Life around the Sheridan house is never a dull moment. There's the cheer practices, hockey practices, skating lessons, hockey games, more hockey practice, oh and add in mommy getting carpul tunnel surgery and science camp and redoing Ryan's room...this is our life! Even now I am sitting with my back to a mountain of laundry that I can hear whispering my name and taunting me to fold it but no! I had carpul tunnel surgery on my left hand about 6 weeks ago. (I had the right hand done in August) It wasn't bad at all...pretty much what I knew and expected but having my left hand out of commission was a piece of cake compared to back in August when I had my right hand done since I am right handed. I managed to paint Ryan's room while he was at science camp a few weeks ago but that's because most of the labor was right handed. Ryan was supposed to leave for science camp the week prior but the roads were closed to go up to the mountain due to so much snow. This week the roads opened up and they were off! It was a nice break not having all that 5th grade homework and Ryan being his dramatic self about it plus I got to sleep in a few days. Sadly I cannot say that I am one of those parents that was crying as the buses pulled away from the school. Having 4 kids I think when one is absent, it's a huge difference. I tried to convince the teachers that Jack was a 5th grader since he's almost as big as some of them but that didn't work. :-)
Ryan's room turned out amazing!
My goal was to the bunkbeds out of there because they took up so much room and Ryan hardly ever utilized the top bunk. Also I wanted to get rid of the surfer theme that he had going. He doesn't surf, he plays hockey, so I wanted to update it a bit and give it a more"big boy" feel. Jack, of course, inherited all of Ryan's bedding which matches perfectly with Jack's room and I am painting the lower half of the bunkbed espresso to go in Jack's room for his own "big boy" bed. I kept the dresser and hutch in Ryan's room but I just repainted it and distressed it a bit plus I found a simple headboard a lady wanted to sell on craigslist for $40. I painted it to match the dresser and added some hockey sticks in the middle where I punched out a panel. The most expensive part of the entire room was the bedding because I am a Pottery Barn junkie and just can't seem to like anything else once I see something there I like. I justified it by telling myself that he will have it until he moves out so we will see if that stands.
My goal was to the bunkbeds out of there because they took up so much room and Ryan hardly ever utilized the top bunk. Also I wanted to get rid of the surfer theme that he had going. He doesn't surf, he plays hockey, so I wanted to update it a bit and give it a more"big boy" feel. Jack, of course, inherited all of Ryan's bedding which matches perfectly with Jack's room and I am painting the lower half of the bunkbed espresso to go in Jack's room for his own "big boy" bed. I kept the dresser and hutch in Ryan's room but I just repainted it and distressed it a bit plus I found a simple headboard a lady wanted to sell on craigslist for $40. I painted it to match the dresser and added some hockey sticks in the middle where I punched out a panel. The most expensive part of the entire room was the bedding because I am a Pottery Barn junkie and just can't seem to like anything else once I see something there I like. I justified it by telling myself that he will have it until he moves out so we will see if that stands.Ali had Winter Formal and went with a friend. AJ doesn't do dances but I'm hoping before he graduates next year to get him to go to at least one.
The twins turned 17 on the 17th...yes, their golden bday! We took them to Farrell's for dinner and dessert which was alot of fun since I hadn't been there in years. Being twins, the waiter made them sing to themselves and then Ryan had to sing the piggy song!
For the past few months Uncle Mark has been training with the Blue Angels about 3 hours from us so he came to visit one weekend which was great
This weekend we will go see him at the Air Show which should be lots of fun!
And lastly, even though cheer is winding down, baseball is just starting. This year Ryan stayed at the AAA level instead of moving up to Majors which was fine with me....hockey is his sport...baseball is more of a "on the side" sport to him. This year the league is naming the teams after college teams so Ryan is on the UCLA Bruins. I was a little disappointed that we weren't on the Oregon Ducks since I have some of that garb to wear being from Oregon but his team is really great. Jack has a lot of fun at the fields as well riding his scooter around and 
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rWe are finally into March now (I can't believe it) and Ryan will soon be 11! Our plan is to have about 12 boys over for pizza and go see "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" and then do a sleepover. My mom will be here so it should be manageable :-) Sorry it took me so long to post....blogger has been giving me a hard time and it's very tricky trying to download and maneuver pics ever since my little toddler stuck a paper clip in the USB port! Happy Spring!
Learning how to fall and get up correctly. I had no idea their was a right way to fall down and a right way to get up.
Practicing the falling down was key
Last week we took the little ones, aka Jack, McKenzie, and Haylee, to IrvinePark to ride the xmas train and ride the ponies. Here's where I would normally put a couple of great pics but for some reason I was unable to get them off my mom's camera. All kids rode the ponies and the train was really fun. Christmas eve we had Adam and Jenn and the girls over for prime rib dinner and the gift exchange.
McKenzie and Haylee hung out with us for a whole day pretty much so I decided we needed to make some pumpkin cakes and decorate them.
Messy but fun! AJ was a huge help since Ali was working....yes, she has a job now working at Aliso Viejo Ice Palace running the birthday parties. 
