bowled over

let me apologize right of the bat for the title.
but this post is about charlie, who is the undisputed king of puns and bad jokes in our neighborhood. (i jus’ be wif him.)
i’m sure everyone is tired of me bragging about what awesome neighbors i have...but it’s true! above, just a little project charlie has been working on. this is just one of 5 that carol showed me to pick from...each one more beautiful than the next.
anyway, not that i needed cheering up, but waking up to this in my kitchen every morning certainly helps.

valentines dance

requesting showers every night of the week +
brushing our teeth and wishing for white strips +
clean jeans and new shirt +
teddy bear = valentines dance.

i escorted sammy and his best friend, jimmy to the elementary dance last night. i was, of course, instructed to stay out of their way...and to not make a fuss. actually, i hardly saw them at all. too busy trolling the school hallways after 4th...and 5th grade girls.

none of them good enough for my sammerjam. :)

(last shot...sam is sitting at a table across from 3 “hot” girls. yes, i was fussing.)

winter picnic

we did this about a month ago...i just didn’t get around to posting it till now. leave it to carol, our neighbor and best friend to get us out of our comfort zone. literally. but we had a warm day, the park was beautiful, lots of good bread and cheese, free wood and a crackling fire in that cool lean-to behind carol and i in the pictures. we are planning on an overnight there in may. our luck with camping...especially with c&c...isn’t that great. lots of big green blobs on the radar. but this park is in huntsburg so how bad can it be.

0-14

so they didn’t have the greatest season.
but we are so proud of olivia for trying a new sport.
(pictured above with ashley, one of her bffs.)
jk! lol! idk. ily! txt! i’m on a roll.
yesterday was their last game.
and even after being sick for 2 days, she had the most awesome game.
the overhand serve definitely clicked in (i think she had 6 in a row).
and in my opinion was partially responsible for at least 6 more.
most importantly, most of the team really had a great time with each other.