Hot Air Balloon Glow

Soccer - week 2

The rain stayed away long enough for Evan's team, The Tigers, to play their second game. Will coached them to victory! It is a great group of kids and families on this team and we are all enjoying the action.

Evan Reads & The Camera Hog

Disney!

Grandma Brown on the news

Will's grandmother was on the news in Greeley, CO.
Here is a link to her story.

A-Sun Tournament - GO Mercer Bears!

We cheered the Bears through to the Atlantic Sun Finals that were held on Saturday night, March 6th in Macon at the Mercer University Center. The final game v. East Tennessee State (ETSU) was televised on ESPN2 and sadly, Mercer lost. It was exciting to know that family in IA, CO and visiting in HI all saw us on tv, though... itty-bitty in the corner of their respective TV screens!

About one week prior to the finals, the boys' favorite player received an eye injury. The boys made get-well-soon cards for him (see below). According to Daniel, his eye felt better as soon as he read the cards. :)


It was a fun season, Bears! Great job! Plus, thanks to you, Alex has been shooting baskets at all hours of the day and night... and he sleeps with a basketball now, too.

Here are a few pictures from the pep rally before the big game:

(despite all the activity, Evan still slept through the 2nd half.
He was totally exhausted from his morning soccer game!)

MaconSoccer: Week 1

One, Two, Three... TIGERS!

Evan's first soccer game was today and boy was it fun!
Here are some action shots of Evan, his team, and "Coach Will."

A Birthday Celebration for Dr. Seuss

Evan's class enjoyed a week-long celebration in honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday on March 2nd. Highlights included homemade HATS on Tuesday and Green Eggs & Ham for a snack on Thursday!

Evan explained to me in a very grown-up way that the eggs tasted exactly the same as regular eggs, and he loved them. In fact, he was incredulous that anyone would not like Green Eggs & Ham!

Scholarship?

Maybe all the hours we've spent at Mercer Basketball games will pay off in a scholarship for Alex someday? Check out these moves!

Big-Boy Bike

About two days ago, Alex graduated from his tricycle to a two-wheeler with training wheels! All the way to our cul-de-sac and back he chanted, "Go Diego, Go!" He loves his Diego bike and he quickly mastered the backward-pedal-stop. Meanwhile, Evan is fast as lightening on his "red rocket!"

Go Bears!

Will is serving on the Dean search committee to identify and recommend the next Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. Yesterday was his first of two Saturdays in Atlanta to conduct interviews. Meanwhile, the boys and I enjoyed two back-to-back birthday parties, followed by the last Mercer Bears Basketball home game.

Savannah's Birthday Party

Clayton's Birthday Party

We miss you, Grammie.

Little Romeo

The scene: Ani and Alex pulling into the preschool parking lot.

Alex: There is Bewwa (Bella) and her Mommy! Bella is wearing a red dress! She looks booteeful.

Ani: Yes, she does! You can tell her that when we get inside.

(Only three seconds elapse, during which time Alex releases his seatbelt, jumps down from the car seat, rolls down the window, and half-hangs-out-of-the car. Ani is still parking)

Alex: (screaming in a part-construction-worker/part-Romeo kinda-way) YOooooooU LOOooooooooooK BEAUTIFUL!!!!


Alex could not get into the building fast enough. He skipped and ran to greet his little friend Bella. After the screamed compliment, Bella looked at her mom, smiled, and said, "Momma! Did you hear that?"

Macon Snow 2010

On Feb 12 2010, it snowed in Macon! School was canceled for the kids, and Mercer closed its doors at 2:00 pm. We had a great time playing in our yard and at the home of our friends, the Stewarts. (We played in their backyard in "sleds" made from diaper boxes! You see, my Northern friends, there is no place to buy sleds down here!)

Our snowman lasted several days longer than the rest of the snow in the yard. It was a real treat to see a snowman out our windows!

Breakfast for Dinner

What could be better than eating free Chick-Fil-A breakfast -- at dinner time - while wearing your PJs?

Underpants!

Monday, Feb 8, 2010. Alex's first day of school in underpants! He told Mrs Williams (as he rubbed his bottom) that his "underpants are soooo soft!" I also have him convinced that underpants make him run faster than diapers. Hey - whatever works!

The pictures above are from the day he and I bought his Transformer Underpants. It was a battle of wills at Wal-Mart. I knew the plan to go cold-turkey last weekend, so I put some Pixar pants into the cart. Alex screamed and threw them out. I put them back in... and so it continued. Finally, Alex spotted the Transformers. He was SOLD. Bye bye Nemo... Alex is moving to robot underpants!

In Training

Someday -- but not today -- it will be funny that the weekend we decided to go cold-turkey with Alex's potty training was the same weekend that he got the diarrhea stomach bug. Right now, it is not funny.

For the record, soft soap cleans almost anything.

gag.

Evan's PreK Valentine's Show