Football and Basketball All in One Day

One of Harry's favorite activities is playing with Papa! Papa is very special! Harry antipated spending the afternoon with Papa the entire morning! He was literally carrying his bag to the car!

Saturday night Harry and I made a road trip to my brother's basketball game. His team was in the district finals. This has not happened in years! Harry and I had so much fun. I felt sorry for Chad because he had to stay and study for the CPA.Eagles are Number 1!

They watched Paul coach very closely!

Dean and Cooper came to cheer them on!

You do not want the Dean girls cheering against your team! Watching the girls play brought back the olden' days when dad coached! I would be so intune to the game that the refs never called right and the other team was always playing dirty! I still feel that way about the opposing team...no matter who they are! That must come with being a coach's daughter.

Olivia was so fun to watch! She is hillarious and does not stop cheering for those Eagles!

A Week of Thanks

After a week of Thanks, Harry talks about only a few things constantly, those being Bobo, Coco, Mimi, Papa, football, and Elmo! Although football has been a big hit, Elmo has been introduced to Mr. Harry by his 3 girl cousins who are all obsessed with that little monster! I got on to Harry for messing with the Christmas tree yesterday and he said "Mimi?" Of course he thinks she will let him mess up the tree and when I say no, he went down the grandparent list! He called the Salvation Army guy ringing the bell Bobo, the guy looks nothing like Bobo and when I told him that he said "he bobo?" in other words "does he know BoBo?"! When he put on his cap he pointed and said "Papa?"! I replied "yes, Papa likes to wear hats too". When we were driving through the Sonic drive through a couple of days ago he yelled "Coco drink?"! This cousins are talked about constantly, Brooklyn was what he wanted for breakfast! This is a quick summary of our week, but here is the extended one!
On the Friday before Thanksgiving Harry spent the night with Brooklyn and then Brooklyn stayed with us! Chad and I had a great date with our friends Matt and Holly! The real fun started when Miss Brooklyn came to play! I will start off with how perfect she is! If she is tired she quietly sticks her thumb in her mouth and lays around! It is absolutely precious! She and Harry loved reading books, they play great together! Before bedtime they were eating their bananas and kicking the wall, too funny!

She she not just plain precious????

Here they are watching ELMO!

This is a picture before church, Harry was in no mood to get his picture made, but Brooklyn was sweet to give him a kiss.

I begged for Brooklyn to stay another night but, unfortunately we had to give her back on Monday morning! We can't wait for her to come back! We packed our bags on Wednesday and left for my Grandmother Georgia's house! She seriously lives in a ghost town and we had to take pictures of Harry in his John Wayne attire. Emily took pictures, I think that is why we don't have any of her!

These were taken in "down town" Poughkeepsie, which is less than a block from Grandmother's house.

Harry was very generous with his love towards Grandmother, I could not be more proud!

I made our Thanksgiving dinner! Well, Grandmother bossed me around and I made the ham, mashed potatoes, rolls, and sweet potato casserole. Chad's favorite was the gravy, grandmother got up to make that! Olivia and Caroline played great with Harry! Harry and Olivia are the more active ones, they are so funny together! Here they are eating their meal!

Usually it is Bobo giving Harry junk to eat, this time we caught Coco sharing her ice cream!

Bobo played football with Harry and let me tell you, they were out there FOREVER! I don't know who was having more fun!

Harry got lessons on technique from both his uncle and granddad!

Uncle "Paw" had to join in on the football fun! Caroline went along for the ride but, Olivia was right there in the middle of it, she is not afraid to tackle! I love this picture, notice Harry has the ball and he is off!

Looks like Daddy needs to stick to the court, he got knocked down quite a few times! They had a good time climbing on the wood pile, Grandmother's house is full of adventures!

I don't think they are watching Elmo here, if I had to guess it would be football!

Harry tried to tackle mommy but, unlike daddy, she can take him! This picture is in front of the old firehouse, I am telling you this place is a ghost town!

I love this picture because it is a good picture of him and his new favorite accessory, he loves his ball cap! I think he gets it from Papa!

This is our goodbye picture, we were leaving Grandmother's house and off to El Dorado! I am disappointed in the amount of pictures we have of El Dorado, there were great opportunities for pictures but, I just kept forgetting! Harry meets his new best friend, the loud singing dog from Mimi!

Harry plays with one of his other best friends, Papa! Papa is always up for playing with Harry, no matter how tired he is! I know Harry appreciates this because he is constantly teasing Papa!

The best story of the week was our little wrestler! Harry just started this pose that you see below when he is ready to wrestle. Harry made this face and stance at Mimi, pointed at her, and then pointed to the floor! In other words "you, me, wrestle, now"! I have never laughed so hard! Mimi was a trooper and got right down there with him!

Harry ran to Papa if he was getting chased!

This is the end of our Thanksgiving post! We are so thankful for our family and how we got to spend time with our favorite people on the planet. I feel so blessed to be related to people I enjoy so much! We are also thankful for our friends and how good our God takes care of us, we are no deserving!

The next 4 weeks are going to be crazy with Christmas parties, church activities, showers, family trips, birthday parties(one being Harrys) and family get togethers! I can't wait, this is my favorite way to roll, with lots of things to roll in! I need to remember how thankful I am when I am tired and overwhelmed!

Go Tigers

Harry and Co. have spent the last 4 Friday nights out watching the Bentonville Tigers dominate their competition! They are # 1 in state right now! Go TIGERS!
Harry, suprisingly, has been perfect through every game: beginning to end! He LOVES every aspect of the game, the band may be his favorite! I have always been a fan of the percussion kids! I have a few students who go to the games too and are Harry's best buds there! They could be a big part of keeping Harry so entertained! It is really sweet how much attention they give him! I am impressed with how polite these boys are; they are so good with him!
Harry loves to clap and stand up and watch the big plays! Harry cheers "GO GO ROAR"!

Super Bowl Sunday

It just doesn't seem right to have 65 degree weather 2 days after a snow storm and on this "holiday". I don't really like football that much but, the company, food, and commercials keep me in the SB spirit. We love spending time with Chad's 2 best friends since the 4th grade and their wives! Kirk, Rachel, and McCoy hosted, while Jordan and Kasey came with the dip!

Harry, as always went straight to Sophie and her water bowl. I think Sophie may be one of maybe 3 or 4 dogs I actually don't mind touching me. I know, in the beginning I was such a dog person, absence makes the heart grow fonder (of not having a animal around).

Kirk, Jordan, and Chad get more entertainment than they bargined for. Kid does not fit in the Bumbo!
Now for the real show, McCoy! He is so sweet and well behaved! McCoy and Harry have the same sense of style. Harry forgot to wear his blue and red football sweater like McCoy's but, they did wear the same shoes. Between both of them they have that pair of Robeez in size 0-24 months.
Look at those cute cheeks! Harry enjoyed all of McCoy's toys.
Already playing ball together!

I do not know why we did not get any shots of Kasey and Jordan...they are some of our favorite friends too. We can't wait to hang out again very soon! I have a feeling the next Super Bowl game will look a little different.

Harrys First "Friday Night Lights"...on Thursday

We went to the 9th grade Tiger game tonight. Tomorrow night is Homecoming at our high school and I am thinking it will be crazy! We decided to take Harry to a more low key game to watch his buddy Joel play!

Walking to the game, Harry was amazed at those stadium lights!
Harry adored the cheers of the crowd and the players were very entertaining.
Harry adores his buddy, Kathy. She is always giving him special treats, he insists on visiting her when he comes to my school.
Harry loved the tiger tail Kathy gave him!
Go Tigers, GO!
By the end of the 2nd quarter, Harry started getting tired, until Tiger came! He couldn't keep his eyes off that huge tiger! He gave Tiger plenty of hugs!

Harry almost fell asleep walking back to the car, what a snuggler when he is tired!

Looks like football games will be are new weekend engagements, both my boys love the game! I admit, I love the socializing and cheerleaders!