I saw these online somewhere (I can't remember where now), and thought they'd be fun to make with Annabelle. We like to make treats for her to take to school to share with her class, so these were perfect for the 4th of July. The "recipe" for them was a little more complicated than what I did. The recipe called for melting butter (or something like that), and dipping the marshmallows in that. I figured that just getting the marshmallows a little wet would work, and I was right. So... all we did was put 2 large marshmallows on a stick (Papa's job), roll the marshmallows in a little water (Mommy's job), then sprinkle some red, white, and blue sprinkles on the marshmallows (Belle's job). They were very easy, and Annabelle was so proud of the finished product! She got to try one after she finished making them, and definitely approved!

We took them in to school this morning for Annabelle to present for Show & Tell (we practiced her "speech" of the steps for how to make them last night... it was very cute), and she even made enough to share with Corgan's class too.

This past weekend my parents were visiting at The Villages, FL (about an hour north of Orlando), so the kids and I loaded up and drove over to visit. My brother, Kyle, and his fiancee, Renee, were both there too with their puppy, Chipper. Thursday afternoon we all caught up with one another (including celebrating a belated Father's Day with Papa... we gave him a copy of Annabelle's favorite book, Puff the Magic Dragon), hung out at "The Square" to check out The Villages vibe, and had a yummy dinner at Johnny Rocket's. That night I decided to try letting Corgan sleep on the floor the whole night for the first time. I still don't know whether that was a bad decision or not because Corgan ended up coughing so much the whole night that neither of us really got much sleep. He would cough every 30 seconds! I tried to sleep sitting up with him on my chest, and that still didn't work. In fact, he ended up coughing so much that he threw up in the middle of the night. Good times!

The next morning, he seemed a little bit better. We had planned to go to Wet 'N Wild, and I was determined to go no matter how sleepy I was! I had been wanting to go back to Wet 'N Wild for years, and with my recent rekindled love for all toys water-related (see my past entries on slip-n-slides and inflatable waterslides), I was pumped! Everything worked out, and we managed to get there late enough that Corgan got a nap in on the way over, we missed the day camp crowd, and there were barely any lines!

When we first got there, we took the kids to the kiddie area. They immediately started jumping on everything and going on the water slides non-stop! Once they seemed completely comfortable, the adult kids (me & Keith and Kyle & Renee) took off for the big slides while Grammy & Papa watched the little kids. We pretty much did the slides in the order that we came across them. Most of the slides seem to be for groups, which is actually kinda cool because you get to enjoy it with everyone else. After going on a couple of slides, we decided to go back and see if Annabelle wanted to try one of the ones that she was big enough for. She LOVED The Flyer! She went on there with Keith and I, and as soon as we got off, she said "Mommy, you go get a drink and I'm going to go on the slide again with Daddy!" So I did. :) After that, I got her to try "The Blast" with me... which she didn't like as much. She didn't cry or anything, but that ride includes lots of water shooting at you and spilling on you, and she wasn't a fan of that.

My favorite ride is hard to pin down... I loved Disco H20, Brain Wash, and The Storm! I even managed to get a video on Disco H20:

There are a couple of parts where I had to grab on to my handle so the video gets a little crazy. :) It was so fun!

The thrill highlight of the day was definitely riding The Bomb Bay! This waterslide starts 250 feet up in the air. It begins with a rocket ship that the ride controller allows you to step inside of. He or she then shuts the door and locks you into this tiny single person rocket. You stand watching your feet, trying to stand slightly leaning back yet keep your legs crossed at the same time (to avoid the biggest weggie ever when you finally go down the slide), crossing your arms across your chest, and feeling your heart pounding as you wait for the floor to fall out from under you! Once the controller pushes the button, the floor drops and you drop too! The slide is so vertical that you feel like you're floating over the water all of the way down the slide... until you get to the horizontal part and you clench your bootie cheeks as tightly as possible to avoid a water-induced weggie from the super-high velocity that you just built up thanks to gravity! It's so terrifying, yet ridiculously fun at the same time! My brother also did the slide with me, while Keith and Renee watched and took video of our bravery.

Our day at Wet 'N Wild was so much fun for everyone! Fortunately, they have a deal where you buy a day ticket and you can go back for free for the rest of 2009, so I'm sure we'll be heading back to Orlando before too long! And Grammy & Papa got those tickets too, so they can play with the kids while I get to be a kid myself! Yea!

Enjoy the pictures of our weekend, including Wet 'N Wild fun.

After Wet 'N Wild, Kyle & Renee came to Melbourne to spend the weekend with us. We spent most of Saturday around the house, until later in the afternoon when I took Corgan to Ethan's birthday party at Gymboree (Annabelle was coughing really bad so I didn't take her to spread her germs to the other kids). Corgan loved playing on the Gymboree equipment! Later we took Kyle & Renee for their first visit to The Melting Pot, which they LOVED (of course)!

One of the goals for this weekend was to get Engagment-type pictures of Kyle & Renee. Originally Erica was going to shoot them, but then her new job took her to London for the weekend (poor Erica!), so I had to step up. I must say, I was very happy with the results of my pictures! I took a bunch of pictures Saturday night at The Avenues in Viera, then took more in Downtown Melbourne on Sunday morning. Kyle & Renee were wonderful models, and were up for trying anything that I suggested! They were so good that when I finally edited down the pictures to the "best" shots, I still had over 130 pictures! I still need to let Renee & Kyle go through the pictures to decide which ones to keep secret for now, so I won't be sharing them all yet, but here are a couple that I really liked (with some Photoshop actions applied... thanks again Erica!):

Sunday morning, after we got back from our Downtown shoot, I took a few pictures of Kyle & Renee with Chipper, their baby. Dogs seem to be even harder to photograph than a toddler is! Wow! We managed to get a few great pictures though! Again, I'll share these later.

P.S. Looking back at this entry makes me realize how much I really need to get a new blog so that I can post bigger pictures. Maybe someday I'll actually have some free time. :(

For Hive 09, Jason & Nikki suggested renting a slide for the adults... and it was an AWESOME idea! We had SO much fun with our big waterslide! The adults made fun games out of trying to one-up each other, trying to break all of the slide rules, and convincing the kids to try the big slide. We did everything from back rolls off of the slide (I was the first person to successfully accomplish this) to triple forward rolls to using props (skimboards, wake boards, hula hoops, beer) to trying to run UP the slide part of the slide (Leah, a 4 year old, was the only person to successfully accomplish this). It was a BLAST! On Saturday, the kids didn't seem to be so interested in any of the water activities, but on Sunday, many of them joined in on the sliding fun.

Sometimes it seems like I'm the only girl willing to act like a kid, but at Hive 09... that wasn't the case at all...

As I mentioned above, one of the biggest waterslide challenges, was going UP the slide. Although none of the adults successfully accomplished this, we sure did have fun trying...

Enjoy the (MANY) pictures of us enjoying our waterslide on Saturday and on Sunday!

One of the highlights of "Water Play Day" during Hive 09 was the homemade waterslide! I looked for them in stores, but couldn't find any that were really as big as I was looking for. So, I bought 2 rolls of 10' x 25' clear visqueen (6 mil, I think... whatever the strongest one was) from Lowes (about $45 with my 10% off coupon), found some rubber grommets (also at Lowes, in the tarp section for about $5), got some camping stakes (about $10 at WalMart), and gathered some duct tape, Dawn dishwashing liquid, and a sprinkler. Put it all together (especially with a downhill incline in the middle of it), and you have one awesome Slip N Slide!

We tried every move that we could think of... even added some props. We have a couple of dare devils in the group, so the skim board made an appearance and was successfully ridden by Ben and Mike with no injuries. I attempted a couple of dives onto the slip n slide... once over a human (Justin) and another time over a kids' slide. I didn't injure myself too bad, but did pop my neck a bit going over the slide because in the air I changed my mind about whether to attempt the jump as a straight dive or as a dive roll so instead I just landed on the back of my neck. I'm sure it looked very graceful. Fortunately, that wasn't one of the times that the video camera was rolling. :)

The downhill in the middle was awesome because just when you started to slow down, it would pick back up again! It was also great for the kids because the adults were able to give them a little push at the top of the hill and they just slid on down it (as seen in this picture here of Jason pushing Halle). The kids loved it too, and didn't get nearly as injured as the adults did slamming their bodies onto the ground. Can you tell how much Halle enjoyed it?

Later that night, I felt like I had been beaten up. I don't think that I got any actual bruises from the slip n slide (but I was one of the lucky ones), but I did use some muscles that I apparently don't use much because I was achy all over... especially my lower back and my biceps (which I guess I was using to help keep me from pounding my body onto the ground too hard so I guess it worked since I didn't have bruises).

And now... a video of the dive over a human body onto the slip n slide. It was harder than it looks, but I'm sure I'll be trying it again until I have it perfected!

I see many hours of slip n slide enjoyment in my future! Enjoy the pictures of the slip n slide.

The Hive 09 was hosted by us this year. I had lots of help from the Konickis with shopping, weed-eating, etc., but still had lots of preparations to get the house ready in time. I didn't get finished with all of the decorating that I had hoped to do, but the house was at least presentable and ready to be used! I am so happy to finally be able to host lots of people at our house! And Annabelle was thrilled to have her "Hive friends" coming to stay with her! For weeks she's been telling me "My hive friends forgot to come over!" at night when she goes to bed, and she was pumped to know that they were finally going to be here!

The first of the Hive visitors, the Wests, arrived mid-afternoon on Thursday. After a tour of the house, we started to relax and begin the weekend of fun! Thursday night, Rhiannon West had volunteered to make a "cheap pasta" meal. By the time that it was ready that evening, the Konickis + Unkie Joe, the Gallers, and the Stewarts had arrived too. We figured out the sleeping situation, did some more playing, and got the kids set up to watch a movie while "camping" in tents in the living room. The whole camping thing didn't work out too well, but the kids had fun playing in the tents anyway. By the end of the night, only Halle and Annabelle ended up sleeping in the living room, the other kids retired to their parents' rooms, the Thaungs arrived, and a poker game out on the screened in porch was in full swing!

Friday morning the kids were up bright and early... which means the rest of us were too. We weren't sure whether we were going to spend the afternoon at Andretti's or hit a friend's pool. After preparing a breakfast of ham & mushroom and bacon & green pepper quiches along with my little helpers Halle, Leah, and Annabelle, everyone ate and we decided that the pool would be cheaper and more fun for the group as a whole.

Before leaving for the pool, Christina and Zach presented the goodies bags that they had made for each of the kids. They all LOVED opening their bags, and the parents were in awe of the creative decorating that Christina had done on each bag! She ironed-on each child's name and sewed on a bee-patterned fabric to give it a "hive" theme! They are adorable and were packed with fun goodies to play with, yummy goodies to eat, and a matching sippy cup for each kid. While we were doing that and packing up the kids for heading to the pool, all of the daddies were outside assembling Keith's early Father's Day gift, a basketball goal!

The pool was definitely a good decision! Everyone had a blast, and some of the kids even learned some new swimming skills. It's crazy how seeing other kids doing things can motivate another kid to join in the fun. Halle became a little fishy swimming all by herself, Leah and Annabelle improved their "breathing" skills, and Annabelle and Corgan both had a blast jumping in the pool and swimming to the steps just like Zach. Little Tori even tried out her swimming feet for the first time ever!

Here's a video of Annabelle and Corgan jumping in with Zach:

And Annabelle and Leah flying into the pool:

After swimming, the kids were exhausted so some napped and some just relaxed while the guys tried out the new basketball goal. We had a wonderful pulled pork sandwich dinner (thanks to Christina), got some of the kids to bed, and just hung out in the living room chatting and looking things up on the internet. Everyone was exhausted and turned in "early" (around midnight) to be ready for our busy "Water Play Day" on Saturday!

Enjoy the pictures of Hive 09- The Arrival, Pool Time, and Friday Night. (Note: The pictures are a combination of the best pictures from Nicole, Nikki, Rhiannon, and my camera.)

It all started back in 2001, when Jason and Nikki decided that they loved each other so much that they wanted to get married. :) Although we were good friends with the couple now known as "the Konickis", we didn't know their friends outside of our Harris group. The wedding changed all of that. I was asked to be one of Nikki's bridesmaids, so through planning and attending an engagement party, a bachelorette party, a bachelor party, and the wedding, we got to know their "down home" (South Florida) friends from high school and college pretty darn well.

Since their friends are cool, and we are cool (Is it even cool to say "cool" anymore?), naturally, we continued to hang out with them any time they were in town. Eventually, we even traveled with the Konickis to see some of them as they all graduated from college and started spreading out geographically. In August 2004, we caravanned with the Konickis to New Port Richey, FL (near Tampa) to the Gallers house to escape the wrath of Hurricane Francis. That weekend the Gallers had actually already planned a "G-lympics" party, but Francis brought us there a little early. Throughout the weekend, we bonded and laughed (and played lots of LOUD music) with our new friends... and even made some more friends (that was our first weekend to meet the Wests... future Hive-adopted members). :)

Later that year was the first official "Hive" reunion at the Konicki's house. The Konickis and friends decided they wanted to start an annual gathering of friends to assure that they keep in touch despite their geographical differences (remember, this was before blogs and stuff too, and maybe even before free long distance on cell phones... so visiting was the best economical way to see what everyone was up to... and it's just cool to get to hang out with your friends). Many of those friends are big fans of 311, whose fan club is apparently called "The Hive". They liked the name so our version of "The Hive" was born. In 2004, there wasn't really a "Hive: Generation Deuce" (the kids) yet, so the weekend involved a bunch of staying up late, hanging out at the beach, and just doing whatever we felt like doing whenever we felt like doing it. During the first Hive, we began the tradition of making an official cd of music for the event. The first cd consisted of both songs that reminded the group of one another (from their high school and college days) and songs that each person just liked and wanted to share with the others. Because we lived close and we knew many of the Konickis' friends, we got invited to attend and participate in the cd too. Thus, solidifying our friendships with "Hivers" even more and officially making us members of the group. :)

In 2005, the Hive travelled to South Florida. Leah and Zach, the first of the regular Generation Deuce attendees, were just infants then. This is also the Hive where Nikki and I "outed" our pregnancies to this group of friends. The next year, we made the trek to South Florida again... this time with even more kids. That year our "Generation Deuce" had grown to 6 kids (with another on the way) so we began the tradition of having official kids' shirts for the event. The next year, about 15 of us headed up to North Carolina for "Hive 07- NC Heaven" at the Gallers'. We had an overflowing full house, but all enjoyed staying and playing together. By the time "Hive 08- Bringing it Back to Brevard" rolled around, we had grown to 11 kids so we had to spread out among a few houses in Brevard (the Konickis', Erica, and our house pre-addition). Hive 08 also included a couple of nights at a large rental house in Orlando (as opposed to the 3 bedroom condos that we used to rent for Orlando parties pre-kids) and a day trip to Disney. We added the "bee hunt" tradition (large Easter eggs dressed up to look like bees for the kids to find and store in their "bug nets"), and because it was in October, we also had a Halloween dress-up parade for the kids. (My pictures of 08 here.)

We really enjoyed keeping everyone together at the rental house in Orlando, so for Hive 09, we were hoping to rent a house in the mountains or on the beach where everyone could stay together again. Unfortunately, we waited too late to start planning so the choices were limited, and because of the economy, the few choices that we had were a bit too expensive. Since we had FINALLY finished our addition and had the room to squish a few families in, we decided on "Hive 09- What Happens at the Barn, Stays at the Barn" at the Donald Barn. More on Hive 09 coming soon...

On a final note, one really interesting thing about the Hive group is that even though I've only hung out with many of the Hive members less times than I can count on both hands over the course of 6 years, I still feel like they're some of my best friends. Thanks to the blog-world (and now facebook too), it seems like we are all a part of each others' daily lives and "talk" on a regular basis. When we get together, we don't go through that normal "getting comfortable" period that you go through when you see someone you haven't seen for months. It truly feels like we see each other all of the time so we're comfortable right from the first hug hello. One interesting thing that I observed this past weekend is that we're all so comfortable with one another and knowing the personalities of our kids so well, that we even chastise, help, or play with each others' kids without even thinking about it and no one (even the kids) even flinches like it's odd at all. It's so great to have a group like that! I honestly think that even the kids feel this way. With as young as they are and how long some of them go between visits with the rest of "Generation Deuce", some of them don't even remember meeting one another in the past, yet thanks to the internet, they get excited about seeing each other and play together so easily! Ella (the movie star of the group thanks to all of her youtube videos) was greatly missed this year because the kids know her from the internet. Technology rules!

Happy Father's Day to our "Daddy"!

Since writing my last Puff entry, we've probably read the story another handful or more times. Both kids love that story now, and both of them like to sing the song. In the song, after Jackie Paper grows up and is too big to play with Puff, they just go on to repeat the chorus again. But in the book, when they repeat the chorus, they illustrate the story with a new little girl coming to play with Puff, and Puff is happy again. There is an adult male happily watching the little girl and Puff play. The other night when we were reading the book, Annabelle asked me what the little girl's name is. I told her that it was whatever she wanted it to be. That night she named her "Hona" (like "Honalee, the land that Puff is from). I thought that was so sweet and ingenious. The next night though, Annabelle brought me to tears again. When we got to the page with the new little girl, she said "That's little Mommy Kolumbus, and that's Papa watching you play with Puff." Whoa! Serious tears going on! How does she know to say things like that!?! Tonight she said the same thing and brought a huge smile to my face. I swear she is such an empathetic and intuitive little girl, and I love it!

In the past few months, Annabelle seems to have really advanced in a few areas. Some of the advances were so gradual that I didn't really notice them until others pointed them out, but others were "wow" moments.

Verbal skills
Annabelle has always had a pretty good vocabulary, but not everyone has always been able to understand what she's saying. I, of course, always understood her pretty well because I'm always around her and probably taught her most of the words, but just today Erica pointed out how she can understand Annabelle really well now. She's really speaking clearly, and after Erica pointed that out, I realized that I've been translating for her to other people a lot less now. She still makes the "t" sound for the "k" sound (like calling Corgan "Tworgan"), but other than that, I think most of her baby sounds are gone. The conversations that she has with me really amaze me. The questions that she asks. The ideas that she expresses. The dreams that she has. Wow! Her teacher even noted a few months back about how Annabelle is one of the best at show and tell because she's such a good public speaker. As a daughter of two Toastmasters, it makes us very proud (and no, this skill isn't because we make her do speeches for us at home... although tabletopics, maybe)! Nikki recently spent a day with Halle and Annabelle in their class, and she commented on what a great job Annabelle did too. She recorded part of Annabelle's show and tell (that's another blog that I've got coming), and I was really impressed too. :) I always wanted to be a fly on the wall during her show and tell because I knew that having me in there would make her act differently, and thanks to Nikki, I got to be one. Yes, I was there when she did her "Tera" (the dinosaur) show and tell, but the kids were so excited then that it was more "show" than "tell".

Writing
Annabelle has never really tried to color within the lines or had the dexterity to write small things. She can draw straight lines and circles, and never had any interest in trying to write letters. When she did try letters, even just 2 months ago, she really struggled and gave up easily (except for the "H" for Halle, that she'll write over and over and over again). Yesterday while Corgan was napping, she pulled out a letter tracing dry-erase type coloring book that she has and asked me to do it with her. After showing her how to do a couple of letters, she was doing them on her own. She was still tracing every letter, but she was actually staying on the lines and not getting frustrated at all! Yea!

Puzzles
Belle has always really liked to do puzzles, but until recently didn't seem to really get the concept of the ones with pieces that fit together. The puzzles with individual pieces each shaped differently to fit into one particular spot, she did fine with though. With the puzzle-piece shaped ones she would just try putting every piece in until one fit, unless she had quite a bit of guidance. But now, she is zipping through the 9 piece wooden puzzles, and does pretty well with the 24 piece ones on her own once she's done them a few times and knows about where everything in the picture is supposed to be.

Swimming
Annabelle's athletic ability seems to be one area that she constantly excels in. I think a lot of that comes from her genetically competitive nature. With the few strange exceptions, Annabelle has done really well with swimming. Except for the first day of swimming lessons when she freaked out, she hasn't complained once in her swimming lessons and is doing really well. In fact, I'm still convinced that she's in the wrong class because she breezes through every activity they give her to do and doesn't seem to be learning much. The one thing that I guess she is learning though is to have more confidence, and she's getting even more exposure to the water, which in turn makes her even more comfortable. Today was Elena's 1st birthday party, and it was at a pool. Annabelle was having fun swimming with Halle, and when Halle put on her water wings (that's what we used to call our arm floaties), I let Annabelle try some that I had just bought to see how she did with them. I had been hesitant to put them on her because I didn't want her to like them so much that she didn't want to swim without them, but I bought them for Corgan because he just will not stay out of the pool when you tell him to. I let her try them anyway because I was afraid that she was going to jump in when no one was looking. She spent a good hour swimming all over the pool chasing Halle, throwing and chasing a floating water bottle, and jumping in on her own. She LOVED it. At first I think she was a little frustrated because she couldn't move as fast (because she couldn't use her arms), but she learned to kick better. When Halle got out, Annabelle said she was done with the water wings. I thought she was ready to get out too, but she wanted to jump in with Corgan a few more times so I put the water wings on Corgan, and let her jump in to swim to me. She kept telling me to back up further. One time, she jumped in and swam to me... and stopped to take a breath while she was swimming!!! I was SOOOO excited that she did that! That has been my goal for her this summer! I let her know just how excited I was once she got to me. I think she was equally as excited, and she asked to do it again! And she did! YEA!!! Corgan's swimming today was really impressing me too. He isn't quite swimming on his own, but he has absolutely NO fear of being totally submerged under the water. He still keeps a huge open-mouth smile on his face while he's under the water, but apparently he's at least not breathing in when he does that. He will jump in off of the side from standing or sitting with no hesitation. Most times when he jumps in, I don't touch him for a second or so so that he is totally submerged. He kicks like crazy, but doesn't really propel himself. It's hilarious too because whenever he does that, he shakes his head back and forth like crazy. That made it really hard to get a good under water picture of him. :) When he jumps in I'll also do some moves that they taught us in the Parent/Tot swimming lessons. Sometimes I'll turn him back around toward the wall while he's still submerged (to teach him to reach for the wall if he does fall in) and other times I'll let him kick back to the surface, then after he gets a breath I tell him to "swim" back while I let him go back under the water and lead him back to the wall by just pushing the back of his head. He is doing so awesome for only being 22 months old! I'm sure having a "Seaturtle Astronaut" (Annabelle's new self-proclaimed name) for a sister makes a huge difference too. He sees what she's doing and wants to do it too! Speaking of that, both of them tried diving again today. Annabelle did it a few times, and while she isn't doing it with quite the perfection that she had last summer, she's at least trying it on her own again. Corgan did it with me leading him with my hands, but he loved it too. No fear, that kid! Oh yeah... AND Annabelle was retrieving diving sticks off of the bottom of the pool at the 4 ft depth. She tried swimming down on her own, but her buoyancy wouldn't let her get down there, so I helped her. I would stay above water and push her down at her neck, she'd kick like crazy and managed to grab the stick about 90% of the time! By the time that they were ready to get out of the water, Annabelle's eyes were totally bloodshot from swimming with her eyes open so much. It reminded me of when I was little and the many hours that we spent swimming at my parent's friends' house ("Jim & Lora") where the days ended with my eyes on fire from all of the swimming. Those were the days, and I'm sure my little kiddies have many of those days ahead of them too!

P.S. Enjoy the pictures of swimming at the party today on our photo gallery.

P.P.S. A big Happy 1st Birthday to beautiful little Elena!

Not sure if you watched Game 4 last night or not. That game has left a bad taste in my mouth. I still believe in my Magic. However, if the Magic lose this series, I fear Game 4 will haunt us 4 a long time.

1. Why did SVG bench Alston and play Nelson the whole 4th quarter? The unit may have been playing well overall, but except for that one assist to Howard, Nelson played poorly. Nelson especially played poor defense on Fisher which ultimately forced overtime. The Magic were noticeably better in transition and ball movement with Alston in. Nelson says himself he is not 100%. After our stellar Game 3 performance, I thought we had worked out our point guard situation; now, we seem back to square one. I am seriously baffled by our coach's decision, and disappointed overall with how he has managed our point guards.



2. On the Lakers last possession where they forced overtime, why did we not foul once they crossed half-court? We had a foul to give, the Lakers gave us the opportunity by inbounding from the full-court instead of half-court. Instead we gave up a weakly contested 3-pointer to Derek Fisher that sent the game into overtime.


3. With 4.6 seconds left, why did we not use our last timeout to get a better inbounds play? With what we got, Pietrus should have passed to Lewis to take the game-winning shot, but let's face it, we never should have inbounded the ball.


4. Despite these bad decisions and the 15 turnovers, if Dwight Howard hits just 1 of his 2 free throws with 11.6 seconds left, game over, Magic win. If Hedo makes one more free throw instead of missing 3 of his last 5 in the 4th quarter, we win.

We have been so resilient in these playoffs - beating Philly, Boston, and Cleveland after setbacks in each series. If any team can win 3 in a row to pull off the greatest comeback in NBA history, our Magic team can. The cards are stacked high against us again, but here's hoping.