the 411

We have had a couple of busy weekends. Two weekends ago we had Buddy's birthday party. We decided to have it a Chuck E. Cheese. It turned out to be a great idea. We ended up with 20 kids, and over 15 adults. It was fun(a little loud) and we were happy not to have 20 kids at the house. That was just kids from the neighborhood. The bill was a little scary, but not too bad. My parents came down on Thursday. Lizzie has no concept of time, so everday she asked if they were coming today, then when Thursday came, she kept asking when they were coming. Friday Brian and I went to Wisconsin to meet a bunch of Navy friends. There were 7 of us all together and it was a ton of fun. Friday night we went to a college hockey game. THe students section of the game was incredible. They have choreographed movements and cheers for all the band music(yes the band goes). Apperntly the band got in trouble recenly and were on probation, so they were on good behavior. The badgers(wisconsin) were playing the Sioux(north Dakota). Apparently they are both in the top 5 for college hockey, so it was a great time. The chanted sieve at the N. Dakota goalie most of the game, they also had a chant of "racist mascot" and "sue(sioux)'s a girls name". It was funny. We then went out after the game. Sat. we went to the Football game. Some of the group went out to the bar instead of going to the game. Once again the student section and band were awesome. The opponent(minnesota) was not that great so football wise, it wasn't a great game. AFter the game we met our friends at the bar. It was jam packed and they were playing great music. Due to the fact that drinking started for some at 10 am, it was an early night, with most past out by 7pm. Sunday was a nothing day and we went home on Monday. The kids had a great time with their grandparents. My parents left today for Florida, and will stop by again around Halloween on there return trip to MA. My parents game Buddy a game boy for his birthday. He has already lost privledges for it. He has been getting in trouble at least once a week in the bathroom at school. He fools around, talks too loudly too often, once he kicked the wall. Hopefully he can get his act together. Lizzie is doing great. I see some of Buddy's tendencies in her, so I am not sure how she will do in school next year.