Phantastic!!!

In honor of the WORLD CHAMPION Philadelphia Philles, here are a few pictures from our first and only visit to Citizen's Bank Park, in the summer of 2003.

And, one more from when Andrew (age 2) and I met Jaime Moyer. He couldn't have been nicer to us that day, and we couldn't be happier for him now!

Drama

I was all ready to enjoy some peace and quiet (hah!) this afternoon after I took Sam to school when the phone rang. It’s the school. Andrew fell off the fire truck climbing structure and has a cut in the back of his head. So, I picked him up, and we went to Group Health to get it checked out. It stopped bleeding pretty quickly, but the school nurse thought we should have a dr. look at it. I’m glad we went, because after they cleaned him up they decided that he needed some stitches. So, we got that done, and he was really brave during the whole process. The cut looked a lot better after it was stitched. And, with Andrew's hair, you can't even tell. We made it back to school in time to pick up Sam, and Andrew was greeted like a wounded war hero by his class as they were coming out to the bus. Apparently they had all seen him bleeding, and he bled quite a bit when it first happened. He told them about the stitches, and they were really impressed.


Of course, Andrew described it all in detail to Sam, who was really concerned, not for Andrew, but that someday he might have to have stitches and get a numbing shot in the back of his head.


The dr. cleared Andrew to play soccer tomorrow, which surprised me a little bit. Game on!

More from Pennsylvania...

Here are some more images from our trip....Washington's house at Valley Forge, the Liberty Bell, the Nittany lion cake at the rehearsal dinner, and dinner with the bride and groom at Ruth's Chris.

Art and Pam's wedding

October 11, 2008

Vocab

Andrew was looking ahead at some of his assignments that he will be taking on our trip. Each week, he has a (rather difficult, I think) vocabulary word that he has to define, find synonyms and antonyms for, and use in a paragraph. This coming week's word is "meticulous". Alan suggested that the recent Lego ship might make a good subject; it was built in a meticulous way. Andrew's response, "No, I already wrote about that. It was "unprecedented"."

Getting Ready....

Today featured haircuts for all three guys in the house. Andrew and Sam got the "spiky" finished look, which we might try to recreate for the wedding.

And, your soccer update includes 3 games today. Sam's team finally got some competition. They played to a 1-1 tie in the first game, and lost the second in a blow-out. Sam made the only goal in the first game, and one in the second too. Andrew's team was winning at half-time in a blow-out, so his coach made a sportsman-like move; he suggested to the other coach that they switch some players around for the 2nd half. So, two of Andrew's teammates played for the other team, and two of their players came over and played for us. It made for a really competitive 2nd half, and was fun to watch.

Now, it's all about laundry and packing for Monday!