Longing for the ESPN days

It's football season and soon it will be basketball season!  I don't even want to think about of all of the games we're going to miss!  Last night was Monday.  I remembered the days when we'd relax watching Monday night football.  I don't really watch the game, but I enjoyed spending the time with Kyle while he watched the games.  Last spring, we disconnected our satellite dish.  Paying nearly $70 a month didn't seem to make much sense in April.  We never got to watch tv and if we did it was junky shows.   Since there weren't any sports on at the time it seemed like a good idea.  Now a new season of Dexter is about to start.  Plus there's upcoming football and basketball games.  How I wish we could just pay for 2 channels!

So, why did we disconnect everything?  Here's the rundown of our week and you'll understand why!
Monday: kids cross country practice
Tuesday: piano and violin lessons
Wednesday: girl and boy scouts
Thursday: cross country again
Saturday: swimming, ballet, volleyball
Sundays/other random days: cross country meets

By the time we get the kids to bed we're too exhausted to stay up past 9:30!  It's quite embarrassing!  Luckily we can watch our favorite shows..Modern Family and Project Runway on hulu.com.  We can hope our favorite games are on local channels...and we got netflix to watch kids cartoons and occasional outdated but decent movies.

I never thought we'd be this busy, but the kids enjoy all of the activities they do and their homework always takes priority.  Isabella has been begging me to add cheerleading to her plate.   Luckily I'm an expert at changing the subject!

 

Here's a recent photo (from this past weekend) of Vincent preparing to watch his favorite movie "Horse"..or "Tangled".  I was fixing up something in the kitchen and walked in the living room to find him in this position.  I guess he thought he'd get the best view possible.