A Winning Day All Around

Today was a busy day, but a winning day all around. Jacob had a dance competition in Redondo Beach. He decided that it would be nice if Marlon could be there for his competitions because usually I go to them (they are all day and often late into the evening and even over two days, although this was a good schedule of 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.) and Marlon usually does the "Saturday Sports" stuff. So, we switched. Marlon took Jacob to the competition and I stayed here to handle everything else.

It worked well and everyone enjoyed the change of pace. Marlon found the dance competition fun, although he said it was a lot of sitting around and there's an awful lot of drama surrounding the whole thing.

Jacob competed in three groups (three different numbers). His large group jazz, which has been doing really well at competitions and got platinum (highest you can get!), his boys honor group jazz number, which hasn't been doing that well, which got silver, and his large group hip hop production which also got silver, which was surprising because it got platinum last time. He personally did really well and was very positive about the day, so it was a success. He has a nice trophy to show for it.

I took Harrison to rehearsal for the Irvine School District Spring Honor Band, which lasted all morning. While he was there, Michela had the house to herself to play, which she really enjoyed, and I got a ton of stuff done in the office on the computer. It was such a joy to be home all morning and ALONE (well, Michela was here.)

We picked Harrison up, re-grouped and then I had to get them both ready for their games. They were back to back, so I was able to be at both. It was the last saturday game before playoffs, so it was important for both of them to determine their standings.

Michela's team won 12 to 6. She had a great hit and walked to get on base one inning. Then, she was hit in the head by a pitch the last inning, which got her on base. Thank goodness for helmets.

She played excellent at catcher for 5 innings and it was a great game for her.

Harrison's game was also fantastic. They won 11-5 and it puts them in a great position for the playoffs. in order to be ranked first in the standings, they needed to win and the Diamondbacks needed to lose and both things happened, so they're number one right now! He did great in the field, playing catcher, third base and left field. His batting wasn't the greatest - he's been in kind of a slump for hitting since we got back from our trip, so we're going to get him some privates with a private hitting instructor to see what's going on.

But he got on base by running on a 3rd drop strike and, due to overthrows, it ended up being a triple. That was amazing. He also got on base by getting hit in the head with a pitch and it knocked his whole helmet off!

Marlon and I are in charge of maintaining the electric school board (with a remote thing) and doing the announcing, so that was fun - I like being the announcer and saying the boys names all official like and doing commentary.

The team went for dinner at Soup Plantation afterwards and now everyone is in BED!

Hope you had a great day too.