UPWARD BASKETBALL....GO PUMAS!!

TODAY WAS THE OPENING GAME FOR MILES' BASKETBALL TEAM. HE WAS DECKED OUT IN HIS SWEATBANDS AND HEADBAND THAT PAW PAW GOT HIM TO WEAR. WE HAVE 10 BOYS ON OUR TEAM. COACH DADDY LED THE TROOPS. THEY DONT KEEP SCORE FOR THE LITTLE ONES BUT I THINK WE LOST 6-4. MILES DID GREAT DRIBBLING THE BALL AND EVEN TOOK A COUPLE OF SHOTS. HE LOVED THE EXCITEMENT. OF COURSE MY BIG MOUTH CHEERED UNCONTROLLABLY FROM THE SIDELINES. MILES RECEIVED THE STAR FOR SPORTSMANSHIP FOR THE GAME. WE ARE SO PROUD. GOOD JOB COACHING TO DADDY TOO. IT IS A JOB!!!

GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN!!

WOOOHOOO!!! DONT GET AS MANY GIRLS' NIGHTS OUT AS I USED TO. THEY ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. WHEN WE DO THOUGH....WE ALWAYS HAVE A BLAST AND GET INTO A WEE BIT OF TROUBLE. SHANNON, ANGEL, AND I HEADED OUT FRIDAY NIGHT FOR WHAT WAS GOING TO BE A CALM DINNER WITH A FEW DRINKS, A LITTLE POOL, AND WHO KNOWS. WE WERE HAVING SO MUCH FUN THAT WE STAYED OUT A LITTLE LATER THAN WE SHOULD HAVE. WE DID DINNER AT EDGEFIELD AND MET AL THERE. WE LAUGHED UNTIL IT HURT, PLAYED SOME POOL, THREW SOME DARTS, AND ENDED UP AT A PLACE DOWNTOWN THAT I WONT MENTION. I LOVE MY CREW AND CANT WAIT TO DO IT AGAIN.

DORA THE EXPLORER AT CHIK FILET

WE TOOK THE BOYS TO CHIK FILET TO SEE DORA THE EXPLORER LAST NIGHT. APPARENTLY SHE WASNT COOL ENOUGH FOR MILES SO HE JUST ENJOYED THE PLAY AREA. LUKE COULDNT WAIT TO SEE HER.....UNTIL SHE CAME OUT. WE WALKED OVER TO HER AND HE CLUTCHED ONTO ME (AS USUAL) AND WOULDNT LET GO. DORA LET US LOOK IN HER BACKPACK WHICH FINALLY SEEMED TO INTEREST LUKE. WHEN DORA WAS ACROSS THE ROOM LUKE WOULD YELL, "HEY DORA" BUT AS SOON AS WE TRIED TO GET CLOSE....HE HELD ONTO MOMMY. HE TALKED ABOUT IT AFTER WE LEFT AND WAS EXCITED. HE IS JUST A SHY MOMMY'S BOY THAT IS SCARED OF EVERYTHING....WHAT CAN I SAY? I LOVE HIM FOR WHO HE IS.

LUKE'S FIRST TRIP TO TODDLER MUSIC HOUR AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY

KYLE AND I TOOK LUKE TO THE LIBRARY FOR TODDLER MUSIC HOUR THIS WEEK. THEY HAVE SOME TERRIFIC PROGRAMS TO OFFER FOR THE YOUNG ONES AND I WANT TO EXPOSE LUKE TO SOME SOCIALIZATION WITH PEERS. HE ENJOYED THE MUSIC BUT DIDNT PARTICIPATE IN SINGING. I AM HOPING HE WILL BECOME A LITTLE MORE INVOLVED AFTER SEVERAL TRIPS. WE ALSO CHECKED OUT SOME BOOKS AND AS YOU CAN SEE LUKE FOUND SOME BOOKS HE LIKED. I THINK HE WILL LEARN TO NOT BE SO SHY IF WE KEEP GOING.

MILES' FIRST BASKETBALL PRACTICE

WELL, WE HAVE PLAYED EVERY OTHER SPORT SO WHY NOT BASKETBALL. MILES IS PLAYING FOR UPWARD AND ONCE AGAIN COACH DADDY IS TAKING CHARGE OF THE PUMAS. THIS WAS THEIR FIRST PRACTICE LAST WEEK. WE HAVE 10 KINDERGARTEN PLAYERS AND THEY ARE ADORABLE. IT IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE KEEPING THESE HYPER 5 YEAR OLDS ON THE COURT AND FOCUSED. OUR FIRST GAME IS SATURDAY. IT WILL BE A HOOT TO WATCH. MILES HAS HIS NEW BASKETBALL SHOES AND PAW PAW HAS OUTFITTED HIM WITH SOME SWEAT BANDS. HE IS READY. GO PUMAS!!!!!

PLAY DOH ICE CREAM ANYONE?

THE BOYS GOT A PLAY DOH ICE CREAM MACHINE FROM SANTA. THE OTHER NIGHT WE DECIDED TO MAKE SOME CONES AND ADD PLAY DOH TOPPINGS. THE BOYS LOVED IT. WE HAD LOTS OF LAUGHS AND PRETENDED TO EAT LOTS OF ICE CREAM. I LOVE THESE MOMENTS.

MY BEST GIRLS

THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A GIRLS' NIGHT OUT. ANGEL, ME, SUSAN, AND ALLISON DECIDED IT HAD BEEN TOO LONG SINCE OUR LAST RENDEZ-VOUS. WE WENT TO HENDERSONVILLE TO EAT AT DEMOS. DINNER WAS FOLLOWED BY A TRIP TO COWBOYS IN GALLATIN TO HEAR THE PARKS BAND PLAY. WE LAUGHED, DANCED, AND ENJOYED EACH OTHERS COMPANY. WE ENDED UP BACK AT ANGEL'S. I SPENT THE NIGHT IN HER KING SIZE BED AND SLEPT LIKE A BABY. I AM USED TO SLEEPING WITH LUKE WHO IS A MOVER AND SHAKER IN HIS SLEEP. IT WAS A PEACEFUL NIGHTS SLEEP EVEN THOUGH I SECRETLY MISSED HIM BEING NEXT TO ME. I REALLY ENJOY MY TIMES WITH MY FRIENDS.

LUKE'S PLAYDATE WITH KENNEDI

SUSAN INVITED LUKE AND I OVER TO PLAY WITH KENNEDI OVER CHRISTMAS BREAK. IT TOOK LUKE A BIT TO WARM UP BUT HE FINALLY DID. THEY PLAYED WITH KENNEDI'S KITCHEN AND HE USED HER TOY VACUUM TO VACUUM SUE SUE'S WHOLE HOUSE. SUSAN ALSO PLUGGED UP A LITTLE KAROAKE MACHINE WITH A VIDEO MONITOR FOR THEM TO SING. LUKE DIDNT SING BUT SURE ENJOYED SEEING HIMSELF ON T.V. HIS FAVORITE GAME WAS THE CANDYLAND GINGERBREAD GAME. THEY PLAYED SO SWEET TOGETHER. I AM GLAD THAT LUKE HAS HER TO BE SUCH A GREAT LITTLE FRIEND. HE SAYS THAT KENNEDI IS HIS GIRLFRIEND.