Happy New Year - Now, go watch a soccer game.

So, Winter II is about to start, and we just got notification of the first games of the new year!  I'll continue to update as the calendar fills out, but if I recall from last year, we weren't really given a whole season's worth of games at a time.  They just dribbled in as they scheduled them.  So, here's the first two weeks' worth (sorry for the weird formatting - I just cut and pasted it out of our team manager's email.  I'm feeling lazier than usual.  Also, angry and bitter about being up at 6:30 am on a Saturday to go meet with a client.):

1/5/2013

2:00 PM

Multiplex 2

12 Boys Division 1

vs.

Cleveland Select 12

Multiplex
18909 South Miles Road
Warrensville Heights, OH 44128
216.587.7827

(this place, if you don't remember from last year, is not in the nicest part of town.  Lock your doors :))

 

1/12/2013

12:30 PM

Lodi 2

12 Boys Division 1

vs.

NEO

Merry Christmas!

Hope everyone had a lovely holiday!  I'll post some cute pictures later, including my darling husband trying to open a bottle of wine with a vegetable skewer!  You know, just typical Bickis shenanigans.

Bren's birthday cake

Created by a friend of mine - the awesomely-talented Becky Klein:

All of Brendan's friends pronounced it the Coolest Cake Ever.  I agree :)

Christmas lists

If anyone still needs ideas, right now both kids are really into Skylanders - a game for their wii.  They already have quite a few, and are getting some more for Christmas, but here is a reasonably-updated list of the ones they don't yet have:

Giants:

Ninjini
Thumpback
Eye-Brawl
Swarm

Regular:

Spyro
Wrecking Ball
Slam Bam
Zap
Chill
Drobot
Drill Sergeant
Eruptor
Ignitor
Flameslinger
Hot Dog
Hex
Fright Rider
Stealth Elf
Zook
Lightning Rod

Also, yesterday we visited a new toy store in North Canton, by Goodwill.  Natey had his eye on a number of lego sets, some knights and dragons, and some individual lego guys.  He really really wanted some troll things that were on display in one of the rooms.  Apparently they've been discontinued, but the store proprietor said he thought he might have some in storage in the basement and would try to get them out over the next couple of days.  Call for more details and let me know if you buy any of the things on this list so I can mark them off.  Thanks!

I took a couple of pictures with my cell phone.  They're not great, but you can get the general gist:

Long-term planning

Three tournaments coming up in the next six months or so:

Boys Cleveland Indoor Classic - March 9-10
Boys Northern Ohio Cup - April 20-21 (I think this is at Lodi)
Memorial Day PSI tournament May 25-27 at Pacesetter Park (this is in Toledo, OH)

This weekend (12/7)

the alarmingly early edition . . .

So much stuff to do.  I have no idea how we're going to cram it all in.

Friday:

7pm - Brendan's birthday party with friends

Saturday:

8:30-11am - Brendan volunteer Breakfast with Santa for Scouts

2pm - Olivia's birthday party

3pm - Bren soccer game

7:30 pm - Nutcracker with grandparents

Reminder: Christmas concert

There's been some calendar confusion, so I wanted to clear it up and remind everyone that Brendan's Christmas concert will be Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 7:30 PM.  Do not be alarmed if you see people leaving just as you are getting there.  The sixth grade is divided into three communities, A, B, and C.  A's concert begins that same night at 6pm, so all of those children and parents will probably be leaving just as you are arriving for B& C's concert, which begins at 7:30.  Good luck with parking, and as always, if you're there first, please save as many seats as you can!  Brendan comes with an entourage :)

I expect it to last about an hour and a half. 

In other news, we just got his interim report card, and he has As and Bs in every class, so feel free to praise him excessively when you see him :)