Caleb joined the all-city choir this year and has loved having a chance to develop his musical abilities. Today they gave their first performances at some of the elementary schools in town.
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Friday, November 5, 2010
Halloween
This year for Halloween, the girls got very lucky. Grammy took them to the Disney store and let them both pick out fancy costumes. Sierra decided to be Tinker Bell and Madeline was Tiana from The Princess and the Frog. Caleb made a paper costume of Captain Hook to go along with Sierra's outfit. 
Madeline dressed as Cinderella marching with her pre-K class in their school parade. (Her teacher Mrs. Rushing is the scarecrow.)
Tinkerbell and Captain Hook
Madeline would not let me photograph her this year. It's like she thought I was trying to steal her soul with my camera. Maybe she's part Amish?
Our neighborhood gathers for the Halloween parade
Madeline dressed as Cinderella marching with her pre-K class in their school parade. (Her teacher Mrs. Rushing is the scarecrow.)
Tinkerbell and Captain Hook
Madeline would not let me photograph her this year. It's like she thought I was trying to steal her soul with my camera. Maybe she's part Amish?
Our neighborhood gathers for the Halloween parade
Sierra and her good friend Vibha
Autumn Photo
We had a great day taking the kids to the Dallas Zoo, and especially enjoyed their new savanna exhibit where giraffes, zebras, and deer have plenty of room to roam. We wanted to get a cute autumn picture of the kids. As you can see it was a bit of an effort, but in the end they managed to cooperate.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
The Emperor's New Clothes
Caleb loved his second year of being a student performer in the city storytelling festival. He did a great job portraying the foppish king and fast-talking weaver from "The Emperor's New Clothes." We were excited to have Grammy and Papa come from Colorado to see his performance.
http://sharing.theflip.com/session/f8885735492e822639471787f9d948df/video/19112940
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Congratulations, Iron Man!
I'm behind on blogging and hope to get caught up soon, but I certainly don't want to miss posting Ted's amazing accomplishment. He completed a mega triathlon called the Iron Man. His write up and photos are below. I can't believe how happy and relaxed he looks. I like to call him Iron Man now--our own real life super hero.
On Saturday, September 25th I finished my first and probably only Ironman-distance triathlon (2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, & 26.2 mile run) in and around Lake Hefner in Oklahoma City, and overall I thought it went pretty well. I met the cut-off times for each of the three legs by less than an hour, so I’ve definitely set the bar low for any potential future attempts, finishing at 16 hours and 5 minutes. The day was full of contradictions:
- I’ve never applied so much sunscreen and yet gotten so sunburned.
- I consider cycling my least favorite of the three sports because I find anything more than 10 or 20 miles to be uncomfortable and unsafe, yet I spent roughly half of the event on a bike.
- I’ve never lost so many hours of sleep one night with the jitters and the next night due to soreness.
- There are few things I have anticipated so much, yet been so relieved to have over.- So would I recommend it to someone else? Sure. Detailed results are posted at the following link (I’m #214):http://www.redmantriathlon.com/
Thanks,Ted
On Saturday, September 25th I finished my first and probably only Ironman-distance triathlon (2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, & 26.2 mile run) in and around Lake Hefner in Oklahoma City, and overall I thought it went pretty well. I met the cut-off times for each of the three legs by less than an hour, so I’ve definitely set the bar low for any potential future attempts, finishing at 16 hours and 5 minutes. The day was full of contradictions:- I’ve never applied so much sunscreen and yet gotten so sunburned.
- I consider cycling my least favorite of the three sports because I find anything more than 10 or 20 miles to be uncomfortable and unsafe, yet I spent roughly half of the event on a bike.
- I’ve never lost so many hours of sleep one night with the jitters and the next night due to soreness.
- There are few things I have anticipated so much, yet been so relieved to have over.- So would I recommend it to someone else? Sure. Detailed results are posted at the following link (I’m #214):http://www.redmantriathlon.com/
Thanks,Ted
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