Thursday, June 7, 2018

April 2018 Recap

The month of April feels like it was so long ago given the fact that May was CRAZY busy, hectic, emotional, and long. I'll post several different stories about our May happenings later this week...or at least that's my goal!

I enjoyed Easter Break. Coffee in bed with the first coffee cup I ever purchased. Side note: I go through phases where I break free of caffeine. I think I have gotten myself to a point where I enjoy one cup of coffee each morning...but no more. Afternoon caffeine headaches are not fun.

Hudson enjoyed late mornings snuggling in my bed.

For the first time in many years, my school held a Mother/Son Dance. I went to one with Evan when he was in first grade. #hatedit  All we did at that dance was run around like loons and sweat. I wasn't overly interested in attending this year's dance, but Hudson was quite adamant that he wanted to go.

Actually, the conversation went something like this:

Mom: Hey Hudson, were you wanting to go to the Mother/Son Dance?
Hudson: Of course I want to go! Why wouldn't we go?
Mom: (fake cheer) Oh yes, we'll go! 

I wasn't about to disappoint the child, so Eric and Evan headed to Evan's basketball game and Hudson and I got ready to dance the night away. If anything, it gave me a reason to do my hair and makeup.

Just a bit of truth talk...my body image is at an all-time low at the moment, so I try to appreciate the times when I feel positive about myself. I liked how I looked for Hudson's dance.

Silly faces before we head out.

It's hard to understand how my youngest is 10 and getting ready for 6th grade. When they are little it feels like they'll never grow up.

I was glad that the theme of the dance was "sports." I had a Warriors shirt on and Hudson wore a basketball shirt. However, I apparently didn't get the memo of being "matchy-matchy." Honestly, it didn't even occur to me to try to match each other, but it seemed EVERY OTHER MOM instinctively knew to do this. There were matching mom/son outfits everywhere. #mamatried

The dance had super cute decorations. The big hit of the night was the bowls filled with bubble gum. We took lots of gum home. There wasn't much dancing. Hudson and I literally only danced ONE time. I tried to get him to dance more, but he was much more interested in hanging out with his friends and running around outside. At least I didn't have to tie a balloon to my ankle and have small children try to pop it like I did years ago.  That was horrible.

I sat at my table eating candy and talking with an aide that works at our school that I haven't had a chance to get to know very well. It was nice learning more about Monica, so I'll call the dance a success, even if there wasn't much dancing.

The rest of April consisted of lots of AAU basketball games for both kids. We had Friday/Saturday night games pretty much every weekend.

We were really proud of Evan this year because he got selected for the "B" team, but through hard work and dedication, he worked his way up to the "A" team and got a lot of praise from his coaches. Often times, they used him for both the A and B teams. There were some weekends where we were going to seven basketball games between the two kids!

Hudson had a fun AAU season and has steadily improved in his basketball skills. He enjoys his friends that he has made on the team and helped lead his team to a couple of wins. 

Spring AAU is over, but we have moved into the high school level AAU for the summer league. That is only for Evan. He is training anywhere from 2-4 times a week and will be starting daily weight training and skill classes. I really have fun watching his basketball games, even though they are getting more and more stressful as the play becomes more and more intense.

Apparently, we had a cold April day where I broke out a heavy winter sweater!

I did a little bit of exercise. Clearly, I enjoy it. #noidont

Sometimes I ate healthy meals.

My little Huddy Buddy. He still gives me great hugs.

Eric and I celebrated 15 years of marriage. Wow! Feels like an eternity, and it feels like yesterday all at the same time. We have grown so much together in 15 years. And we looked so young!

We don't typically do gifts for our anniversary, so I was super surprised when I got roses delivered to me at school!  I gotta admit, I really loved it! Getting flowers delivered is such a girly thing that makes me all gooey inside!

We spent our anniversary at my school's Open House. Then we went out to a late dinner at Tahoe Joe's, so that part was fun!

That's the wrap up for April. 

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