Two Exciting Events

Hello again

This last weekend included two events of note. First, on Thursday night, we went to Sesame Street Live with the neighbors. Zack, Syd, and I went with Brody, Cade, and Amy next door and Audrey, Keira, and Jess on the other side. The kids had a ball and loved every minute. They were singing and dancing and clapping away. Everyone had a great time and the show was surprisingly good (even for adults). As you can see the pictures didn't come out too well, so you'll have to take my word for it.

Sunday, Zack, Syd, and I went skating again at BGSU. As I said in one of the past entries, we decided to make this a weekly family event and so far that's what we're doing. As you can see from the pictures Syd is having a ball. We had her in all her gear and she even skated alone with the trainer. By the end of it she was really doing well. She was even gliding rather than walking. She seems to suddenly be picking it up. We'll have to keep going. I'm pretty sure we're going to put her in skating lessons in January. She has expressed interest in playing hockey and you have to be able to skate to do that. Soccer will be done in December so we'll switch those out. We talked to a mom (my arch nemesis, the other Amy Burns - who also works at UT) of a kid who used to be in Syd's class at school and she has him in the lessons there. She seemed really impressed with the people teaching it. And I think Syd and Derek (the kid from school) will be in the same class. We'll see if she keeps enjoying it until then. There's also a picture of Zack and Syd at Campus Pollyeyes in BG... we went there for dinner after skating.

This last picture is another of Syd's "formations." She was playing alone in her room and came running out to show Daddy what she had made. I thought we should have a picture.

That's all for this week. I'm sure they'll be more next week.