The Tudors and 2 weeks of life

good lord, that's a lot of good looking people in Showtime's new series, The Tudors. I'm so going to be watching that. mmm mmm mmm Jonathan Rhys Meyers is hot!

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hmmm... 2 weeks since my last update. I've been lazy to update...

ok, what have I done:

Dodgeball: 2 weeks in a row our team won! woohoo! The first week we really rocked.
Funniest play ever: Dan and one of the guys on the other team both grabbed a ball at center court. They tussled over it and Dan obviously wanted it more because he wrenched it out of the guy's hands. Then because he had the ball and the other guy was so close, Dan proceeded to attempt to throw the guy out. However in typical Dan-style this didn't mean just lobbing the ball at the guys legs. oh no, at a distance of less than 2 feet, Dan whipped it at the poor guy. Then he yelled at him that he was out, while celebrating with arms high in victory-mode. omg, it was a riot!
We did well this week too but there weren't so many funny moments. I think everyone was a little beat because it was a late 9pm game.
Unfortunately our wins didn't shoot us up in the standings but now we know where we stand for the playoffs. I've updated my schedule to reflect our first playoff game.
And speaking of dodgeball, since the season is coming to an end there's been talk of getting our team registered for the spring/summer session. I think that Sonny is going to be our new captain because Spencer is heading out west and leaving us. :( But it looks like we've got enough people so we're likely a go for Tuesdays next season.
I've also been looking to set up some pick-up games and to use these sessions as practices for the team. I've been visiting a couple of schools in the area. The catholic school board here offers their school gyms free of charge. I tried to get a school for Wednesday nights but its principal isn't back until beginning of May which leaves all of April without a place to play. So I'm going to try to get another school for Friday nights, at least until beginning of May. That would also mean that Greg can play once in a while. From mid-April through into June he'll actually be in Ottawa more on Friday nights than he will be out of town.
I also contacted the OSSC about purchasing dodgeballs directly from them. That would be so much easier and hopefully cheaper than getting them online. And the balls we would use for practicing and pick-up would be the same as those used in the league! woohoo!

Kindergarten: I finally registered Olivia for JK! I was waiting for her baptismal certificate to come in from Newmarket. I had to call them to send me a copy since I could not find the original for the life of me. My paperwork is sorely lacking any kind of organization. More on that below...
It's really cute that Olivia is so looking forward to going to school. Not only because she genuinely likes school but also because she's so excited about going to school together with Liam! When we talked about her taking the bus, she said that she was going to sit with Liam on the bus and she even asked Liam if he was going to take care of her. Liam said that of course he would. oh my, I just wanted to cuddle them!
Also, we were at the school the next day after I registered her to pick Liam up early before heading to Newmarket. His teacher knew that Olivia was coming to the school in the new year and asked her if she was excited about it. And then we saw the kindergarten teacher in the halls and she also knew that Olivia was coming in the fall. She asked Olivia about it as well. So it seems that everyone already knows Olivia before she even starts one day at the school!
And speaking of school, Olivia missed classes during March Break. Her preschool program still held classes but I didn't take her. Made up a class this week and next week we'll make up the other one.

Newmarket: Drove to my parents place last weekend to see the hubby before he took off for 2 weeks to Mexico and then Rome. Rented Casino Royale which I watched the entire weekend. Well, I watched it twice, once with my brother and mom and then again with my dad and Greg. It's such an entertaining film. Daniel Craig makes an excellent Bond. The action is crazy unbelievable but I like that there isn't so much cheese in this one.
Also went to Mongolian grill on Saturday night. man, I had too much to eat! But it was gooooood!
Took the hubby to the airport really early on Sunday morning so he could get his flight to Mexico. The boy wanted to come to wave his daddy farewell but he slept the entire way. When my brother asked Liam if he went to bring his dad to the airport he said that he hadn't gone! lol he didn't even remember going. The girl on the other hand opted to sleep in and stayed home.
We drove back home Sunday afternoon.

Extracurricular activities: Olivia's missed 2 dance classes of the new session. We skipped the first one so we could have lunch with Greg before he left for Toronto. And then this week we missed it because the class I wanted to bring her to in the afternoon isn't the one for her. I have to suck up bringing her in the mornings and just bring Aidan out with me. No morning naps for Aidan on Mondays!
Liam finally got back to Beavers the past 2 weeks after missing about a month and a half of meetings.
Liam also had a hockey game Tuesday night. The first goal his team had was one from Liam! It was an awesome shot on the net and it went in!

I got my hair cut! It's pretty much the same style, just shorter. The stylist textured it nicely so when it's flat-ironed it's pretty straight and hangs nicely. When it's not straightened it's pretty curly though. well wavy.

Taxes: I've had to go through all my papers looking for our notice of assessments. I'm not really an organized person. And I tend not to throw anything away. This results in piles and piles of papers and files all over my house, pretty much in every room. It pisses Greg off I'm sure. A few months ago, I did a bit of purging and threw out some old papers and files. However, this still ended up in piles, though admittedly smaller ones. Unfortunately I didn't bother setting aside my paperwork for taxes. Instead it ended up in the piles. So this weekend I went through everything and organized them in a system. I'm not going to say that it's the best system but it's far more organized and I think I should be able to find things I need now. Not only that, but I found the assessments! woohoo!
I've still got some work to do with the filing but I'm on my way...

and lastly,
Modeling: So I've got it in my head that Olivia would do a great job doing the modeling thing. I like the idea that she can get into it now when she doesn't have to worry about body image and being self-conscious of how she looks and acts. So I looked up some agencies on the net and found 2 that had open calls for people looking at getting into the business. On Friday I brought the girl to an agency called Lawxy. I had some pictures printed but they didn't even look at them. Based on a small talk with Olivia, the representative determined that she was a little young yet. She said it wasn't worth it for all involved to be going to auditions in Montreal and Toronto if there wasn't a good chance of Olivia getting work. There isn't a lot of work locally for kids her age and that's why all the auditions are out of town. She suggested coming back in a couple of years when Olivia's around 6 years old to see if she's more ready.
Given that I figured I would still bring her to one more agency today. I also took Liam with us. We got to the place and it was pretty packed with people. I guess this agency doesn't hold open calls very often. This modeling agency is called Angie's and she was there to speak to all the people and explain what was involved, how her agency works with the models and then had each of the people walk down a runway, tell her their name, age, school and grade point average. It's important to this woman that each of her models upholds at least a 70% average.
I really like the mentality this woman has for her models in this business. She wants her models to be smart and stay in school, gives each of them excellent advice without giving them big egos, is very straight-forward and honest and holds great relationships with the parents to ensure that everyone is comfortable with the processes of being a model.
So we were at the agency for an hour before my kids got the chance to walk the runway. Liam went first. He did well. He answered Angie's questions and she would like to register him. Then it was the girl's turn. She walked down the runway and also answered Angie's questions well. She was asked what her name was and how old she was. Then Angie asked her if she wanted to have her picture taken or to act in commercials. Olivia thought about this for a bit (as she is wont to do whenever asked any question), looked Angie straight in the eye, and loudly and clearly answered, "No."
wait for it... *facepalm* oy...
Angie looks at me and says, "She really doesn't want to do this. Bring her back when she's ready and we'll register her too."
So Liam is in. Olivia is out. *rolls eyes*
Honestly, given this response, Olivia is definitely too young to even understand what's going on. I'll give her a little more time, see if she likes what Liam will go through (if I decided to sign him up) and try again in a couple of years.

So when Angie said I could register Liam with her agency she sent home some papers for me to read. Now it looks like when you register, you're supposed to take this on-camera workshop. This is great, really. I mean, it's understandable that the agency wants their models to know what they're doing and what they're getting into before sending them out to work. With that said, the cost of the workshop is an inordinate amount of money. I'm talking as much money as I paid for Liam to play the entire season of hockey this year and the workshop is only 14 hours. I'm sure that there will be a lot to learn but I wonder how much a boy of 6 could possibly retain from this workshop. This workshop is available to all ages from 4-18. And it costs the same for everyone. Can they really expect a 6 year old to get as much value from the training as someone who is 13-18? It could be that the training is optional so I'll have to contact Angie before Monday when I'm supposed to go in and register Liam. If I have to pay that much money for something I don't even know that Liam really wants to do, or if he finds he doesn't really like it, I'm pretty hesitant to shell it out... we'll see...

I've finished another book which I'll post about next. And I've been watching ANTM (Rene is such a bitch, but the competition is pretty fun to watch, everyone is looking good), Project Catwalk (I love all the english accents!) and CSI Season 6.
I also watched She's The Man a couple of times in the past couple of weeks. I love that movie! Like my cousin says, that Amanda Bynes is one sassy young lady. It's such fluff but it's just so enjoyable for me. And I just love all the mixed up identities. It just warms my heart. :)
oh and I've been listening to The Fratellis and Scissor Sisters. Good fun music to bring in the spring, which by the way, we've been having such lovely warm weather lately.

well, that's 2 weeks in an overgrown nutshell.