Another Day at the Freemans

I'm A Bielemer!

2013-08-31T21:27:00.001-05:00

Today was the Hogs first football game of the season. Thankfully, this season we have a new coach. Last year was not kind to us. Our team was difficult to watch in most games. Hopefully, with the new coach comes a few more victories and a real reason to "smile". I have been impressed with our new coach, Bret Bielema, so far. I think he's going to make a world of difference for our program. Even if we don't have a totally fabulous season as far as wins go, I'm a Bielemer!

Bobby, Grayson, and I watched the game at home together. Bobby grilled burgers and steaks.

The food was delicious and the game was even better. We looked good and much improved over last year's team. There were lots of high fives and chest bumps (Bobby and Grayson only) in our house today.

We won the game 34-14! WPS!

After the game we celebrated the big win by eating some totally cute and completely delicious Hogs petit fours from The Cake Place in Russellville.

They were so good! They may have to be a weekly treat...

Grayson was especially fond of them. He thought they were finger-licking good!

Go Hogs Go!

Burlap Wreath

2013-08-20T22:33:00.000-05:00

Today I finished making a burlap wreath for our front door.

I've been seeing a lot of similar wreaths online, mostly on Pinterest, and I wanted to make one for myself. After watching a few videos on YouTube on how to make them, I decided it was something I could do. I'm totally pleased with my results and it wasn't really that difficult to make. Burlap is kind of messy to work with, much to the dismay of my husband, but it was fun. I already have plans to make another one to go with a wedding shower gift and Grayson's teacher just might be getting one in the near future, too.

Day Two

2013-08-20T10:30:00.000-05:00

This morning when I dropped Grayson off at school, I took a picture of him as he walked into the building.

He seems like a big kid now. He's no longer at the Primary school with the youngest students in the district. And, I think Grayson kind of likes it that he's at school with some "older" kids...you know, with eight, nine, and ten year olds.

Grayson's First Day of Second Grade

2013-08-19T22:04:00.000-05:00

The new school year started today. Grayson is in second grade this year, which means he has moved to a new school building. He is now a student at Pyron Elementary School.

We took the standard "first day of school" pictures

at our house before heading to school...

one with Dad and one with Mom.

Then, Grayson wanted to have a little fun, so we took a couple of silly pictures...

Once we got to Pyron, Bobby and I walked Grayson to his classroom and helped him unpack his backpack. We talked a little with his teacher, Mrs. Patterson. Then, I took Grayson's picture with his teacher.

I was a little nervous that Grayson would have some first day of school anxiety and not want us to leave him like he did last year. But, he did so well. He didn't seem nervous at all. In fact, he barely acknowledged our leaving him there.

At the end of the day, I went to pick him up and he said he'd had a good day. He seems to like second grade so far. I don't know that I do, however. After Grayson being home with me every day all summer long, today seemed to go on forever. Only 177 more school days til summer break... :0)

Cousins on the Course

2013-07-12T16:30:00.000-05:00

After lunch at China Fun, Bobby, Grayson, and Darren went to play golf at the Clarksville Country Club. Isaac joined them halfway thru their round.

Grayson said it was hot out on the course, but lots of fun.

He really enjoys playing golf. I don't know if he's going to be any good at it, but I do think it's something he's going to enjoy playing for many years to come.

Grayson's Birthday Lunch

2013-07-12T13:49:00.000-05:00

Since today is Grayson's birthday, we told him he could pick a place for us to eat out for lunch. One of his very favorites in Clarksville is China Fun, so of course, that's where he wanted to go.

And, we made sure to invite some fun folks to join us.

Grayson had a ball. He got to eat some sweet-n-sour chicken and rice, which he loves.

And, they even brought him some fried ice cream to enjoy after his meal.

Papaw and GiGi couldn't come, but Mamaw, Poppa & Grammy, Uncle D & Aunt Rachel, Ada, Isaac, Zackary, and Layla were all there to help him celebrate turning 7.

Tonight, we'll be dining at our family favorite for birthday dinners (and just about any other meal), El Parian.

Happy Birthday, Grayson!

July 12, 2013

Bobbleheads, Backpacks, Beards and Bandanas

2013-07-12T11:11:00.000-05:00

A couple of months ago, Grayson decided he wanted a Duck Dynasty themed birthday party. Since then, I have been searching for ideas and party supplies. Pinterest was a great help. Grayson's favorite guy on DD is Uncle Si. I found DD bobbleheads online and ordered one to be used on the party table. This morning I let Grayson open the box. He didn't know I had ordered it.

He loved it and wanted to take several pictures with it, which was hilarious. He wanted to give it bunny ears and be silly and say lines from the show. It should make a good addition to the party table.

I've also been working on the goody bags for the party. I ordered some camo drawstring backpacks from Oriental Trading and personalized them with iron-on vinyl.

This was definitely a trial-and-error process. I'm not sure what material the bags are, but they are fairly thin and kind of paper towel-ish feeling. I ruined a couple of the bags with my iron being too hot. But in the end, I think they turned out great. They are super cute! I did the boys' names in orange and the girls' names in pink.

Inside the bags are one of two different groups of items. One bag is a Willie themed set...

which looks like this on...

And, the other has an Uncle Si themed set.

The plan is for the kids to each put on their beard and bandana and pose for a group picture.

Tomorrow is the party. It should be fun!

Clarksville Aquatic Center Opens

2013-07-06T21:30:00.000-05:00

Clarksville recently opened a new aquatic center with two pools, two water slides, and a lazy river. We've been waiting, what seemed like forever, for it to be finished so we could enjoy it. It opened a few days ago and we went today.

It was so nice! It almost doesn't seem possible that our little town has something this good.

It's not completely huge. It's just the right size.

The concession stand is great with lots of choices. The bathrooms are big and nice and clean. The staff is super nice and helpful.

There are lots of lifeguards, which makes me feel safer. And, several cabanas for rent to get some shade, when needed. (I should have stayed in the shade a little more so I could have saved myself from the sunburn I got.)

Grayson had a really good time and didn't want to leave. The good news is we can go back again and again.

Grayson on the Fourths

2013-07-04T11:37:00.000-05:00

After seeing lots of baby and kid 4th of July pictures on Facebook, it made me think about Grayson over the years on the 4th. Here are a few oldies but goodies of Grayson...

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

And now this year, in his Pinterest inspired t-shirt that we made together...

Happy Independence Day!

We Made It!

2013-06-07T23:00:00.000-05:00

First thing this morning we were up and headed back to the Houston airport. After having a rough and exhausting travel day yesterday, I was determined for today to be a great day. We're going to Disney World!

Grayson and Zackary sat together on our flight from Houston to Charlotte and had a fun time playing games on Grayson's i-pad.

Once we arrived in Orlando we were so ready to get to the Magical Express!

We waited for the bus to fill up, so we could finally get to the Art of Animation Resort!

Grayon was so tired from traveling over the last two days that he couldn't even make it to the resort before he fell asleep.

Once we arrived at the resort, though,

he was up and ready to have fun.

We only had a few minutes to get our things settled in our room before it was time to leave for our dinner reservations at Downtown Disney's T-REX restaurant.

We loved this restaurant! The food was wonderful, the service was great, and we loved the atmosphere, too.

We even got a little crazy while we were there...

and so did Darren and Isaac.

Something Grayson had been looking forward to about going to this restaurant was that they have a Build-A-Dinosaur store attached to it. So, while we waited for our dessert to arrive, Grayson and I went to the store for him to make his new friend.

He named him Roar. He helped to make him and even gave him a bath before we left the store.

Grayson is pretty fond of him.

After dinner, we walked to the bus stop to go back to our resort. At the bus stop I got Mamaw and Papaw to pose for a picture while wearing our group's day one shirt, Hog shirts. WPS!

The bus ride back to the resort gave time for our food to settle

before heading out to enjoy some time at the Big Blue Pool.

Grayson had a great time! He was happy to finally be enjoying some time with his cousins.

End of day one at Disney World...Once we finally got here, we love it! I can't wait until tomorrow. It's Epcot day!

June 7, 2013

Will We Ever Make It There?

2013-06-06T23:30:00.000-05:00

Well, today was supposed to end a little differently than it did.

This afternoon Bobby, Grayson, Mom, Dad, and I headed to Little Rock to the airport for our vacation to the happiest place on earth...Disney World! The five of us are going on vacation with 15 others. Some are driving there. Some are flying out of Northwest Arkansas. The rest are coming with us.

When we got to the airport, Grayson was happy to see Zackary there waiting with some of the others in our group.

We waited for a little while at the airport,

until it was time to board our plane to Houston. There were nine from our group on this particular flight. Six others had already left for Houston on a previous plane.

Once in Houston, we were supposed to all be on the same flight to Orlando. All was going well

until we got near Houston and we started circling. Then, the pilot told us there was a thunderstorm at the airport that was causing wind shear problems. Ordinarily, we would circle until the storm passed, but our plane was low on fuel so we couldn't circle anymore. Our plane was diverted to the airport at College Station to refuel. That is when we started getting nervous about missing our connecting flight to Orlando.

We were supposed to have about an hour and a half layover in Houston before our plane to Orlando left. With the circling we did before our low fuel problem, our time window was getting smaller and smaller. Then, while we were still sitting on the plane at the airport in College Station, the six who were already in Houston told us they were boarding the plane to Orlando already. Panic time! We found out that our plane that was heading to Orlando was the last flight there of the night. So, if we missed that flight, we would be spending the night in Houston. We got a little bit of hope when we heard that the captain's chair was broken on our plane to Orlando. They were having to wait until it was fixed to take off, so that flight would be delayed up to an hour.

Unfortunately for us, that wasn't long enough for us to get to Houston. We sat in College Station for what seemed like an eternity! When we finally arrived in Houston, our flight to Orlando was taxiing on the runway. As we walked inside the Houston airport, I got a text update from United saying our plane had just taken off. :,( And, to top it all off, we had the most wonderful, friendly, understanding, and helpful United employee helping us in Houston. NOT! I so wish I had gotten the lady's name and taken a picture of her with my cell phone. She was awful!

So, tonight we are spending the night in a not-so-great hotel in Houston, Texas, and eating supper at 11:00 at night instead of being at the fabulous Art of Animation Resort in Walt Disney World. It's not the way we thought our vacation would start, but tomorrow is a new day...

June 6, 2013

Wordless Wednesday

2013-06-05T18:23:00.001-05:00

Last Day of First Grade :0(

2013-05-29T17:05:00.000-05:00

Today was Grayson's last day of first grade.

This year has flown by! He's come a long way since his first day this year...

His looks have changed (and not just because his hair is way shorter).

He's still my little boy, though, who loves to snuggle in the morning when he first wakes up, who loves to make a silly face for the camera EVERY time we take pictures,

who likes to be tucked in and kissed goodnight by Bobby or me before bed, who thinks passing gas noises is super funny, who loves all things related to sports, who loves to add and subtract and figure things out when it concerns numbers, who isn't fond of coloring but loves art class, whose favorite class in school is Coach Kutko's P.E. class, who remembers all the things that the school counselor taught him and will inform you of them if we are anywhere near cigarette smoke, alcohol, etc., who still remembers some random Elvis facts from being taught about him in music last year by Mrs. Stahl, who still hasn't gotten the shoe tying thing figured out, and who love love LOVES all things made of sugar.

But, whether I want him to or not, he is growing up. And, he is moving on to second grade.

He has loved his first grade teacher, Mrs. Blackard. And, Bobby and I have too. He has learned a lot from her and the other teachers and staff at Clarksville Primary School. They have taken great care of him. We are going to miss this building when he moves on to second grade and Pyron Elementary. We're also going to miss Mr. Ziegler, the principal.

Bobby and I have known Mr. Ziegler since we were in junior high. He's a wonderful principal and he loves and takes care of the kids in his school.

Grayson is a little nervous about changing buildings next year for second grade, but he is ready. He has done very well academically in school this year. He made all A's all year long and received a citizenship award twice. He also earned several rewards through taking Accelerated Reader quizzes after reading books. Though he's a little nervous, he's also kind of excited about being at Pyron, because he thinks that it makes him a big kid.

For now, we're going to enjoy our summer and hope it lasts for a really long time. I love that Grayson will be home with me all day every day for a while. So long, first grade!

May 29, 2013

One More Day

2013-05-28T19:53:00.000-05:00

On Grayson's next to the last day of school for this year, he got to do a couple of fun things. First, he and the rest of the first grade went to Pyron Elementary to take a tour of the school they will be attending next year. Grayson didn't tell me much about his visit, but I know he liked it there and thought it was cool.

In the afternoon, Grayson, Ada, and the other first graders, who had earned at least 80 Accelerated Reader points, got to go to Cline Park for some extra play time.

Mostly, he played a game of kickball with several of the others.

I think he really enjoyed himself despite the heat.

Too soon for most of the kids, it was time to go back to school on the bus.

Grayson left with me. Tomorrow is his last day...

May 28, 2013

Last Field Trip of First Grade

2013-05-17T08:00:00.000-05:00

Grayson's class went on their last field trip of the year on Thursday to Lake Dardanelle State Park in Russellville. The plan was to leave first thing in the morning, go to the visitor center, have a picnic lunch, and get some play time. Unfortunately, it was rainy all day, so some of the plans had to be cancelled.

They left school as scheduled and headed to Russellville. Once they got to the visitors center, Mrs. Blackard's class and Mrs. Langford's class went to listen to Mr. Jeremiah tell about spiders.

He talked about tarantulas, brown recluse, and black widows. The kids got to see each kind and look through magnifying glasses at them.

They also got to act like they were bugs and see if they could make it through a spider web without getting caught.

Then, they moved to the next station to learn about dragonflies, lady bugs, and honey bees. The kids were especially interested in the fact that all of the worker bees are girls and that they bring food to the boy bees. Then, as summer approaches they kick the boys out of the hive and stop feeding them, so the boys die. The girls, as you might expect, found this to be a fun fact. The boys, however, had lots of questions about how they "kick" them out and why the boy bees had to die. They also wanted to know if there was a king bee to go along with the Queen. :0)

After the lesson on bees, the two classes were able to look through the visitor center. They have fish, bees, turtles that the kids could touch,

and several other things for the kids to see and do.

Grayson had a really good time.

I just wish it hadn't been raining the whole time. Since they couldn't go outside to eat and play, the kids had to load back up on the buses and head back to school before that had even eaten lunch.

Grayson left with me instead going back to school on the bus. We met Bobby for lunch at Stoby's before heading home. We spent the afternoon watching movies and relaxing. Grayson wasn't feeling all that great, so it was good for him to get some rest.

Wordless Wednesday

2013-05-15T12:47:00.000-05:00

Mother's Day 2013

2013-05-13T09:52:00.000-05:00

For Mother's Day Bobby and Grayson both gave me very sweet cards and some pretty flowers. Grayson also made a couple of things at school that I got on Friday. And, yesterday at church he gave me a flower and card that they put together in Sunday School.

I feel very lucky to be Grayson's mom. He's the best kid I could have ever asked for.

After church the three of us headed to Fayetteville for the final regular season home Hogs baseball game with my parents (not really my idea of how to spend MD, but oh well).

Before we left for the game, Bobby took a picture of my mom and me. My sister and I are very blessed to have her as our mom.

The game was good. Hogs won big 10-2 over Tennessee! WPS!

After we got home, Bobby, Grayson, and I went to dinner with Bob and Rutha and Darren, Rachel, Ada, and Isaac at SouthPark.

(Bobby with his mom)

We all had a good time at dinner, but some of us had a little more fun than others.

Our crazy kids were goofy and giddy and happy the whole time we were there. Look out, Disney World, these silly guys are coming soon!

Staff Appreciation Week: Hollywood Theme

2013-05-10T13:43:00.000-05:00

This week has been Staff Appreciation Week at Clarksville Primary. My SIL Rachel and I helped with the ideas and decorations for the week and I think it all turned out really well. We love the CPS staff! They are good to our kids and we are definitely going to miss them next year when our kids move to the next building.

Last Friday all the staff members got this card in their mailboxes...

The card outlined what would happen for the week ahead.

On Monday morning when the staff arrived, each of the two hallways had this to greet them.

Also, each of their classroom doors had a large gold star with their names on them. In the lounge there were chocolate covered strawberries with a sign that said "Thank you for being so berry sweet to our kids."

On Tuesday, we hosted a VIP luncheon to go along with our Hollywood theme. An extra classroom at the end of the first grade hallway was the location for it. Before we decorated it, the room looked like this...

We covered all the walls with black tablecloths with one wall having black and gold streamers on it. The streamer wall had a "Before They Were Stars" bulletin board,

which had baby pictures of some of the teachers in the building on a roll of film. As the staff ate lunch, they filled out ballots of who was who.

Opposite of the streamer wall was a wall of gold stars that the students had written on. About 100 or so kids wrote about something they liked about the staff members at school. Several of these were very sweet and some were quite humorous.

The food we served for lunch was delicious. Lots of parents contributed. Bobby and Darren grilled the meat for us. We had salad, grilled chicken, hamburger sliders, chips and dips, fruits and desserts.

For dessert, there were red carpet a.k.a. red velvet cupcakes...

and star cookies that were so fabulous! I think I may have eaten a half dozen or so of these. Yikes!

On Wednesday morning the staff was treated to donuts and cinnamon rolls with milk and juice. Rachel made a super cute sign, that I sadly do not have a picture of, that said "Donut know what we'd do without you!"

Thursday and Friday everyone got a goodie bag in their mailbox. Thursday was a bag of Starbursts with a tag attached that said, "You're the star of our school." And, Friday they received a mini bag of cookies with a tag attached that said, "Our kids are smart cookies thanks to you." Both Pinterest inspired things.

All in all I think everything turned out great! For Grayson's teacher I made a 12x12 framed scrapbook page entitled "What I Like About You". I had Grayson tell me 10 things he liked about his teacher to put on it.

I wish I had had the time (and patience) to have Grayson hand write each one of the the things he likes about Mrs. Blackard. Since I didn't, I only had him write his name and the very last one on the list, which was "You are an awesome teacher!" I think Mrs. Blackard really liked it. And, the kids in Grayson's class enjoyed reading all of the things, too. In case you can't see them from the picture, the ten things Grayson said he liked about Mrs. Blackard were: 1) You give good hugs at the end of the day. 2) You explain stuff good. 3) I like how you read stories to us. 4) You help me with my work. 5) You are nice. 6) I like the math homework you give us. 7) I really liked the s'mores you gave us. 8) You are good to us. 9) You let us play on the iPad. 10) You are an awesome teacher!

Play Ball

2013-05-09T10:23:00.000-05:00

Grayson's JCBC baseball season is in full swing now. He has games or practices at least a couple of times a week. Ordinarily they don't play on Wednesday nights, but last night he had a make-up game.

It's fun to watch Grayson when he's on deck. He swings like a champ.

Unfortunately, all that determined swinging practice doesn't always parlay to the batter's box. But last night he got a good hit...

and made it to second base.

After the game Grayson told us that he got a double. He actually only got a single, but went to second on an error.

Then, he was headed to third base, where his friend Seth was playing.

Grayson did well in the field. He's really good at getting the ball back to the infield once it's been hit to him.

Grayson's team lost the game 5-6, but on the up side it doesn't count against them in the standings since it was one of our first three games.

GO FIRESTONE!

"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda

Pre-Season Champs

2013-04-21T20:18:00.000-05:00

This weekend Grayson started his JCBC baseball season with a pre-season tournament.

He's no longer in tee ball. He has moved up to the 7-8 year old league, which utilizes a pitching machine. Grayson plays left-center field and made a couple of good plays out there this weekend.

His team played 5 games over the course of 2 days. They lost the first one and then didn't lose again. They improved every game and ended up winning the tournament.

And, they had a lot of fun in the meantime. His teammates seem to really like each other.

Grayson was excited to get a medal for winning the tournament,

but didn't really want to pose for an individual picture. I made him anyway. Some day he'll thank me.

Both Friday and Saturday nights we were at the ballpark until really, really late. Then, this morning when I went to get Grayson up, I found out that he had been sick in the night. He had thrown up in the floor beside his bed and then, just went back to sleep. How I found out that he had been sick was quite nice (NOT!). When I went to wake him, it was still dark in his room. As I stepped close to his bed, I stepped in something cold and wet. Ick! I asked Grayson what I just stepped in because I couldn't see. He said, "I threw up." After cleaning up (his room and my foot), I checked Grayson's temperature. He had fever and said he felt really bad. Today he hasn't eaten much and hasn't really wanted to drink much either. He seems a little better this evening, but there will be no school for him in the morning. It was a good weekend baseball-wise, but not so much health-wise. :0(

The Easter Bunny Doesn't Come If You Don't Believe...And Other Revelations

2013-03-31T23:00:00.000-05:00

This morning before Sunday School we gave Grayson his Easter basket filled with goodies.

I'm not really in to the whole Easter-bunny-brought-it thing, so Grayson has always known that Bobby and I are the ones giving him the stuff in his basket.

Until this year, Grayson hasn't really thought much about the Easter bunny (that I know of) so he's never questioned me about it. Until this year...

Tonight as I was putting him to bed he asked me why the Easter bunny didn't bring him the goodies in his basket. He wanted to know why Bobby and I were the ones doing it. He asked, "The Easter bunny isn't real?"

Since I didn't really want to go down the real vs. not real road, I said, "What do you think?" He said, "I think the EB doesn't bring me stuff for my basket because YOU don't believe! If you believe, he brings it. If you don't, he doesn't." So, basically, Grayson has surmised that it's Bobby's and my fault that the Easter bunny doesn't come to our house. Nice.

Oh, and it didn't stop there. Somehow we got into a discussion about how the EB would get into our house if he were to come bring him goodies for Easter. You know Santa Claus comes down our (non-existent) chimney, so how does the EB get in? My answer was very simple...Since we don't believe in him bringing the goodies, we don't have to worry about that. He's not getting in.

And then, since good ole Saint Nick got brought into the real/not-real discussion, Grayson had an epiphany. Our fireplace isn't real! So, if our fireplace isn't real which means there is no chimney, how is Santa Claus getting into our house on Christmas Eve?!

Yikes! I so did not want to be having this conversation. I like Santa Claus. No, he's not the real reason for the Christmas season, but I like him. So, I gave Grayson the best answer I could come up with on the spur of the moment... I said, "Magic. Now, go to sleep. It's past your bedtime."

Maybe, that will work for a little while...Maybe...

Hoppy Easter from the Freemans!

Easter Sunday Fun

2013-03-31T19:30:00.000-05:00

After church this morning, Bobby, Grayson, and I headed over to my parents' house for lunch. My mom prepared a fabulous meal of ham, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn, salad, rolls, and cheesecake. We were all stuffed beyond belief! It was all so good!

Then, Mamaw and Papaw gave Grayson some Easter goodies and a little loving.

I know all grandparents love their grandchildren, but Mamaw and Papaw are super in love with Grayson. They can't get enough of him. Sometimes, I think they would rather he live with them than us.

Aunt Ruby was also at our Easter lunch, so I took a picture of the two Arbaugh sisters with Grayson.

After all the photos, it was time to head home for some rest before going to Darren and Rachel's for an egg hunt and fish fry later in the day.

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When we got to Darren and Rachel's house that evening, the kids could hardly wait to go on the egg hunt. They were super excited!

The adults hid the eggs in the yard. Then, Zackary, Ada, Grayson, and Isaac took off like wild animals to go find them.

They had a blast!

In hindsight, we should have told the kids they could only get a certain number of eggs each because some finished with lots of eggs and others...not so much. In the end, though, they were all happy.

Prizes were given out...

and the adults re-hid the eggs a few times so they could have fun again and again. The kids even hid the eggs for the adults to find once.

Once the eggs had been found over and over again and the kids had some play time outside, it was time for our meal. Rachel's parents cooked a delicious meal of fried fish, hushpuppies, french fries, and coleslaw. Yummo!

We have had so much food today that we shouldn't need to eat for a good long while. And, it was all so good. Today was a fun day with both of our families and Grayson had a great time!

Hogs Win and Grayson Gets An Autograph

2013-03-30T09:00:00.000-05:00

Last night we went to the Razorback baseball game at Baum Stadium in Fayetteville. The Hogs played Mississippi State and beat them 5-4. WPS!

During the game an usher gave Grayson a baseball that had been fouled off. When the game was over, Grayson and his new ball headed down to the area behind the Hogs dugout to get the baseball signed. We thought he might want Ficociello's autograph because that was his favorite player last year. But, the one he wanted and the one he got was...

Tyler Spoon, his new favorite player.

As Grayson was excitedly coming back up the stairs from the dugout, an older man stopped him to ask whose autograph he just got. Grayson said, "Tyler Spoon!" The man said, "Did you know that he's my grandson?" Grayson said, "Really?" I think Tyler's grandpa thought it was pretty cool that Grayson was so excited to be getting his grandson's autograph. It was a fun night!

March 30, 2013

Reading To Grayson's Class

2013-03-29T15:18:00.000-05:00

Today was Bobby's turn to read to Grayson's first grade class. He reads once a month on a Friday afternoon.

Since we're so close to Easter, he read some books about rabbits and Spring.

The last one he read today was Howard B. Wigglebottom Listens To His Heart. It's a cute book with a good message. Besides reading, Bobby also brought the class a little treat...

carrots. Well, not really, but they look like carrots. I saw this on Pinterest and thought it was too cute not to do it...cheese puffs in a carrot shaped bag.

Grayson really likes it that his dad comes to read to his class and I'm so glad he is able to do it. Bobby really enjoys it, too. He usually has a story or two to tell when he gets home from reading. And, it usually revolves around someone in class being a little on the gassy side. Today, I went along with him and sat on the floor with the kids. While Bobby was reading, someone passed gas and giggles ensued. Several of the boys blamed this one girl for doing it. Her response was hilarious! She said, "It wasn't me...this time!"

March 29, 2013

Root Root Root for the Firestone Team!

2013-03-26T22:00:00.000-05:00

Earlier this evening tryouts were held for this year's Johnson County Boys Club baseball league. The boys didn't do a whole lot, but they did get to throw and catch the ball and get a few pitches to hit on the pitching machine.

This is Grayson's first year in the 7/8 year old pitching machine league. He didn't make contact during tryouts, but his timing was good. This year may be a learning experience for Grayson and hitting.

One little boy at tryouts broke his bat while hitting one of his three pitches. All the boys thought that was totally cool. All of them, that is, but the boy who broke his brand new bat. :'( He wasn't happy at all!

Bobby, Grayson, and I are definitely excited about this season of baseball and can't wait to get started practicing with our Firestone team.

March 26, 2013