Rally Squirrel

If you follow Cardinal baseball you know what the rally squirrel is all about. This cute little squirrel ran across the field during the wildcard playoffs helping to lift our bats {and spirits} to victory over the Phillies.Now it has gone rabid in St. Louis {sorry for the pun} showing up on t-shirts, towels and I believe  it's own web page. It's just something that gives us Cardinal fans a little more hope in our team winning the NLCS and advancing to the World Series. It got me thinking about other silly superstitions and rituals that give us fans of any sports hope. When I was younger and still living in St. Louis, I had a certain hat I had to wear to Busch Stadium to catch a game. To me, that hat insured a Cardinal victory every time I went. And most of the time it did. Having a little hope goes a long way.  Tomorrow is the district championship game for Danny and the Burke football team. It means so much to these Seniors. So... I will be eating take-out before the game, wearing the same Burke shirt I have worn to all the games and sitting on the 50 yard line like always. Will it make a difference in the game, probably not. But it gives me hope, hope that they will be 8-0 and district champs.  

 

A highlight reel...

Hey, I know it is supposed to be a picture, but today while surfing the web I came across my son's sack on Sept 30th.  Hudl is a video program that the high schools here use for their film. One of the coaches pulled Danny's sack from the film and posted it.  It is pretty cool.  Danny is at the top of the line on the defense side.  At first he thought he was going to pass and jumped up to try and deflect it, then he made a spin move and then down when the QB.  He was so excited and animated after.  Pretty neat.

Dan Loeffelman - Highlight Videos & Athlete Profile - Hudl

A Puzzler

From this:

To this: 

Cute ghost pins I made from old puzzles.  The ghosts and some candy are Halloween surprises for  my friends and co-workers. After all, no one is really to old for Halloween!  

Hard Hitting

I wanted to share this picture from my son's football game Friday night.  Talk about a hard hit!  It knocked Daniel's helmet clear off his head!  No injury occurred and the Bulldogs won 33-7!!!

I also want to take the opportunity to thank Smug Mug Photos and Mr. Kleckner for the fabulous job he does taking these pictures.  I am keeping them in business.  :)

A little family fun

Love the determination on Emily's face as she faced her brother in our air hockey showdown at Sempeck's in Elkhorn.  As it turns out girls rule and boys drool as she beats her brother 7-4!!  Way to go Emily!!

Another football post

So for the months of August through October; and if we are lucky November, life revolves around football. Our Friday night consists of rushing home from work, changing into Burke gear, getting take out and heading to the game. We had family visiting and brought them into the fold of our crazy Friday nights.  My picture isn't that great, or special but it's part of my Friday ritual.  I take a photo of the score board, win or lose. Tonight the Bulldogs traveled across town to face the Thunderbirds.  The game started off slow and was 10-7 at the half. Both sides played great defense but Dawgs pulled away in the 3th quarter and finished nicely with the big win.  Yay Bulldogs!!

Oct 6th entry a little late... oops

I tend to get a little crazy when family comes to visit.  I turn into a women possessed by cleaning the house like mad. And, it's not regular cleaning either. Nope, the usual dusting and vacuuming doesn't cut it. It has to be all out, over the top cleaning.  Like the carpets.  With two days to spare.  I went out and bought the little beauty below, and passive aggressively left a to-do list on the counter hoping my hubby would see it. I'd like to think my strategy worked, but he knows how crazy I tend to be and he was pitching in and trying to ease my neuroses.   {Love my hubby!!}  Now all this cleaning really needed to be done, just not two days before relatives visit.  I know that.  I mean, after all they are coming to see us not our house.  Maybe I learned my lesson.  You know my sister is coming up in two weeks. Carpets are clean, cobwebs and dust gone.  Should be a relaxing two weeks, however... the upstairs bathroom could use some new paint.  :) 

Do me a favor...

If you are reading my posts, and I can see that some people are....could you comment on them? I mostly do this for myself, but if you are reading them and not scrolling past them, I would really like to know what you think.  Thanks!!

Yes sir, yes sir... 5 bags full!

As you may know, I work in an Early Childhood Special Ed classroom as a para. We have two classes, our morning group which is made up of 3 & 4 year olds and the afternoon group that is our 4 & 5 year olds.  We cover many things in our room and one of them is potty training with our morning group. Some days it runs smoothly and well... some days it is a diaper changing extravaganza.  Like today. And on days like today when its full of dodo (a five bagger!!) you have to treat yourself to coffee or lunch.  As you can see, I treated myself to lunch.    

Ouch! How did that happen?

Okay so this isn't my picture, but I didn't have my camera on me at work.  But I was stung by a bee! I still don't know how it happened.  I was standing on the playgroup with my class, talking to one of the little boys. I moved my left hand, closing it as I brought it up to my face, when I felt this sting.  Apparently the bee was flying by my hand as I was closing it and I shut my hand on him.  Ouch!  Glad to find out I am not allergic to bees.  :) 

Loeffelman with the Sack

This was from last Friday night.  Late in the 3rd quarter, Danny was playing DE, got around his man after a spin move and sacked the QB!!!  I must say, I never get tired of hearing is name announced.  The Bulldogs are now 6-0!!  Go Dawgs!!

Heading to Jazzercise

Trying to get back in the Jazzercise routine.  With the football season in full swing, and lots of evening engagements with our Monday Nite Mom's group, my workouts suffer a little during football season.

Which sweats should I wear?

An enjoyable friday night...

That's right it's another Friday Night Fever for my family.  Danny has been doing pretty well this season and thanks to Jeff Kleckner I have the pictures to prove it.  {It looks so much better to have the pictures taken from field level and by a professional!}  

Danny is in the middle, next to the center.  He is getting ready to make a hole for our RB to squeeze through and score.  We win a close one, 42-35!

Got a lot of ground to make up

Wow! I can't believe I have neglected my blog for this long.  Guess I have some making up to do. Life has been busy since my last post.... car troubles topping the list, followed by getting the flu and then catching up with the things I missed when sick.  Here's what would have been my next picture...

Received my September order from Stampin Up!  Always exciting.  Now to find the time to sit and play with my new toys.