Football Spirit

All our schools called for Panthers Pride today, 

as the Carolina Panthers have a big game this weekend.

Patrick wore a football shirt, Finn had me paint on his face, 

and I put a Panther on Gill's face for Hawk Dads.

However, the family member with the most Panthers Spirit was Sullivan!

Wearing Panthers Blue Skinny Jeans, a blue and black shirt and black cowboy boots - 

the kid had spirit!

 The entire preschool was given pom-poms, pizza and football-shaped brownies.

Our Karate Kid

Hi-Ya!  

Patrick has started studying Karate once a week after school.

Our sweet boy has some tough karate moves, 

and he's only been going for 6 weeks.

Patrick has already earned a certificate for his hard work.

Keep up the great work, Patrick - we are so proud!

Discovery Place Kids

Yesterday, I took the boys up to Discovery Place Kids for the afternoon.

We spent the most of our time building race cars and racing down the track.

 The boys couldn't resist the water table, or getting soaking wet,

 and joined in for dance party on stage before we left.

Happy New Year!

New Years Eve was spent cuddled up on the couch, just the five of us, with lots of popcorn and a good family movie.  The boys went to bed realatively early and Gill and I just barely made it til midnight!

 New Years Day was celebrated with Nannie and PopPop.

Dad took the boys golfing and Mom made a delicious dinner.  

The day was filled with lots of silliness, a great way to start the year!

Happy 2014!

Snow Ville

Today we went to Columbia with the Whites for a day at Edventure.

The museum had a special SnowVille exhibit,

complete with snowball launchers

 and sledding!

We played at the construction zone

Patrick created a great flyer with Gill

and then he and Finny made robots

 Sully sailed the seas

and made a puppet show!

 

Finn was a dentist

 and all the kids had a great time

 We were the first family to enter when the doors opened and the last to leave, five hours later, when Edventure closed.  Our family worked up quite an appetite and enjoyed pizza at the Mellow Mushroom before heading home.

Christmas Eve 2013

Our Christmas Eve started off with a surprise Reindeer Breakfast from Sam the Elf!

 In the afternoon, we went to Christmas Eve Mass.

 

After church, we went to Nannie and Pop Pops for Christmas Eve Dinner.

Mom made a delicious dinner, complete with fish stew for the grown ups and meatballs for the boys!

 Little hands couldn't resist Nannie's Christmas Cookies!

After getting home and putting on PJ's, the boys heard a noise and looked out the window to see... a christmas tree on our front yard.  Beautifully decorated and lit up, it was pure magic!  We all believe it must have bee Sam the Elf sending some extra Christmas Magic.

 

What a way to end Christmas Eve!

Christmas Bears

For the fourth year in a row, we visited the Leonard Bearstein Christmas Orchestra today. This time, we were joined by Melissa, Athena and Sebastian!

 We could not get the five to pose for a picture...

mainly because they were too busy making each other laugh!

I'm not sure the kids actually watched very much of the Bear Show, but Melissa and I enjoyed it, and we all had fun being together!