Catch up is an UNDERSTATEMENT!

I just found this post saved in my log, so I'm posting it now rather than waiting any longer to share since I have now logged in and had this same post started twice!!

So once again, I find myself in the position of trying to play catch up! The REALLY sad thing is that when I logged in today to at least start a catch up post - I already had another one in here! Sometimes I'll just login and create a "skeleton" post with a list of things I want to blog about so I don't forget, so that's what I mean when I say there was already a catch up post started. Anyway, I'll just start with that one and go from there!

Trying to play basketball with big kids
So pretty much anytime we went to the playground back in March/April, Riley would run onto the court with his ball into the middle of the big boys basketball game. He has no concept of size! Or the danger he's in with all those big boys running and not necessarily thinking about a pint size player standing in their way! It almost got to the point where I'd try to listen for dribbling before we went around the corner so I could avoid the drama of trying to keep him out of their way. But he's pretty much hell bent on hitting the court once you even start walking that way, so that was easier said than done! Now the boys that play there know him by name, so they are pretty cool about it! Of course, they are only in middle school so Mama can take them if I have to! ha!an

Dribbling! OMG!
I have a video I need to upload of this. After seeing the "big" boys play basketball and watching probably WAY too much March Madness - Riley became obsessed with figuring out how to "dribble". He'd practice for what seemed like hours a day trying to master it. He's slowed down on it a bit, but every once in a while gets hooked on it again.

We really have reached the phase where he does something that makes Kelly and I just look at each other in amazement almost every day! He's definitely in the "sponge" phase.

Mommy's Little Helper
He helps with EVERYTHING - throwing things away, putting his clothes in the dirty clothes hamper, sorting laundry, any and everything! Which sometimes means Mommy has to do the same task 3 times, but he's teaching me to appreciate inefficiencies! :) I'm the person that has the most efficient route mapped out to the grocery store (most highway, most right hand turns on red, etc) so this is another life lesson Riley is here to teach me! :)

Easter
Riley almost slept through all of Easter! He did eventually wake up enough to hunt some eggs with the other kids. It was like as soon as he got the hang of it - it was over! :(

Mommy's 1st Business Trip
I actually had to go on my 1st 2 business trips almost back to back. I went to Boston for 1 night, then had to go to Vegas for a WEEK the following week! If I had not had to speak the the IBM Impact Conference, I'm pretty sure I would have been a BASKET case! But I was already a BASKET case being nervous about having to speak in front of so many people twice!! I'm happy to report all went well! My speaking session couldn't have gone better! I was totally in the zone and knocked it out of the park! In fact, I probably couldn't channel that good of a presentation ever again! ha! I also got an individual award and recognition at work based on how well my presentation and the delivery of the big project I've been on the last 4+ years went. Now I can take a breath!! ha!

Mommy & Daddy do Vegas!
Since I was already going to Vegas for work, and I knew Kelly would be home with Riley all week - we made arrangements for my Mom and Talana Banana to watch Riley so Kelly could go to Vegas with me the weekend before my conference. We had old school dance all night fun!! And all went well back home with Riley! Talana ended up having to watch him1 extra night bc Kelly couldn't get out of Vegas, but other than that all went well! Probably better than I could have hoped for! My Mom made fun of me for my typed out instructions for her and Talana, and I think she may have left as many pages of hand written instructions on top of mine! Kettle meet pot! ha! I wonder where I get it from?!

Playground Fun "SIDE"
I think I already touched on this in my other post! One of Riley's favorite things!!

Chips - Watch out!
OMG! Riley LOVES chips! Like so much that he'll jump out of your arms to eat them if they put the chips on the table before you sit down at a Mexican restaurant! And he dips too! It is the funniest thing!!

The End of an Era - starting daycare June 7th
I already touched on this in my last post too. We were very lucky to have Ms. Emily as long as we did, but she wanted to take the summer off to be with her boys so the time came for Riley to start daycare. Luckily, he's in the right place now! We love Sloan! And he can actually go there through 5th grade if we choose for him too! Which I LOVE! It's like the best of both worlds! You get to live in the city, but go to a small, christian school! What more could we ask for?!