Last Post For May!

Holy smokes! Two posts in one month. There's a couple of events worth taking note since I last posted.


Back in April we made nylon stocking grassheads. I saw it done on TLC or something and I thought the kids would enjoy doing it. (Stretch the nylon stocking over a cup,put in a couple of pinches of grass seeds in the toe end, put in potting soil until it's as big as you want, then tie a knot. Decorate it with 3-d paint or hot glue stuff on it, and then water it regularly and the grass will grow up like hair) Here's Dana, Tyree, Kyli and Sarah making theirs.


All done.


May 19, 2005
Here are the kids' grass heads a month or so later. The grass was getting twisted inside, so we eventually had to cut the stocking to let it out. Other than that, they came out great.


May 21, 2005
Sarah had her very first T-Ball game.


Here she is on third, waiting to run home.


Here is Sarah and her class on the very last day of pre-school. They had a casual last day. Tyree and Mommy spent a good portion of the day there, and we even joined them for lunch. Grift got done with work early, so he spent some time in the afternoon at school too. It was kind of sad when all the kids started leaving.


After her last day at pre-school, Sarah had a movie outing with her soccer team. We watched "Kicking and Screaming," which was appropriate. Later outside the coach gave the kids their trophies.


May 28, 2005
They had a little carnival behind the nearby mall, so we let the kids get on a couple of rides. This one is some sort of bounce thingamajig.


May 29, 2005
Here we are at a rock climbing facility. Grift had free two-week passes from when he had gone with people from work, so he thought we'd like to try it out. It was scary as hell, but also fun. If you guys get a chance to do this I think you should.


I wasn't sure if Sarah would even try to climb up the wall, but she did awesome. This is the 30 foot wall and she made it all the way to the top.


Now here's Tyree on the same 30 foot wall. He must be part monkey, because it did not phase him one bit.


This picture is just to get some perspective on how high this wall is. That's Grift at the bottom of the picture, on belay (in case we fell). That's Tyree at the very top, right before Grift started lowering him. Not bad for a three year old.


And here is my monkey boy going up the rope ladder. After he got to the top he clung to the rope as he was lowered, singing the George of the jungle song. It was so funny.


Okay, so this isn't the most flattering of pictures. Believe me, this was one of the better ones. Anyway, as if the 30 foot wall wasn't enough, Grift said I should do this one as well, since HE did it. People, this wall kicked my butt. This one was 50 feet tall and the top third slopes outward, so you feel like you are going upside down. I can't believe people do this stuff out on real cliffs and with less safety gear. That's crazy.

So that's it for now.

Hello once again.

Hi there guys. Well, first of all, I thought I'd post more often, but you know how it is. This may only get done once a month or so, but that's still better than nothing. Here's what's gone on since the last post:


April 29, 2005 Originally, this band was supposed to be in an actual parade with the kids, but it got cancelled due to rain. They took it inside instead and turned it into a mini concert.


Here's Sarah and her class after the concert. She's the one looking at Miss Vidia, who is telling the kids to look at the camera. I think that's funny.



May 10, 2005
Another funny picture. T-Ball started before the soccer season ended, so Sarah did a little bit of overtime for a couple of weeks. She had just gotten through with soccer practice and had to shuffle over to the baseball diamond in this one (note the shin guards). Yaaawwwn.



May 12, 2005
This was Sarah's last soccer game for this season. She got to kick off the ball at the beginning of one of the quarters. The "Comets" were undefeated. Let's just see if Sarah will want to play again for the fall season. Tyree will be old enough then, so she may enjoy it more if they're together.



For now, though, Tyree kept busy during the games by playing in the trees and on the sidelines, practicing his Jedi moves. He also befriended many a soccer player's sibling and picked little flowers for the females, young and old.



May 13, 2005
This is the end of the year picnic for Sarah's preschool. The kids were literally out at the park area from 9 am to 2 pm, but suprisingly, time went by very quickly. Here the kids are eating hot dogs, burgers, beans and other good food.


Sarah and her two friends are rolling around their classmates who are in the tube.



There were all kinds of things for the kids to do. They did crafts, played sports, blew bubbles, hula hooped, etc. It pays to have an older sister in preschool -- you get to join in all the fun stuff, like hitting balls. Tyree had a great time too.



All the kids were presented with certificates and goodies for participating in the preschool program here at Fort Lee. Here is Sarah and her three teachers: Miss Hoy, Miss Vidia and Miss Keisha.


May 13, 2005 (pm)
After the all day picnic, Grift and I had to get ready for a formal. I don't even remember who this is with us, it's just that this is the best picture we took together the whole night. It was a pleasant three hour stint. Good food, short speeches, one strong glass of alcohol. My one wish is that a good pair of coordinating tennis shoes would be acceptable footwear to these things. My narrow heeled girl shoes were already killing my Samoan/Hawaiian feet as we walked from our front door to our car.



The highlight of Grift's night was taking this picture with the special guest, Bo Jackson. Grift tried to tell me who this man was, but I'm still clueless. All I know is that I took a very nice picture of SSG Shaw standing next to a really big black guy in a suit.