see his favorite player, Zack Greinke and he even got some pitching tips from Luke Hochevar. He got past Royals autographs as well as present. It was so fun and we are very glad we went early. JP got one of the 250 golden tickets to get the 3 Royals Cy Young winners' autographs. Too bad Bret Saberhagen was a no- show! Oh well. JP didn't care. I was going to say Hello to my old friend though. :)

Grandma, JP and I are so glad we went. And so tired! GO ROYALS!!!

The lesser of two evils???

OK... we all get sick. No one is immune to it. No one. Well... there is being sick and being SICK. Barf? yuck. Diarrhea? yuck. But if you could choose.... which would you pick??? I mean when it comes to cleaning up messes in the middle of the night... yeah. I choose option 2. Unfortunately JP threw up the other night all over his bed and the floor. He later told me he thought he was dreaming when it happened. That was a LONG night!!! He's much better now. yay! Back to school tomorrow!

Hoop it up!

JP had his first basketball practice today. He did great! The goals were quite high so I didn't know if any of the little kids would be able to make a basket but I was so proud of JP when he made ALOT of baskets. Even when they were finished with his session he came up to me and the mom next to me said, "You're the good player! You kept making so many baskets!" That's my boy!!! :) His dribbling is getting pretty darn good too... he even switches hands! I am looking forward to his first "game" when they play 3 on 3. He is on the JAYHAWKS team. It'll be another 7 weeks of fun!!! Go JP!

You WHAT???

Yes, I did. I really did. I was called upon for a HUGE favor. How could I say no? Well, I guess I could have but I didn't have it in me. I was the dog-sitter for Jim's dogs yesterday/last night/today while he was in St. Joseph, MO. So in having 3 dogs in the house it added up to about 200 pounds of dog. That's ALOT of dog. They were fine though. Harley liked having the company! I got a big favor returned though.... Jim was nice enough to put the plow on the mower and then he plowed my driveway in the sub-zero temps. Sweet!!! It pays to be nice.

And now I'm watching the BCS Championship game between Texas and Alabama. Bama just busted open a 49 yard run for a touchdown to make it 13-6. OK, there's the extra point... 14-6. Texas is in trouble since Colt McCoy is out with an injured arm. Poor kid.

OH.. and JP didn't get to go to school today because of the cold/snow. Maybe monday? Let's hope. Well, saturday is his first basketball practice.... can't wait!!!

Back to School????

HA! I can only wish. JP is SUPPOSED to go back on thursday but that isn't looking real promising as we are in yet another winter storm warning effective from 12 noon tomorrow through 6pm thursday! What?? MORE SNOW??? *sigh* Let's hope he can go back but we'll find out thursday morning!

I finally found a basketball "league" of sorts for JP to play in!! He will play every saturday for the next 8 saturdays in an instructional basketball league where they learn and then break up and play 3 on 3. He is really looking forward to it, and so am I!! Something new and different to do this winter! I wonder if he'll be able to dunk yet? :)

Harley is as sweet as ever. She is such a love and is a great sleeper at night, too. She shares my bed and helps keep me warms on these frigid nights! Such a sweet puppy!

Stay warm everyone and let's see some warmer temps!!