Father/Daughter Sweetheart Dance 2011

Last night Daddy took Miriam to the Father/Daughter Sweetheart Dance put on by Baton Rouge General Foundation. She had been looking forward to the dance since last year. She always asked when she was going to be able to go again.  I tried to get a picture of them before they left but it didn’t turn out too good which is why it’s in black & white.  I would have prefered to take it outside but it was raining.  She was the last one they took in the balloon line and she had to wear a sign on her back.  The person making the balloons said she could have something special since she wore the sign.  All she wanted was the corsage like she got last year.  The person pulled out a list of things she could pick and she picked Arial, the mermaid.  The teddy bear was one of the door prizes.  It was actually one by one of our former children’s choir kids, Whitney who is now 21.  Craig saw her and was talking to her about the door prize and about how excited Miriam was that they were giving away stuffed animals.  She went to her table and brought the teddy bear back to Miriam.  It sounds like they had a great time and hopefully Micah will be able to go with them next year.

Upward Basketball Games #4

This week's theme was Mad Hatter. Thanks to Candy for making hats at short notice for Luke & Cameron to wear. They loved them! Luke's was a bear for the Bearcats and Cameron's was a wolf for the Wolves.
Cameron played well and got the star for best defense.
Luke was a wild man during his game. You should have seen his face. He looked like he was mad. I didn't really get a good shot of it. (I was trying some different settings on my camera this week.) He was much more aggresive and caused 2 jump balls. He also got the star for best defense.

Zoo Day

Friday was a nice day so we decided to go to the zoo since we hadn't been in a while.
One of the reasons we wanted to go was to see the new tiger exhibit. It was really neat because one of the male zookeepers was checking things out. The female tiger that was out doesn't like him so she kept stalking him. She jumped up on the glass and even showed her teeth to him.

Last week we read about Australia in our history curriculum, Tapestry of Grace. One of the suggested activities was to go to a zoo and find any Australian animals that they have. We couldn't find the wallaroo and the emu and red kangaroos weren't very active when we at their area. However, when we rode the train the emus were out close to the fence.

Daddy's favorite zoo animal is the giraffe and one happened to be out close to the fence. It was very cooperative for my photo shoot!

Some of the birds and other animals that we saw.


Afterwards, we rode the train as usual.

I tried to get some group shots...typical. Luke attempted to take a picture of me & Craig. I don't think it was on auto which is why it was blurry.

You can tell it was a good day when they all fall asleep on the way home.

It makes me want to sing this song from the Fresh Beat Band.

Driving me Crazy

Micah is driving me crazy with our barstools. She moves them all around the kitchen so they are always in the way. She also uses them to climb onto the island to get candy out of the candy bowl.   We currently have ones like these.

Maybe if we had one of these adjustable bar stools she wouldn't be able to push them around so much. I'm liking the ones in black since they would match our dining room chairs and benches that we have at our breakfast school table.


What's driving you crazy today?

Upward Basketball Games #3

The theme for this week's game was Mis-match socks...even Daddy participated although I didn't get a picture of his.
Cameron made 2 baskets in his game and got the star for Best Offense.

Luke made 1 basket and also got the Best Offense star.

Miriam’s Haircut

Yesterday Miriam & I got our haircut. We get it cut about once a year. If it would have been just a little longer or if we would have gotten it cut a little shorter, she could have donated to Locks of Love. We'll shoot for that next time.

Fun Friday–Birthday Donuts

In honor of my birthday, we got 3 dozen donuts.
Luke got the candles out for me and took my picture

Can you tell who really enjoyed his donut?