Our last two weekends have been very soggy - I just wish the rain would stop!  Last Sunday, we suffered through Conner's soccer game in the (cold) rain.  It was definitely not a lot of fun.  I had book club immediately following and didn't think to bring a change of shoes, so I was still freezing (and wet) when I got home later.  Fortunately, today's game was canceled.

Conner had his first baseball game on Friday night (for which the weather was beautiful, thank goodness!).  This year has been quite a change for the way they're playing.  Because he's now in the D-Instructional league, they play real positions, can strike out on three swings, and play 3 outs per inning.  (None of which happened last year.)  They also play 5 innings instead of the two in t-ball.  Conner did a great job - he played 4 innings at second base, stopped the ball every time it was hit to him, and even threw a boy out at first. (Yay!)  He was up to bat 3 times and hit the ball each time.  They got him out at first once, but he made it safely every other time.  All in all, a great night.  Oh, and they "don't keep score", but the team won 12 - 5 (I'm the scorekeeper.).

He got a set of Legos for his birthday from Weyla Ruth and has been playing with them on an almost-daily basis, so yesterday Conner and Audrey and I went to Toys 'R Us to see what other Legos we could find for him.  We raided his piggy bank for some money before we left so that he would (hopefully) feel more responsible for them.  Conner wanted to get a set that made a pretty neat-looking firetruck, but I wouldn't let him (yes, I interfered even though I didn't intend to) because that would've been most of his money to make one thing. We ended up agreeing on a tub of 200+ Legos and an additional small kit that makes a cool helicopter.  When we got home, he sat for over an hour and made a couple of versions of the helicopter - it was definitely a hit!

I grabbed a few dollars from Audrey's bank before we left, too.  She picked out a little Dora bubble holder and a yellow water bottle with a straw.  She even had a dollar left!  As we were leaving, we decided that we were going to go to Wendy's for dinner - Aud said that she would pay for dinner with her dollar.  Luckily, the girl at the counter played along and humored her (Audrey actually asked for my "card" to give the girl with her dollar - she's a girl who knows her money!).  I sent her and Conner back up to the counter with dollars in hand a little later to get frostees.

We had an interesting week last week - after heading up to Pickerington for Saturday night (Eric and I went to a MercyMe concert at OSU), Mom and I decided that Audrey would stay with her for a couple of days. We decided to meet Tuesday at the Jeffersonville outlets to trade her back.  Everything was fine; we met, caught up, the kids and I went to a couple of stores and then headed out. On our way out of the mall, a girl (probably college-aged) hit us with her car.  It was crazy. She ran right into the front left corner of the Flex. It scraped up the wheel and dented up the corner. Luckily, the car was drivable though my hands were at more of a 1-and-7 position than 10-and-2 to keep the car going straight!  We left it at the Ford dealer closest to our house; Doug came and picked us up to take us home. I hadn't been able to get ahold of Eric because he was outside working all night. Everything's turned out ok with the insurance and all. I've been driving a rental car since Wednesday and will hopefully get the Flex back next Friday (though the dealership cautioned that it could take longer because they had to order parts). I actually talked to the girl's dad yesterday. He was very open about her accepting blame (as she should) and said he'd talk to his insurance agent about whether he should just pay it out of pocket or use his insurance.  I'm just glad that everything worked out ok!  It's actually been kinda nice to drive a car for a few days (it feels much zippier than my Flex!) but it's not nearly as comfortable.