2010 Halloween!!!!

This Halloween was going to be a very busy day…

We woke up and I made pumpkin shaped pancakes for the family. After breakfast Paul was off to work and I had to drive the kids to Beaverton for a bowling fundraiser with Paityn’s softball team. All the kids were dressing up in their costumes and bowling.

The girls ended up raising over $500.00. Not bad for 2 hours of bowling and Paityn won the “best costume” award!!!!

Paityn was a "fat" ballerina and Maddux was "Batman"

Then we were off to pick up some pumpkins, since Madux had just gotten home the day before from California. We carved them and then got the kids ready for Trick - or - Treating.

The day was a success and everyone had a great time!!!!

Maddux in CA Again…

Maddux was able to go to Hilmar with Danny and Judy when they left Paityn’s birthday.

I miss him like crazy when he goes, but I just think about how good it is for both him and Danny and Judy that at least Maddux can go down and visit. I wanted to be able to send Paityn down, but with school, basketball, and priorities I just couldn’t. Plus she does not like to miss even 1 day of school.

Danny and Judy had so much planned for Maddux while he was down. They want to be able to fit everything in a short week. They went to Santa Cruz, Monterey, golfing, visit family, a game center where he rode go carts, and so much more!!!!

Danny brought Maddux back to Oregon today, the day before Halloween. Danny is so sweet, he fly’s with Maddux and then turns around and takes the next flight home. I guess we are very lucky we only live a short hour flight away from each other.

1st Softball Camp

This last weekend Paityn went to her first softball camp. We decided on sending here for a couple reasons….
1. Fall Ball just ended and they only played 2 weekends
2. It was at George Fox which is a local college
3. It was very inexpensive!!!!

We weren’t sure who was going to be there from other teams so wasn’t sure what to expect. We were walking up and noticed that some of the Panther girls were there, she immediately ran up them and felt comfortable. Even though she doesn’t play softball with them anymore, she is still very close a few of them. Then a couple of the Newberg girls came in and put their noses up at her. I think it is so funny how the Newberg girls don’t like her, I just tell her that they are jealous and not to worry about it. I know she does worry about it though.

The weekend days were filled with throwing, running plays, hitting, and getting timed.

Paityn had a lot of fun and was very happy she completed it. She did great!!!!

Paityn's Big Birthday Weekend!!!!

Friday was Paityn’s 12th birthday and the princess had 2 parties!!!

1. Friend Party: Friday October 8th was her friend “slumber party”. She had 10 close friends come over. At first I wasn’t stressed at all, but the closer it got the more stressed out I got!!! The main reason I was stressed was mainly because I realized that Paul wasn’t going to be there to help me (not that he would be that much help – he is more of a kid than they are), but at least he would have been there. So there were 11 girls counting Paityn and MADDUX!!!

The girls were really good though. All the girls got to the house about 4:00 PM (Friday) and immediately started playing. They went outside for a long time playing volleyball, soccer, and just running around, coming in only for drinks and snacks. Paityn then opened her presents. I thought we would get it out of the way and not make everyone wait. One of her friends got her a “flag football” set, so they immediately went down to the school and set up a game. They played for about 1 hour (until it started getting dark). I was really surprised on how fast the girls ran and how some of them threw spirals…. We all came back to the house and ate pizza, drank soda, and ate candy!!!! I did have an activity for them to do as well. They decorated their own nightshirts. They were able to use fabric markers and write or draw something on each other’s shirts. That way they could remember who was at the party!!! They then played multiple games and had a “blast”. Paul finally got home about 12:30 AM and got the girls all wound up again. He ate and then went upstairs to go to sleep with Maddux. The girls finally went to sleep about 4:00 AM and only slep until about 8:00 AM when I came downstairs and started making breakfast. They were supposedly all STARVING!!!! The last girls left about 12:30 PM which gave me just enough time to clean up the house before Danny, Judy, and Grandma came to visit for the weekend. Overall it was a great party and she had fun!!!! (to me, that is all that matters)






2. Family Party: Monday October 11th was the “family BBQ party”.

The family dinner was so much more relaxing. She wanted the type of food that we used to make for her BIG Birthday Parties in CA. Most of you will remeber those....Tri Tip, cheesy poataoes, Avo's Portuguese beans, garlic bread, and salad. Then she requested that I make her birthday cake. She asked for a german chocolate cake.

Both parties were a success and everything worked out great!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Happy 12th Birthday baby girl!!!!

Today Paityn tried a new sport…..

She came home one day a few days ago asking if she could play basketball? “of course” I said, where is this coming from?

Both Paul and I took her down to the Newberg High School gym to see what this was going to turn out to be. Not much information was given out. Turned out it was just Open Gym. There were 8 girls that showed up to this “open gym”. Most of them had played previously, but there were a couple girls including Paityn that this was there first time. You could obviously tell who was new and who wasn’t. We had a great time watching and laughing.

More to come on this sport…I’m sure!!!

Maddux and Daddy Time….

Tuesday’s are no known as “Maddux and Daddy Days” in the Willoughby house.

With Paul having minday and Tuesday’s off from work and the kids back in school, we wanted to make sure that Maddux spent time with dad. Tuesday seemed to be the best day for this. It gave Paul Monday to relax from his long work week and gave Maddux a day off from pre-school.

Paul started working out at the gym again and we were able to get the kids into swim anytime. So on Tuesday’s paul take Maddux down to the (indoor) pool and takes Maddux swimming and let him slide down the kiddy slide.

Today Maddux talked to me on the phone and told me that he slid down the slide like a Penguin…..He went down on his belly and landed in the water with his head, arms, and legs up in the air.

They both work up such a big appitite that they need to go get lunch!!!! Today it was Jem 100 (a local ice cream, burger diner).

1-1 for Softball

Sunday Paityn’s team went 1-1……

First of all it was nice to finally be able to watch softball again!!!! After the last two weeks of being cancelled by rain, we woke up worried about this Sunday. Newberg was gray and the street was wet. I went outside and there was a light rain. I immediately grabbed my phone to look at the weather in Hillsboro. The weather app said cloudy, so I decided it was time to get up and get motivated. I packed the ice chest and Maddux’s “snack bag”, started breakfast, and of course an extra large pot of coffee.

Paityn’s team played two teams that were both 14u’s. They won the first game, but lost the second game. She played short stop in both games and did great. Paityn made a couple great “put-outs” and looked good.

Maddux played in the park just about the entire time we were there. He came over to the game a couple times to get drinks and of course his snacks!!!!

I LOVE MY DUCKS!!!!!