Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Weekend Review

Another fun filled weekend in the Wilson house. Saturday we hosted a play date for several of our COFLAC friends. We had a really nice time and I think everyone else did too. The kids seemed to have a really good time playing. I was a little concerned that Collin would run around yelling "MINE! MINE! MINE" but he was actually a pretty good host. The kids played magnet fishing, drew with sidewalk chalk,played basketball,played cars, played in the sandbox pretty much played everything! It was really nice to have a smaller group so that we are forced to get to know each other. When we have the large gatherings it's too easy to just play with your own kid and not really get a chance to talk to any of the other parents. Even Wyatt enjoyed it! He's never really happy about me dragging him to these gatherings but we have to remember it's about Collin, not about us.







Saturday night Collin spent the night with Nana, Pops, Brylie and Kahlen while Wyatt had a guys night out and I had a girls night out. Needless to say we were pretty much useless for most of the day on Sunday but we did manage to get it together enough to meet my long time friend Glenna and her family at the Clippers game. They live in California now and are in town for a couple of weeks. It was also my mom and dads wedding anniversary-39 years!!- so we took the girls off their hands for the evening and headed to the ballpark. Hello-CRAZY! How people go anywhere with 3 kids under 4 is beyond me! I'm sure the 62 juice boxes, popcorn, cotton candy and peanuts probably didn't help! Luckily, we sat in the bleachers so we had them coralled for the most part. Collin did get to see the Clippers mascots Lou Seal and Crash up close and personal which made him very happy. Unfortunately they scared the crap out of one of Glenna's kids! Poor guy!





Monday we decided to go to the Ohio State Fair and indulge in some more fabulous cuisine! Lemon shakes, corndogs, ribs, corn on the cob, roasted nuts, frozen chocolate covered banana, ice cream, sno cone, about 50 gallons of iced tea and last but not least...Collin's first taste of Pop Rocks!! We went to the petting zoo. I bought a bowl of carrots and Collin walked up to the first coralle and dumped the entire thing on top the goat's. We were picking carrots off the goats and putting them back in the bowl so he would have something to feed the other animals. We also went to the fishing area-that was always my favorite part of the fair as a kid. It seemed like we always caught a fish but not this time. Wyatt almost got snagged a couple of times but we managed to avoid tragedy!











Today was the businessmans special at the Clippers-which means the game was at noon- so I took the first couple hours off work and Collin and I went to the baseball game...again! Now, you might be thinking, wow,she really loves baseball. Not really. I really like the new park and I don't mind baseball but Collin LOVES it so it is something he really enjoys doing. Most of the time I can't even tell you who won becasue I am having so much fun watching him have fun! He has started singing the song "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" and he is learning all the lines that the fans yell. He cheers and yells "swing"! Today we left before the game ended because I thought for sure it was going to start pouring. He had to stop at every opening to keep watching the game and he had to say "hi" to everyone. We were standing at one of the windows when Crash, the mascot, came up behind us and gave Collin a big hug. You would have thought the kid saw Santa Clause!! It was fun having a little mom/son time!
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2 comments:

  1. VanessaAugust 5, 2009 at 6:40 AM

    Looks and sounds like a GREAT time!! I LOVE baseball

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  2. AnonymousAugust 5, 2009 at 3:51 PM

    OMG and we didnt get invited? whatever!!!

    I love the fair and the food ..i guess we will go to one of the ones in the area this year..yeee hawww!

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Guatoberfest Cruise 2009

My soapbox about the Advent Conspiracy

I came across this video on another blog. I have to admit I only looked at it for entertainment value. I assumed with a title like that, it had to be some wacko conspiracy theory and who doesn't need a good laugh. Suprisingly enough it really touched me and made me think. It didn't grab my interest because of it's religious value, because that's not really my thing. I am not the type of person that flaunts religion or believes in pushing your beliefs onto others. It touched me because of it's human value and because it shows me how quickly I forget.

When we were in Guatemala it was truly a life changing experience for a myriad of reasons, only one of which was bringing home a baby! We saw poverty that we could never imagine in this country. I remember thinking when I was there that despite all of the stress of the situation, I was more at peace than I had ever felt in my life. Among other things, there was no pressure to have more...there was nothing to have. People just lived their lives. Families worked together, lived together in cramped housing-if they had a roof over their heads at all-and they were happy! We were forced to enjoy eachother without our "creature comforts" and I loved it. I now remember hoping that once we got home, I would never lose that idea that we don't really need much at all. I realized our society makes us think we need more but we really don't. And after watching the video it makes me realize that I have failed miserably.


I had made up my mind that in order to honor my new found attitude and our sons heritage, we would sponsor a Guatemalan family every year so that they could have food and heat and their children could go to school-things we take for granted on a daily basis. For some reason I can never seem to find the money to do that- BUT- I can find the money to buy coffee every day, sometimes several times a day, Collin will see a room full of gifts on Christmas morning, I can go out to eat, I can do whatever I want for the most part. My priorities have gone right back to where they were before I experienced Guatemala and it makes me sad. That is the reason that I am posting the video in a permenant spot on the blog, so that I am constantly reminded, not only during Christmas but all year to give PRESENCE to my friends and family not PRESENTS and to give back to something that I feel very strongly about. I don't write this to push Guatemalan charity or any charity but to encourage anyone reading this to slow down and take a look at your life and see what means the most to you and see where it takes you.

Advent Conspiracy