Very Quick Update

Farmor and Farfar have come to visit us in Memphis. Amid the rest of the chaos, we went to Mud Island today to see a scaled down replica of the mighty Mississippi River, along with other downtown Memphis landmarks.

Only In Memphis

Joel came home from walking to Chick-fil-a. He was scared and had no food.

When dad asked him why he didn't have any food he said, "There was a cow, a D.J. and Elvis."

And so dad and me went with him with courage and numbers to get the food. As it turns out, there WAS a cow, D.J. and Elvis. It was the 50's costumers' appreciation night. There was also karaoke.

We got the food and left as fast as we possibly could.

Daily Rituals

A new daily ritual to our lives. This is similar to the device in Erika's mouth, and every morning, we will be inserting a pin into those holes to rotate the device 1/4 turn (approx .2 millimeter). One down, 4 months' worth to go.

Most Serious Yet

Today I had a very serious appliance at my orthodontist Dr. Buildings office. As you can see from the pictures they're pretty serious. Anyway where you see a bottom retainer I only have to wear it in the night. But the top one is actually glued to my teeth, and no I'm not joking they really glued it on.

Anyway that little thing I am holding is a little cleaner thing what is does is those little things on the side actually move they make the brush move back and forth so that it can get everything it needs to get. Anyway if you want to make a comment or have any questions just type them on the COMMENT button.

Growing Old

Joel's Promotion Day today... from now on he's a 6th grader. Well, once he completes his extended vacation. More pictures and videos to follow.

like the song?

Last sat., Erika did a self made play. She's the one in the jersy, it's FUNNY.

A Crew Contribution

We set up a new fish tank recently. When we do this, we purchase a few fish... they are typically given names like "ToughLuck", "Fodder", etc. Our last round involved "Thing 1" and "Thing 2."

Here's the story of one of the fish, as written by Joel, Erika, and I.

A fish named Posidon we knew
Who's original name was "Thing 2"
He outlasted his friend
Who died in the end
So tonight we'll have "Thing 2" stew

Happy Limerick Day

Today is the day we celebrate the invention of the limerick. In honor of the artform, here is a favorite:

There was an old man from Milan
Whose limericks never would scan
When told this was so
He said, 'yes, I know.
But I always try to get as many syllables into the last line as I possibly can.'

You're All Invited

I'm sure I speak on behalf of everybo... ok, on behalf of Erika, when I say you are all invited to see her perform on Saturday at 10:30 at the community theater. She's going to be wearing a basketball jersey and will be the one pretending to be slightly embarrassed by all the attention. Typecasting at it's finest.

Revenge

These things tend to go in trends and cycles, and the latest obsession around the crew seems to be funny songs on YouTube.

Here's Joel & Erika's current favorite, shared for your listening pleasure...

More Experiments

We did some experiments with Non-newtonian fluids. We all had a great time. Erikas going to bring some in to her class for show-and-tell. Take that Sir Isaac Newton!

Earth Day Experiment

To day a lot of things went on wii played with the we. I mean we played with the wii.I know that we haven't said anything about the wii, but apparently Joel got a REALLY late Christmas present.Any way we did a lot of other things to. We did an experiment I made a weather forcast. All went well.The experiment worked the weather forcast is hopefully right.And now you get to watch it all.(Exept for the wii part.)

Celebrations

There is so much to report... look for a few blogs in the next few days.

To start with, National Tuna Rights Day is today. The kids and I celebrated by having sushi. But we treated it with the utmost of respect. And wasabi.

We also celebrated what appeared to be a successful testing for second stripe Red Belt. Watch this:

Easter Weekend

Last weekend as you should have known was Easter Day.It was very fun.You might have seen the blog on my caterpillar, Snoozer.I miss him very much and for all I know, and between you and don't tell my dad I said this (But I don't really think Snoozer wanted to go, after all when I took him outside to let him go he woulden't leave my hand).Any ways by folks.

The Eggs...

Easter Fun

Erika's Weekend Friend

But why oh why do we have to set Snoozer (who was later to be renamed Rascal) free? What if he doesn't WANT to go see him family and friends again?

From The Wayback Machine...

Contacted some old friends from the Fort today, and they were commenting on how much the kids had grown since we left the North to become the Southern Crew. Here's a picture much more fitting with their memory, taken in 2004, about a year after we left. The kids are more kid-like.

From The Tooth Fairy

Message received from Erika. Compensation for tooth commensurate with pain that had to be endured. Just don't make a habit of this.

TF

Pictures From Erika's Experience