Lucky

DS#3 was so excited to see Lola walking up to the house yesterday! They brought all sorts of goodies for him and for the rest of the family. This is the first time we've seen them since New Year's. My mom seems to be doing okay after my uncle's death. They just got back two weeks ago from a visit to the Philippines. I guess my maternal aunt now owns a salon and my aunt gave my mom a nice new haircut, a manicure, and pedicure. She needed a little spoiling. :)

Yesterday was Ash Wednesday, so even DS#3 got ashes on his forehead. He apparently was so distracted by the ashes on DH's forehead that he didn't mind getting them himself. Here he is smiling because Lola just appeared with some rice soup for him and he is hungry! When she delayed giving it to him because I was taking pictures, he started tapping his high chair tray as if to say, "Go ahead and put it right here, Lola!" He is such a lucky boy!

DH took some video and photos of DS#3 playing outside today. I'm sure DH will describe it in more detail on his blog. The high was in the 80s the last couple of days. It's supposed to cool down this weekend, so that should make our EIGHT soccer games more bearable. At least the games are all on the same fields, but we'll still have to do some driving back and forth.

For my next story, I need to provide a little background. When DS#1 was about four years old, we went to an Easter Egg Hunt in the small town that we used to live in. We hadn't been to a public Egg Hunt like this one before. We were just expecting plastic eggs filled with candy. DS#1 got one egg with a piece of paper in it with the number "1" written on it. We saw others claiming their prizes like stuffed animals and little toys like that. When we saw the lady that we had given our piece of paper to, coming back with a big red 20-inch bicycle, we were in disbelief. DS#1 had won a bicycle! He couldn't even reach the pedals! There were some other instances of DS#1's luck in the intervening years.

Fast forward to tonight. We went to DS#1's high school for next year for an orientation and also so he could submit his schedule of classes for next year. They were giving out door prizes at the end of the orientation. There were about ten little gift bags out on the front table. They drew names from the list of all of the incoming freshmen. You had to be present to win, so there were a few kids that weren't there to claim a prize. The final two prizes were big ones, certificates to redeem a graphing calculator worth $125 and for the Summer PE Camp worth $225. DS#1 won the grand prize!!! DH and I still can't believe it!!! The Summer PE Camp is like a summer school where they can take care of their PE and Health requirements so they can take other electives during the regular school year. It's also like an orientation because it's for incoming freshmen, so they can get to know each other and have friends already when they start school in the fall. DS#1 was already very interested in doing it just because of the social aspect. Now he can go for free! He is SUCH a lucky boy! :) Now, DH and I are hoping he'll be just as lucky when it comes to college scholarships... :)