I'm old; they're young

a couple of weeks ago we went to a Rampage game

we learned a lot about hockey

there was a lot of action

second intermission

they ended up losing

afterwards we went to a concert

this was the artist and i can't remember his name...lol..he was that great

We went downtown on March 18th

to the children's museum

there were so many things to do

the kids had loads of fun

jay got this bubble maker down

lots of soapy water in this room

the kids dug for 'fossils'

there was this cute country store

Jaylen you know you aint got no $$

work that bank girl

Jaylen played this cool organ

Natalia the ticketing agent

Jaylen the crazy pilot

Natalia the air traffic controller

Natalia the passenger

the kids put together this cabin there

the finishing touch

tada

in their happy cabin

is this thing gonna fall on my head?

they made me take some slates off the roof so i could take a pic with them standing up

then it was to act silly

next stop?

try not to look to happy jay

they also got practice there to work at the local grocery store

there was a pretend post office

both kids played there

special delivery

Natalia milked a cow...lol

extreme connect four

fun with huge checkers

more fun with soapy water

this was the coolest thing

as we were leaving i tried to sell them in that downtown store window

in this one i told them to try to look cute

There are a lot more

We did a few other things in March. My eyes are hurting tho, so those pics will have to be done later. If I don't post again before Easter, happy egg hunting. We are going to the coast for a three day weekend for Easter. So I'm sure I will take loads of pics again. Hopefully it won't take forever for me to post the pics I already have plus the ones to come soon. Man feels like a job right now. All this picture posting. I still have to do some things on Flickr.

We went ice skating on St. Patrick's Day

they skate without a problem

well maybe a lil

break time

Natalia made a friend. They had fun off the ice

and on

photography from the from driver's seat at 70 mph. they were tired

I made a trip to Austin in March

Dooce

to meet one of my favorite bloggers

her hubby

and George

Natalia also had open house in the begining of March

layers of the earth desert

'rock' climbing at open house

Natalia gives it a try

Natalia participated in the bike rodeo at her school in early march

getting ready to have bike checked

"these are the rules"

look at that skill ;)

steady, steady

she won 3rd place woo hoo

close up

here is Natalia with her Willy Wonka diorama

I wish

This weekend I decided it would be a good idea to built a. Well I'm not quite sure what's it's called, but basically it's some timbers nailed together around my flower bed. I'll take a pic so maybe you will be able to figure out what I'm talking about. I'll post that some time this week. I wish I would have taken a before pic to put with the after. Looks so much nicer now, but man it was a ~~lot~~ shit load of work. In reality it only took about 4 to 4 1/2 hours to build, but it seems like we were out there all day. A spider bit me. I hit my hand with the hammer. Causing bruising. My hands ache. I have a huge blister. I think one more minute out there and I would have developed a callus. That would have been so yuk. I know I'm gonna be so sore tomorrow. My shoulder that I dislocated back in November doesn't hurt me nearly as bad as I thought it would. We'll see if I change my mind about that tomorrow. OK, I'm done complaining. Thanx

Basketball fun

Natalia and Jaylen started their basketball league today. This is Natalia's first and I wasn't too sure she would like it so much. She had a great time tho. She had so much fun. It was a very interesting day. Spent most of it with the kids and their father which is so not the usual. I try to spend as little time as possible with their father. I used to spend no time with him. I was so upset about how things ended up with our relationship that I wanted nothing to do with him. Then when we did start seeing each other on a regular basis I didn't like that we got along so well. I felt guilty that we can get along now that we're not together. I felt so bad and thought that I should have tried harder. It was too late for that. We had passed happy so long ago. From time to time he brings up the past and today was one of those times. I always feel so uncomfortable. I don't even want to speak of those days. Brings back to many bad memories. I did realize today tho that every time he does speak of the days when we were together he is always talking about how he messed things up and to reassure me that he never did anything with any other women. I don't fully believe that, but at this point it really doesn't matter anymore. Maybe if he would have at least put this effort into clearing his name back in the day things would be different. That is something we will never know.
Wow I went way off on that one. So. Back to the basketball. Jaylen has played before and this went the same as any other day. Jaylen will show a lot of enthusiasm until he gets tired. Then it's all over. Looks so lazy after that point. I did buy the kids new basketball shoes. They both think they can run faster and jump higher. Just like their father always does. I really can't believe that 9 years later I'm still sad about my marriage going down the tubes. I guess that's why I never think about it. Always make me feel like a failure.