Saturday, October 16, 2010

Swim Lessons

Sam's first swim lesson
The kids are taking swim lessons this month. This is Sam's first shot at lessons. Not his first time in the pool but his first real lessons. Gabby knows how to swim so she's working on doing things the right way and learning strokes.

Home Depot Fire Day




I've made it to October! October is Fire Safety month so the Home Depot project is always a fire something. This year it was a fire boat. Very cute. A fire truck showed up while we were there. The kids met the firemen and sat in the truck. Who doesn't love a fire truck?

Don't you wish you slept like this?

This is how I found my booger boy one morning. Can you say sleeping hard?
I had to wake him up. He got up, stumbled to the stop of the stairs and collapsed back in to sleep right there. Poor guy. Don't you hate to wake them up when they're like this?

Artwork

Gabby made this card for her friend's Rock N Roll birthday party. She cut the CD shape herself and drew this inside. I thought it was pretty good!

Football in 3D

Without glasses
With glasses (sorry it's wonky - it's hard to take a picture through glasses)
Crowd shot without glasses - that's enough to make you dizzy


Sporting the glasses

We have gotten to see two Auburn games this year in 3D. First Clemson, then South Carolina. I forgot to take my camera to the Clemson game so these pics are from the SC game. Gabby was at a sleepover that night. The Seattle Auburn Club found the one bar in Washington with 3D TVs and then managed to convince them to move them out of the bar and into a room for the club so that we could bring kids.
It's crazy to watch football in 3D. It really does feel like you are there, especially the end zone shots. You can see the shakers from the stands in the foreground. It looks like you could reach out and grab one! During commercial time ESPN had some footage of other sports in 3D. The X Games type stuff looked really cool.
I never went up to Seattle last year to watch games with the Auburn club - too far for me by myself with the kids. Much easier to watch at home. It was fun to get together and watch with other Auburn fans, though. We had about 50 for the Clemson game and about 35 for the SC game. It's a great group of folks, of course! War Eagle!

Skating Lessons, Take Two

Second lesson and she's already looking better!

Friday, October 15, 2010

Ice Skating


Gabby has started taking ice skating lessons once a week. She is in the beginner class but learning every week. These pics are from the very first class.