Lunch and a Baseball Game

We had a fun family day planned yesterday! We headed to Red Robin to celebrate Michael's birthday (a couple of days early-his birthday is actually tomorrow). He had never eaten there and I knew he would love and he did!

This was my lunch-so huge and so delicious!!!!





Next we were off to see the New Britain Rock cats, the Double AA affiliate for the Minnesota Twins. We were supposed to go back in June with the Little League but it got rained out.



Tucker and Michael show off the program


the mascots arrived by bus...
Tucker got a "claw" and we had a good time with it!


the players take the field


we were under a severe thunderstorm watch and the clouds came in along with the thunder and the rain. The game never stopped and the place cleared out so we had the section to ourselves!


We also checked out the "fan zone" where they had a bouncy obstacle course and baseball game to play!




The Rock cats ended up winning 8-4! It was a great day and despite it being an hour away, I think we may go back there next year for a few games despite having a local affiliate 20 mins away! It was a really nice stadium and we had a blast!

Vacation-Days 1 and 2: CocoKeys

To start of our vacation, we headed to Coco Key Resort, an indoor water park in Waterbury. They have great package deals where you got the hotel for one night but the water park for the two days you are there! when we asked Tucker who he wanted to bring, he said "Cassandra" (our niece) so we dragged her along for the fun!!!

There's a giant bucket that fills up with water and then tips over-----sending water everywhere~




They had a great lazy river that you just float around on on these inner tubes! Here, Michael, Cassandra, and Tucker enjoy it!

There was water basketball which Tucker enjoyed playing with Cassandra....



Of course, the big hit was the water slides...you had to climb like 4 stories to get to them but boy were they fun! even though we didin't get a picture of me, I did do the water slide a few times!

Going up....



There was also a survivor type of rope course that only Tucker could do! Seriously, he whipped across there so fast it was hard to catch him on camera!

I even gave it a shot and ....didn't make it far! )it's a lot harder than it looks)


Cassandra gives it a shot... (with Tucker looking on)
Oops-she's going in (Tucker's dancing around the pole now!)
Michael gave it a shot and made it acorss but not as fast as Tucker!


There was also an arcade that we checked out----Tucker won 400 tickets on the Deal or No Deal game!

Having fun, racing against Daddy....



And Cassandra....

After dinner we relaxed in the hotel room.....









All of the rooms opened onto this great courtyard....


We also spent some time in the hotel pool (beacause apparently we 7 hours in the water park wasn't enough!) We left the next morning before lunch right after the 3 buses of kids rolled in and the place got crazy! All in all, I would say we had a good time!

Cassandra, Tucker, and Michael


A family shot (we took a couple of these and they all came out blurry!)

Daybook

For today...Monday, August 15, 2011

On My Mind..I really need to get back into blogging...we've been back from vacation for a week no and I still have to post about it...Tucker and I got hooked into an "extreme Couponing" marathon on TLC yesterday and while it was fascinating, I also wondered how realistic it is. Seriously I like to get things cheap and/or free as much as the next person, but do you really need to get 93 bags of croutons just because they are free?!

Outside My Window..it has finally stopped raining! ... and it has cooled off!

What We're Reading...recently, I finished The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory and The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier and just started Summer of my German Soldier by Bette Greene...Tucker has been reading Matt Christopher and Encyclopedia Books this summer as well as some Magic School Bus books my mom's neighbor gave him.

What We're Listening to...I just finished Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares and while I wasn't thrilled with it, it ended pretty well...I'm now listening to Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult...Tucker and I listened to Tuck Everlasting and we both really enjoyed it.

What We're Watching...as I mentioned, Tucker and I enjoyed Extreme Couponing yesterday...happy with SYTYCD results...still watching reruns of Two and a Half Men and Big Bang Theory...anything on Nick, particularly iCarly and Victorious...just watched The Outsiders on Netflix and can't believed I never saw it before!

I am Hoping...to sleep better tonight

In the Kitchen....chicken pot pie, fish, chicken

Around the House...dishes are done...laundry is all done, just waiting to be folded!

Coming Up This Week...soccer practices Tues and Thurs...he has a friend's birthday party on Sat...New Britain Rock Cats baseball game on Sun.

Picture Thought...
Tucker had a soccer tournament this weekend (unfortunately they only played one day; it got rained out on Sunday!). Here Tucker leads the way down the field!

Posted by Cindy at 6:29 PM