Not to be gross

Oh this poor guy!  Scott is a coach. . .girls basketball and girls volleyball.  For us, the spring means open gym for both sports.  Scott has worked it out that he is only there once a week and he schedules open gyms for both sports on the same nights back to back.  He gets to play a lot on the night he is there.  

This happened last week playing basketball while guarding another guy.  I'm sure you have heard that head wounds bleed a lot. . .just from the look of Scott's clothes when he got home I would have to agree.  It is now starting to heal.  We are out of the angry red/purple phase and into the yellow/green phase.  His comment when he got home that night, " Man, I was playing so good when this happened!  I was hitting all my shots and making some deep 3s!!!"

One last interesting note, this EXACT thing happened just a few months ago guarding the exact way, only last time it was his zygomatic arch that got hit and split open! Nice right? 

Obsession

"Mom, where's my yip-stick?"  

It all started with this chap stick a few months ago. I had these amazing chap sticks stashed all around my house so when ever I needed some it was there.  Well, this lovely girl discovered them and has since found ALL of them and proceeded to use them ALL!  I now have to stash these treasures high and out of sight. 

Her love affair with "yip-stick" did not stop there. She has recently found Avery's play make-up and has been in heaven. For days she was been covered ear to ear with lip stick and cream eye shadow in various shades of pink, blue, and purple.  

Today she decided everyone, including Kal, had earned a make-overs. Lincoln likes to color outside the lines at this point so it is perfectly fine to use eye shadow on both your eyes as well as your lips!  Both the A-dubs were good sports. 

Black Beard

This past week Avery had the chance to rehearse with The Missoula Children's Theater.  They preformed in the musical, "Black Beard."  In 5 days the company held auditions, cast, rehearsed and put on a musical.  Avery was cast on Monday as King Crab and 5 days later she was singing on stage!  I was a bit concerned as to how tired and grouchy she would be through out the week but to our surprise, we saw none of that.  3 of the 5 days she had rehearsal from 3:30 till 8.  She would ride the bus home, eat a quick snack, decompress for about 15 min and then we were out the door to return to school.  She came home happy and satisfied each night.  It was really fun to observe this.  She was happy to do what was asked of her both at rehearsal and at home to prep for the next day.  She had a blast!  She did such a great job with her lines (lots of dramatic feeling behind all her dialogue) and songs.  It has been a treat to watch her find another avenue to express herself as well as develop some new talents.