Happy Birthday, Phanatic!

We had standing room only tickets to the Phillies game today to celebrate the Phanatic's Birthday. We took Aidan last year as well and he really enjoys all the extra mascots and fun. After we walked in and got Aidan's free t-shirt, Aidan and I went to stand behind a nearby section while Sean exchanged the shirt for a smaller size. We hadn't stood there for more than a minute when an older gentleman walked up to Aidan and I and said "I have two extra tickets to the Hall of Fame club, would you like them?" My reply, "Yes! Are you serious? That would be awesome. Thank you so much!"

Then no sooner did he walk away and I pulled myself together, Aidan I went to find Sean to tell him the great news! We then walked up to the Hall of Fame club to find our seats and it only got better. Once inside the club, Sean took a bathroom break and Aidan and I checked out the wall of balls. I was familiar with the room as Sean and I had our unbelieveable wedding rehearsal dinner there, but Aidan was an excited first timer. They even had boxes of cookies that were free for the kids, so Aidan was even more happy. We found our seats next to the super-nice gentleman in the 2nd row of section 231. Turns out, the tickets are his brother-in-law's season tickets. His brother in law couldn't make it to the game because he's the Flyer's dentist! Yup, the man who fixes all those pitiful smiles has a full season ticket plan of six seats in the Hall of Fame Club. Crazy! Oh, and get this, the seats are padded! How awesome! :-)

{our view}

{Aidan who hates the camera & Mommy} {a very sleepy Phillies fan}

My thoughts on life right now:
Thank you very nice gentleman for giving us awesome ($55/each) tickets so we didn't have to stand the whole time.
Aidan's going to be 2 in one week, holy crap.

busy, busy

Can't a lady get an extra hour or two in the day where all other things pause and I can get caught up? If you haven't noticed by now, it's now after midnight on a Monday night while I'm writing this. Yeah, any other night and I'd be happily sleeping in my bed, but not tonight. Tonight I had to get things done. Let's see...

After work Aidan and I had to make a trip to the library to return books (I've already got a debt of $2.60 but I'm still waiting for them to ask for the fees...it's been months). Then we got a few more books and of course a couple of DVDs. Necessary trip: yes, I love our library time and I loved the little laughs from him today when he used the handicap accessible button to open the doors and then proceeded to place the books in the book return all by himself and he's not even two yet!

Next stop, Acme. Yes, Aidan came along for this as well and it's quite enjoyable, most of the time, to bring him with me. I look at it as a learning environment for him. He likes it, most of the time, especially when he gets his slice of cheese. Necessary trip: absolutely or Sean might have had to start eating cereal for every meal.

After a short stop at home I headed to Steph's, this time without Aidan but with lots of mommy-guilt for leaving him. We then took off for Auletto's for a bridal show where if they hadn't served us all kinds of yummy cheeses and a complimentary glass of wine I would have probably cried over missing Aidan just to walk around and get free crap for Steph to look through. She had a few returns to make at the mall which led me to stop at Gymboree to use my gymbucks. Necessary trip: not really, but I can't let those gymbucks go to waste and plus I got a free glass of wine.

Finally, home to do a quick straighten up of the family room and my side of the bedroom (Sean's side literally looks like a small tornado came through, seriously, at least it makes my clutter look good). Then on to searching for some cute stuff for Aidan's scaled-down 2nd birthday party. I ordered some decorations and then I found a really cute t-shirt on etsy for him. Now obviously it'll have "Aidan" instead of Chase, but how stinkin' cute is that?!?! It's my second etsy purchase that I'm really excited about.

Now I've just got to make sure we sent out all of the invitations and know what we'll be feeding our "train passengers".

As for the rest of my week, here's what it looks like:
Tuesday-meeting in my classroom afterschool then boot camp at 7:30
Wednesday-dinner meeting at 4:30, also Cait's birthday
Thursday-bridesmaid dress shopping
Friday-time to breathe and clean up the house
Saturday-Phillies game
Sunday-Phillies game

School is a bit crazy since it's the end of the marking period and annual review time for my students' IEPs. Somewhere in my free time at home I've got to load all of the pictures that are on my camera, including Easter that my brother has been begging for since I took them. Really, the only thing I want to do is hang out and play with Aidan.

My thoughts on life right now:
It's time for bed.

Awwww

Yummy

First try at paint

Wheeee

Easter Weekend

Easter weekend was fun and the weather was beautiful. I had the day off on Friday, which was fabulous and to top it off we had our first Phillies game to attend. Aidan had a blast and really enjoyed it. It's fun now that he talks. He kept saying things like "ball high", "throw", "whoa fast", and of course cheering with the rest of the crowd. I can't believe this is now the third season he's been going to games. This kid is going to easily rack up 100 games by the time he's 10. Wow.

Saturday was hot and we enjoyed the glorious sunshine doing a little outside work. Later that evening Danielle and Jason stopped by with their not-so-small puppy, Lila. She's beautiful and definitely full of energy. She and Toby eventually got along and calmed down. While they were over, we dyed Easter Eggs. What a fun thing to do with an almost two year old whose favorite word at the moment is "me". Surprisingly enough we were not speckled or colored in vivid egg colors and Aidan really had a great time.

Sunday was a busy one. After church we went to my sister-in-law, Meagan, and her husband, Colby's, house for a delicious breakfast. Yum. Afterwards we headed home for a short bit and then off to Sean's cousin's for Easter dinner. It was fun to see the family and enjoy some time outside. They've got a great big yard, a couple of dogs that Aidan tried to play with, and a large Koi pond where he could try and see the fish. After dinner we headed to my sister Stephanie's house and hung out for a bit there. It was a great day.

My thoughts on life right now:
April's a busy month!
I need to prepare for Aidan's party! I'm glad it's going to be much smaller but that doesn't mean to slack on the preparations!
Easter is a blessed day, and I am certainly blessed.