On the 16th, Noah participated in the 5th grade musicial. The program had a 50's theme and the kids really did a bang up job with their costumes. The girls wore poodle skirts and the boys wore jeans and white t-shirts. It was a nice program. Noah had a lot of fun singing and dancing.
It's been a while since I've posted. Where did October go? Let me fill you in!
At the beginning of the month, Noah got a new bike! This brings our bike count up to 8. Two for every member of our family. We won't even talk about the bikes that Eric would LIKE to purchase. Anyway, this means that each of us has a road bike now and can go out together on rides. Eric has dreamt of this moment for some time. If you ask him about the greatest times he has ever had in his life, most of them include a bike.
This picture doesn't do justice to the paint job.
Knitting note: Finished Noah's first spirit sock and started the second!
Within the past 6 months Eric, Noah, and Heber have been in bike crashes. None of them have been pretty. While Eric's crash absolutely takes the cake, I have had more than my fair share of doctoring to do and the bandage companies have personally thanked us for our business. : ) The thing to do when someone in our family crashes is to take pictures immediately. At first, I was put off by this thinking that it was an awful thing to do. Then Eric explained to me that it was sort of a badge of honor as well as a guy thing and I softened a little and went along with it. Well, as of Monday October 1st I am officially one of the guys. I had a bike crash myself and what was the first thing I did? TAKE PICTURES!
This is what happens when a skateboard flies out from under a kid and sails out into the street and I hit it going about 15 mph. When a wheel bends like this it's called a "taco". Thank goodness I wasn't going faster!
This is just a few of my bumps and bruises on my right shoulder, elbow, and arm. I have bruises all over the place including on the insides of my thighs where my drops (bottom part of the handlebars on a road bike) hit with force as I was flying over the handlebars. Eric called me a "brave girl" because I was strong and never did cry and didn't even let on to what had happened when I called him to pick me up since I couldn't ride my bike home. He thought I had either bonked (completely ran out of energy) and vomited or had a flat tire.
I must admit I was more worried about my bike than anything else. Eric fixed my bike himself the very next day. (Thanks, Eric!) Amazingly, my tube, tire, and fork were just fine so he used the old tube and tire on the new wheel he bought to replace the "tacoed" one. I must admit that I want a new back wheel now that I have such a nice front one. I'm going out on a ride tomorrow. Hey! Where's that kid with the skateboard? ; )
Heber's Sem Spirit Socks are all finished! I had a lot of fun knitting them up. I worked on them whenever I could and I took them with me almost everywhere I went. So as I waited for kids at practice, waited to be seated at restaurants, and waited for Noah at Scouts, I knit away. But I think the most interesting place I worked on these socks was as I sat on the Preston overpass waiting to turn on to I-635 aka LBJ Freeway waiting for the light to turn green. I'm sure the person in the car next to me thought I was nuts, but why not? You'd be suprised how many rounds you can get done while sitting at red lights!
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Grandma and Grandpa Ciminski stopped over for a visit on their way back to Arizona. The boys were glad they could spend some time with them. Wednesday they came for track practice, and Friday they watched the boys race. Saturday we spent the day showing them Dealy Plaza and taking them to Chuy's Mexican Restaurant with an arm wrestling match thrown in for fun. Sunday was church and a checker competition with an arm wrestling rematch! Monday night Grandma and Grandpa cooked us dinner. The boys were sad to see them go and can't wait until they come visit again.
Here's Grandpa between pictures. He is always taking pictures and is rarely in them! Just behind him on the road is the X marking the spot where Kennedy was shot.
The boys found a shady spot at Dealy.
Grandpa and Heber arm wrestling at Chuy's after eating.
Games with Grandma.
Even more arm wrestling! The boys demanded a rematch more than once!
As many of you know, Eric and the boys enjoy racing their bikes at the Superdrome. However, with Eric's crazy work schedule this Summer and Heber being banned from racing due to his age we decided to take a 2 month break while things worked themselves out. Well, things always work out in the end and Eric will be returning to Lexis so he can spend more time at home and Heber has been cleared to race! (Incidentally, Heber is the youngest track racer in the history of the Frisco Superdrome!) Last Friday was the last race of the season and the boys had a great time seeing their friends again. Erin Popovich is the sweet girl in the picture who is a favorite with our boys. They're already talking about next season which starts March 1st!
Last year Heber went the whole school year without any receiving any Kapow Tickets. What are Kapow Tickets you ask? Well, at Sem Elementary, when a student gets caught doing something good they get a Kapow Ticket. This earns them some recognition and a couple of extra privileges. Somehow through the oversight of the teachers, he didn't get ANY last year. He is a good kid and towards the end of the year no matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't pull it off. This brought him to tears on more than one occasion. Noah was awarded several during the school year which only made Heber feel worse. Well, the Kapow fairies were watching out for Heber and sprinkled some of their Kapow Fairy Dust all over him since school has begun. He has received 6 Kapow tickets in the first 3 weeks of school! Noah also received one himself. Making the grand total of 7 Kapow tickets for the Ciminski family in a very short time. Way to go kids!
