Friday, May 21, 2010
Big 9 Champs!
Matt's baseball team swept Albert Lea tonight to become conference champions for the first time since 1988. The first game was closer than the second, but the second game was one out away from a perfect game which made both games exciting. Way to go, Coach! We are so proud of you. Being a coach requires Mattey to put in a lot of time at the ball field. It gets a little crazy at times trying to coordinate schedules, but when something like this happens, it all seems so worth it. The team has worked hard this year and they deserve it. Awesome job, Huskies! Keep up the good work. Who knows, maybe we can repeat last year and head to state! In the words of Kelsey "goooooooo uskies!"
Kelsey's Latest Top Ten
10. Waking up at 5:00am and standing in her crib yelling "Mama" until I go get her and bring her to cuddle with us
9. Counting up to 15 while putting out her fingers while she does it. Now, usuaully the fingers don't coincide with the number she is saying, but she has the right idea! She also likes to touch things like pictures in her books, her dolls, her kitchen food and count them as well.
8. I asked her if she wanted something to drink and she said "juice". I replied "apple juice?" and she says back " Ya, I like apple juice"
7. Singing along to every single word on Team Oomizoomi( and tons of other songs she has picked up on!)
6. Asking for her huskies shirt whenever I say we are going to Daddy's baseball game
5. Sitting on her Dora toilet seat, saying "tinkle, tinkle" or "shhhhhooooo" and then ripping toilet paper and putting it in the toilet. We are still awaiting the magical moment when she actually goes though!
4. Telling me "no help mama" when I try to help with things now. She needs to try it first
3. Repeating everything!
2. Laying on her belly and reading books. We have read some of them so much she has them memorized and reads them to us. Her favorites are What's Up Duck, Big Red Barn, Moo Baa Lalala, Oh No David, The Going to Bed Book, and Five Little Strawberries
1. Playing with her dolls. She will say "oh no, baby crying (which comes out more like "baby kying"). Then she shushs the baby and says "no ky baby" while patting its back. We have a little mama in the making :)
9. Counting up to 15 while putting out her fingers while she does it. Now, usuaully the fingers don't coincide with the number she is saying, but she has the right idea! She also likes to touch things like pictures in her books, her dolls, her kitchen food and count them as well.
8. I asked her if she wanted something to drink and she said "juice". I replied "apple juice?" and she says back " Ya, I like apple juice"
7. Singing along to every single word on Team Oomizoomi( and tons of other songs she has picked up on!)
6. Asking for her huskies shirt whenever I say we are going to Daddy's baseball game
5. Sitting on her Dora toilet seat, saying "tinkle, tinkle" or "shhhhhooooo" and then ripping toilet paper and putting it in the toilet. We are still awaiting the magical moment when she actually goes though!
4. Telling me "no help mama" when I try to help with things now. She needs to try it first
3. Repeating everything!
2. Laying on her belly and reading books. We have read some of them so much she has them memorized and reads them to us. Her favorites are What's Up Duck, Big Red Barn, Moo Baa Lalala, Oh No David, The Going to Bed Book, and Five Little Strawberries
1. Playing with her dolls. She will say "oh no, baby crying (which comes out more like "baby kying"). Then she shushs the baby and says "no ky baby" while patting its back. We have a little mama in the making :)
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Congratulations, Matt!
It is the season of graduation time and our family got to honor our very own graduate. Matt has been working on getting his master's degree for the past two years through an online program offered through the University of Wisconsin-Stout. Mattey and I spent some time talking about where the two years have gone. It was kind of sudden that he even decided to enter the program. My roommate Liz had started this program and was talking to Matt about it. At the time, I was one year into my masters and we had just had Kelsey. Matt knew he eventually wanted to get his master's degree, but he wasn't sure how he would fit it in with coaching football and baseball, running intermural basketball, teaching full-time, me getting my degree and a brand new baby. However, he took on the task and here we are two years later. His classes were very demanding and required that he be on the computer daily to make posts, do readings, or complete assignments. At times it was very stressful, but he made it work. We are SOOOO proud of you, Mattey! What an amazing accomplishment.
To start the day on Saturday, we were up bright and early to make our way to Menomonie for the 9:30am ceremony. Dave, Vickie, Stacey, and Lucas went, too. When we arrived, it was pretty chaotic. We had to stand in a line that wrapped around the field house just to get in. Once we got in the field house, things went pretty quickly as far as graduations go. The set-up was nice too because there was an open area next to us that we could get up with Kelsey if needed. For getting up early and shaking up her schedule, she did really well. My roommate Liz also walked at the ceremony and she and Matt sat next to each since their last names are close. How ironic since that is how it all started!
When we got back to Owatonna, Matt's family, along with my brother and sister, had a party to celebrate all Matt's hard work. I really do love when our families get together because it is such a fun crew. Everyone gets along really well and all the kids play great together. The weather was perfect and we had a great day to grill out and play yard games. At one point, we had a big game of kickball. It was quite a scene. I spent most of the time laughing at the adults trying to organize everyone and get them to kick the ball and run the bases.
Thank you to everyone who brought food to share. It made my life a lot easier! Thank you for helping get everything set up and cleaned up afterward. Thank you for making it so easy to host everyone and being with us to honor Matt and his accomplishment. We have such amazing families and we always feel so lucky to be part of this group.
To start the day on Saturday, we were up bright and early to make our way to Menomonie for the 9:30am ceremony. Dave, Vickie, Stacey, and Lucas went, too. When we arrived, it was pretty chaotic. We had to stand in a line that wrapped around the field house just to get in. Once we got in the field house, things went pretty quickly as far as graduations go. The set-up was nice too because there was an open area next to us that we could get up with Kelsey if needed. For getting up early and shaking up her schedule, she did really well. My roommate Liz also walked at the ceremony and she and Matt sat next to each since their last names are close. How ironic since that is how it all started!
When we got back to Owatonna, Matt's family, along with my brother and sister, had a party to celebrate all Matt's hard work. I really do love when our families get together because it is such a fun crew. Everyone gets along really well and all the kids play great together. The weather was perfect and we had a great day to grill out and play yard games. At one point, we had a big game of kickball. It was quite a scene. I spent most of the time laughing at the adults trying to organize everyone and get them to kick the ball and run the bases.
Thank you to everyone who brought food to share. It made my life a lot easier! Thank you for helping get everything set up and cleaned up afterward. Thank you for making it so easy to host everyone and being with us to honor Matt and his accomplishment. We have such amazing families and we always feel so lucky to be part of this group.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Mother's Day Weekend
Happy Mother's Day! We had another great weekend! To start things off, we spent Friday night watching the movie It's Complicated. It seems like we haven't just spent a night at home with no plans for awhile, so it was very relaxing. Plus, the movie was cute and kept us both awake;)
Saturday morning brought swimming lessons again. We missed last week because of the 5k walk. Kelsey does pretty well with the back float now and likes to throw the floating dumbbell and then have to swim to get it. Afterward, Mattey had a baseball game. So, we spent the afternoon at the ball park. However, we dressed more for a fall football game than a spring baseball game. I even had to pull out Kelsey's winter hat and mittens. It was chilly, complete with sleet and snowflakes! Grandma and Grandpa came to root on the Huskies, too.
Sunday I woke up to a beautiful card from Kelsey and a gift certificate for a massage. It was very sweet and thoughtful. Following a cuddle session in bed while we watched cartoons, we made our way to church. Next stop was breakfast with Matt's family. Nate and Diane came down to join us as well.
After breakfast, we did our annual mother's day event of potting our flowers. This year we went to Souba's for our flowers. They had a really good selection. Kelsey liked helping to push the cart with Daddy.
I am very fortunate that Matt's mom is always willing to help me with this because I definitely do not have a green thumb. Stacey always generously allows us to make a mess in her garage with all the potting soil and flowers.
While we worked outside, Kelsey took a nap inside and then cuddled with Grandpa when she woke up.
Due to the cold weather, we are waiting to put them out for a few days. In the past, we have usually done our garden on mother's day as well, but we are waiting until it warms up.
We spent the rest of the afternoon playing outside with the kids and finished by ordering pizza.
We did find a little time to play at home before bath, books, and bed tonight. I thought a lot today about how lucky I am to be a mother and celebrating this day. Both Matt and I have had such amazing role models for mothers and we feel so blessed for that. I only hope I can be as good of a mom to Kelsey as they have/had been to us.
On this mother's day, I want to tell my beautiful Kelsey girl that I am so proud to be her mama. She has brought more joy to my life than I ever knew possible. Both she and Matt are my whole world and being a mother has truly made me feel so incredibly blessed. Kelsey is such an amazing child who is full of life and makes me smile everyday. I love being her mother :)
Saturday morning brought swimming lessons again. We missed last week because of the 5k walk. Kelsey does pretty well with the back float now and likes to throw the floating dumbbell and then have to swim to get it. Afterward, Mattey had a baseball game. So, we spent the afternoon at the ball park. However, we dressed more for a fall football game than a spring baseball game. I even had to pull out Kelsey's winter hat and mittens. It was chilly, complete with sleet and snowflakes! Grandma and Grandpa came to root on the Huskies, too.
Sunday I woke up to a beautiful card from Kelsey and a gift certificate for a massage. It was very sweet and thoughtful. Following a cuddle session in bed while we watched cartoons, we made our way to church. Next stop was breakfast with Matt's family. Nate and Diane came down to join us as well.
After breakfast, we did our annual mother's day event of potting our flowers. This year we went to Souba's for our flowers. They had a really good selection. Kelsey liked helping to push the cart with Daddy.
I am very fortunate that Matt's mom is always willing to help me with this because I definitely do not have a green thumb. Stacey always generously allows us to make a mess in her garage with all the potting soil and flowers.
While we worked outside, Kelsey took a nap inside and then cuddled with Grandpa when she woke up.
Due to the cold weather, we are waiting to put them out for a few days. In the past, we have usually done our garden on mother's day as well, but we are waiting until it warms up.
We spent the rest of the afternoon playing outside with the kids and finished by ordering pizza.
We did find a little time to play at home before bath, books, and bed tonight. I thought a lot today about how lucky I am to be a mother and celebrating this day. Both Matt and I have had such amazing role models for mothers and we feel so blessed for that. I only hope I can be as good of a mom to Kelsey as they have/had been to us.
On this mother's day, I want to tell my beautiful Kelsey girl that I am so proud to be her mama. She has brought more joy to my life than I ever knew possible. Both she and Matt are my whole world and being a mother has truly made me feel so incredibly blessed. Kelsey is such an amazing child who is full of life and makes me smile everyday. I love being her mother :)
Saturday, May 8, 2010
And We're Back in Business!
YAY! Our new USB cord came today and so far, so good! I was able to add a few new pictures to the blog post about the walk and seeing our college friends. I have been waiting for the cord to come all week and am happy this seems to have solved the problem. I will try to add more pictures tomorrow to update on mother's day and our weekend.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Camera Down
Our camera has decided that it does not want to work correctly. It is not allowing the pictures from the camera to transfer to the computer. We think it is the USB cord and are hoping that will fix the problem. Until then, our posts will be pictureless :(
Monday, May 3, 2010
Walking and Partying
It was another busy weekend for the Skala family! Friday night we spent a romantic night at the grocery store. Afterward, Matt's parents came over to spend some time with Kelsey. She showed them a lot of her new things she can do and was very excited to see them.
Saturday morning, Kelsey, Diane, Stacey and I walked in the 2nd annual From the Heart 5k/Half-marathon. The proceeds from the race go to support a local family who is battling cancer. It was a very windy day, but most of the walk was on a path that was surrounded by trees to block the wind. Growing up with my dad as a runner, I have always had a goal to run a marathon like he does. Seeing how tired I was after the 5k, I realize I have a big challenge ahead. Let's hope someday I can blog about checking the goal off my list. Heck, if I can run the 5k next year rather than walk, I will be making a huge step! Kelsey fell asleep shortly after the race began and slept the whole time. Seriously, this child makes everything so easy :)
After the walk, we came home to finish a ton of house work that I have been putting off. Later that day, Matt and I went to a surprise party for our good friend, Chris. Stacey and Matt watched Kelsey for us. It sounds like they had a lot of fun, complete with a sleepover in the living room until we picked her up. 
While they played, we enjoyed catching up with college friends. It seems we just don't seem them enough. They are such a fun group to be around and we are so happy we were able to see them all. 
Sunday we went to lunch to celebrate Nate, Matt G's, and Dave's birthdays.
Afterward, we spent some time at Nate and Diane's house watching the Twins and playing the Wii. By the time we got home Sunday afternoon, Mattey had to quickly finish up a master's project before we all pretty much crashed for the night. Again, it was a fun, family-filled weekend.
Saturday morning, Kelsey, Diane, Stacey and I walked in the 2nd annual From the Heart 5k/Half-marathon. The proceeds from the race go to support a local family who is battling cancer. It was a very windy day, but most of the walk was on a path that was surrounded by trees to block the wind. Growing up with my dad as a runner, I have always had a goal to run a marathon like he does. Seeing how tired I was after the 5k, I realize I have a big challenge ahead. Let's hope someday I can blog about checking the goal off my list. Heck, if I can run the 5k next year rather than walk, I will be making a huge step! Kelsey fell asleep shortly after the race began and slept the whole time. Seriously, this child makes everything so easy :)
After the walk, we came home to finish a ton of house work that I have been putting off. Later that day, Matt and I went to a surprise party for our good friend, Chris. Stacey and Matt watched Kelsey for us. It sounds like they had a lot of fun, complete with a sleepover in the living room until we picked her up. 
While they played, we enjoyed catching up with college friends. It seems we just don't seem them enough. They are such a fun group to be around and we are so happy we were able to see them all. 
Sunday we went to lunch to celebrate Nate, Matt G's, and Dave's birthdays.
Afterward, we spent some time at Nate and Diane's house watching the Twins and playing the Wii. By the time we got home Sunday afternoon, Mattey had to quickly finish up a master's project before we all pretty much crashed for the night. Again, it was a fun, family-filled weekend.
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