Sunday, March 21, 2010

What a Wonderful Spring Break!

First: have you ever seen a sweeter little Texas Aggie?

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Nature Bracket 2010: East and South Regions

Hello! I hope everyone is enjoying the opening day of the NCAA tournament! I love this time of year. After April 5, we have only the NBA for a couple of months, then a slow, agonizing summer of baseball. Yawn…



But let’s focus on the here and now. Here are my Nature Bracket picks for the East and South regionals.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Lisa's 2010 Nature Bracket: Midwest and West Regions

Get excited, friends – it’s time for Lisa’s 2010 Nature Bracket picks!

For those of you who are new around here, here’s the scoop: for the past three or four years, I’ve dedicated one NCAA bracket to choices based upon which team’s mascot would win if the mascots were to actually fight in nature. Do I base my picks on solid, thorough research? Not really, though I do spend a good 30-40 minutes on Wikipedia looking up mascots of less famous schools. Most of my picks are based on gut feelings, but I have adopted a few rules:

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Choo Choo! It's Thomas!

Yesterday, we joined our good friends the Colvins and the Blunts for a Day Out with Thomas the Tank Engine. Admittedly, Luke doesn't have the faintest idea who Thomas the Tank Engine is. A Day Out with Elmo? A Day Out with Mickey Mouse? He'd be giddy with excitement. Even though it took him a little while to warm up to the idea, Luke had a great time. Here are some pics:

Dad Got Luke a Gift...


...his very own custom Chelsea kit!

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

18 Months Old!

It's hardly believable, is it? It wasn't all that long ago that we were here...