oh snap!

who knew there were such great apps for CATS!!!

rudy is a sucker!

SB #2

we didn't capture any parachute time last class since graham wasn't listening as well as he should to the directions of his coaches.  this week he did MUCH better and came out from under the parachute when instructed. 

he also knew exactly what to do with the cones when they were put in front of him.  and this week, we got to knock down the towers by kicking a soccer ball into them.  granted he wasn't to far away from the cones, but he had a pretty straight kick and knocked them down each time!

play doh

we were so excited that grammie came over to play today!

it's not everyday we break out the playdoh!  

luckily i held onto the plastic cookie cutters i got from someone on freecycle.  they work perfectly with playdoh.  there were lots of dinosaurs and snakes being made by all!

'oh look' there's a snake on graham's ear!

('oh look' is a common phrase the dude likes to use now)

soccer bug

and so starts the season of 'the beetles!'

as the weather is getting colder and colder and winter creeps in, i know all to well what that does to people suffering with asthma.  and seeing as the dude played outside as long as possible, i wanted to find something for him to do inside that would wear off some steam.  and although he's at school and being polite to his teachers and friends, i wanted to start having him 'listen' to coaches, teachers, role models, etc.  

one of our neighbors told me how he took his son to soccer bugs and how much they loved it.  so i decided to give it a try.  it's every saturday for 12 weeks.  and at an hour long, the dude was sufficiently WIPED afterwards!

we started the class with identifying body parts (graham was really good at the belly one!); popped bubbles; pretended to be different animals; played red light green light; made cone and saucer towers (and then knocked them down); practiced how to turn a cone over with one foot; and then ended the class playing with the parachute and getting stickers!!!

when asked if he had fun at soccer bugs, the dude's response was 'YES!'

and when asked if he wanted to come back next week, his response was 'OKAY!'

so far.....we LOVE soccer bugs!

firework

can you tell that someone really likes madagascar 3!!! 

thanks grana and grampa!!  

:)

and might i add...the dude can hold a tune pretty darn well!

love

new favorite picture of my dude!

there was a farmer

and on that farm he had a:

mommy cow and baby cow

mommy goat and baby goats

mommy pigs and baby pigs

a turkey

a peacock

and horses!

E-I-E-I-OOOOOOOOOOOO!

and man o man, did graham get up close and personal with the mommy and baby cows!!  he thought it was great.  do i see 4H in our future?!  

and this time around at frying pan park (have i mentioned lately how much i LOVE this place), graham also had an infatuation with the turkey.  of all things!  he was getting a little too close to the cage for comfort though.  i had to warn him that turkeys aren't nice birds.  yeah...that didn't go over so well!  because he could touch all the other animals, he REALLY wanted to touch the turkey.  maybe i just need to cook a turkey and tell him this is the only way he'll be able to touch one.  hehe!

my little booger

you steal my heart every single time with your sweet smile!

< 3

redskins head to the playoffs!!

so i'm at work three days before the skins head to the playoffs and get a voicemail.

long story short, i get a call from kerry asking if i would like to be her date to the playoffs!!!

UMMMMMMM, YES!!!!

what happened next was i proceeded to run out of my office and tell everyone what i was going to be doing!  see, kerry's husband is the equipment manager for the redskins.  so these weren't going to be the normal nose bleed seats i'm used to.

even though i wasn't going to be able to watch the game with my boys, we were all rockin our skins gear!

so like i mentioned before, these were no nose bleed seats.  we were right above where the skins run out of the tunnel, and right down the row from the pig pen!  and speaking of the pig pen...little did we know we were at the LAST GAME that the hogettes would be making an appearance.  sadly...they have disbanded!

so as you can see, we had a great view and had a great time!  

even though we didn't win, it was still an awesome moment in redskins history that we were able to experience.  

thank you kerry!!!

caught!

oh, hey!

caught red handed eating and driving!!

and look at that.  the steering wheel makes a great cup holder.