the Movie

Halle, Cate and their friend Ella made a "movie" using the iPod:

 

You're welcome.    :)

Everyday Stuff. (Phone Pics)

Care to guess who these gentlemen are supposed to be?

Isaac's car seat got turned around last week (for several reasons) and I had to snap a picture at a stop sign; when he figured out he could see me in the mirror his laughing was priceless.  :) 

 

THIS is called compromise: 

 Last week the weather was wonderful, we spent as much time outside as possible.

 Ty insists on wearing a "uniform" every day.  He does NOT like it when the shorts are a different color than the top, so he was very happy when I found a pair of blue shorts tucked in the bottom of his dresser.   Ha!

 This boy is crazy: 

He dribbles.

 He was yelling about being "open!" 

 

I love how these two find things to play together, even when I'm off doing laundry or cleaning bathrooms

 

Today, I came back into the toy room to find Isaac "coloring" on his own.  I have NO idea how he got the coloring book and the crayon.  :)

1000 Points Club

We added two players to the 1000 Points club last Saturday.  DeVante (24) and Shane (3) joined Jarvis (20) as the only Men's BMC players to have reached the 1000 point mark!

 

That meant I had to get some basketballs ready, and keep little hands away until they dried!

 DeVante is a senior, and Shane is a junior:

 

Ty's favorite player this year is Shane.  Ty IS Shane.  He has told me that he will wear #3 when he plays.  And when he is on a real team his name will be changed to Shane.  Ha! 

 

I do not think it's coincidence that Ty's favorite players have been those who hit the 1000 point mark during their junior year.  He watches games.  He knows who is good.  :)

 Isaac saw an opportunity to touch the untouchable ball:

 It was all he dreamed it would be:

Ha!  Joking. 

*The only reason we didn't get pictures with DeVante too, was that he hurt his foot towards the end of the game and had to head straight out to the emergency room.  We weren't playing favorites.  :)

Upward Basketball

Our team is improving.  So that's good.

JD is not the coach, but for the past few weeks he has been available on Monday nights to run practice. 

(Thank you, Lord! -The real coach says the same thing.  Ha!)

An (ahem.) assist:

I didn't get a picture of him, but Ty gets comments about "suiting up" every game.  And I believe that he would help the team...
 

 Little Man is the hit of half time:

 Halle's biggest problem is that she is too nice, and aggressiveness does not come naturally to her.  But she is getting better about it every week.  Last Friday she got TWO FOULS called on her.  That's huge.
 

I have to confess something here because I think most people who read this blog will understand both the gravity of what I did, and the necessity:
 

When the ref called her aside after the second foul to talk to her about not bumping the offensive player, I could tell Halle was feeling a little traumatized.  (She is the kid who follows EVERY RULE and thinks it's mean to steal the ball from another player.)  So I called her over during the game (a free throw) and told her she was doing a good job, and keep it up, and reminded her that in basketball you get to foul four times without leaving the game. JD was seconding what I said. 

I know, I KNOW.

We won't be those parents. 

I promise. 

 

Foul #1



 Foul #2: 

 

The only game of the season that JD was/is free to see-

 

 

She's improving.  She's loving it.  It's all good.

Be Mine, Valentine(s)!

We make Valentine's Day special at our house for the entire family.  We have always had our special breakfast with "love presents" and then we go around and around the table telling different things we love and admire about one another.  (Cheesy, but actually fun.)  JD and I will go on a date at some point after basketball season is over.*  That's just our life. 

 



Our beautiful mailbox station:

(It bugged me for a month that those were hung at different levels, but I resisted the urge to fix it.  The kids hung them themselves, and they are in the toy room...)

Our "Preschool Wall" became very lovey this month:

Cate is in to "projects"- I find a picture of something she wants to make and get her the materials, then let her figure it out.  This one is my favorite of the month:

 

Our annual breakfast table:

(Every bit of those decorations/paper products were gifted to us!) 

 Elsa dolls may have been my score of the year at Dirt Cheap: 

($1/each)

 Cate chose the menu this year- muffins, strawberries and smoothies:

 Isaac didn't care about presents, he wanted food:

Again.

 "Cool car.  Now give me the food.":

Halle saved wrapping paper from Christmas and wrote me book for Valentine's day: 

JD got a present too, but the pictures didn't turn out well.  Just believe me when I say that it was the funniest of the day.  :)

 

Halle's school Valentines:

She cut them apart, glued pretty paper to the back, punched a hole in the top and added ribbons.  She said everyone liked them.  (I kinda doubt it.  No candy.) 

 

Past Valentine's Days:

2010

2011

2012

2013

 

 

 

*Thank you, Susan and David!

This makes my kids laugh every. time.

Hugs and Kisses

 

 

**That KU sweatshirt has shown up in Valentine's pictures before!

a (REAL!) snow day

Usually "snow days" in Mississippi mean that either there *might* be snow flurries at some point in the day, or there were snow flurries at some point during the night before.  (ha!)

So today was a fun exception!

 

Isaac's first chance to play:

 After wandering around (falling down) in the snow for a bit, this is all he wanted to do:

 He could not deal with wearing mittens.  He finally just broke down and we had to go inside. 

JD thinks he hates anything that hinders his ability to 'OOT.  (Shoot baskets.)  He's probably right.

 

I didn't get any pictures of the kids "sledding,"  We used a swimming pool baby boat, and it actually worked really well!

 

 

So fun.

And cocoa worthy.