This is where MK is.

Disney girls!!!

Way to go, Big Red Machine!

MK came home around 4:45 this morning. The band made the finals at their competition and ended up in sixth place overall. She and the Big Man just left for another adventure.

They're heading to New Orleans and the SuperDome to watch the Steelers play the Saints. They're going to be in a private box and participate in what is being called "the World's Largest Costume Party." Guinness is going to be there to confirm it. I know they're going to have a great time.

My friend, Darlene, took today's picture of MK and her friend, TB, in Alabama yesterday.

Back to normal

Well, whatever normal means. The Big Man is home...and not just for a visit. He's finished in Texas and will be on vacation for a week.

MK is in Alabama at her competition, so I don't have any pictures of her, but here are a couple of T. Willy. We went to a Fall Festival in town this evening, so there is a picture of him in his Halloween costume. After the festival we went to dinner, so here is a picture of him showing how much he enjoys having his dad home.

It can't be ending yet!

Our football season is winding down. There is only one more regular season game. I'm already nostalgic. We have the best times at the games. We won a good game last night and had fun watching. We've made the playoffs, so the season will last a little longer.

MK is away with the band for an all day trip to Alabama. They're going to be in a band competition, and it should be a fun day. We got her some snacks and she took a blanket, so she should be set. They're on charter buses instead of school buses, so that should make it a nice trip.

I can see clearly now.

Due to our very hectic schedules right now, I have been putting off a much needed trip to the eye doctor to renew my contact lens prescription. Today I was finally able to go!!! It feels so great to see comfortably again.

I am posting this picture, because I really liked the interior of the office. It wasn't a typical doctor's office in our little town.

Bobcat!

T. Willy participated in a ceremony at scouts tonight. He earned his bobcat badge, and here are pictures of how they did it.

I love this picture

The kids were playing tonight, and I captured a sweet shot.

Straightening it out

The Big Man's parents gave me a hair straightener for my birthday, and here is the result. My students had a lot of comments about it...a few didn't recognize me.

It's that time

Here's another birthday present thanks to the Big Man. And now it's time for bed...another birthday in the books. The kids and I had a fun dinner, and I took snacks to school for my students, so it was fun for all.

Have a great night!

I always have a story.

If you know me in real life, you know that I remember the strangest things, and I always have a story. So, here's this:

My birthday is tomorrow. Since the Big Man is home but leaving early in the morning, we celebrated my birthday today. One of my gifts was a huge surprise, and it showed that he listened to me.

The story was this: one of my students wore a shirt recently that I loved. It's from American Eagle, and it says across it TMAE - trademark American Eagle. But the reason I liked it is that it's also our family's first initials - Ty Maddie Erik Annette (hence the name of the blog - teamgeb.)

So he found a hoodie for me with that on it. It's great!

This is where it gets strange. I enjoy numbers, and work out different ways our birthdays add up. It works, but it's not something everyone enjoys.

On my shirt is a 54. It took me just a minute to figure it out, but I did. All of our birthdays plus our anniversary equal 54. Weird, huh? (5+2+25+5+17=54.) The Big Man said he could sit in a room for 100 years with that shirt and never come up with that. I guess its just one of those things that makes me - me.

Good night.

Look who flew in today!!!

At the game

We had an away game tonight. We won 54-32, and it means we're going to the playoffs! Go, Bulldogs!

The Johnny Appleseed Gang

We are at T. Willy's school waiting for the first graders to take the stage in the Johnny Appleseed play. T. Willy has a speaking part, and we can't wait to see him. Here he is waiting with his classmates; the freckles are courtesy of MK.

Way to go, T. Willy!

Both kids had good report cards, but in elementary they get ribbons.

Fun at scouts

Tonight at scouts, they played "push the potato around the room with your nose." I actually played for a short while because they needed to even the teams. I won't post a picture of that, though some exist thanks to the den leader:(, but T. Willy won't mind.

Just in case you didn't know what was in the box...

I'm keeping it in the plastic until we absolutely have to get it out.

Before I go to bed....

I want to share this so I don't forget.

After the band competition, we stopped to get something to eat. MK and her friends sat together, and I sat with T. Willy.

He mentioned that when he was in my tummy we were able to get pictures of him. I agreed that we did. He asked, "How could they tell I was a boy?"

I'm a believer in answering their questions with simple truth, so I told him that they could see his boy parts.

He then said, "Yeah, 'cause boys have shorter hair than girls."

At the band

We're waiting at the district band competition for MK's band to go on. So I'll post some pictures T. Willy and I took today while waiting for MK.

Look what arrived today!!

Our phones at school have caller i.d. I confess that when I see the principal's name on it, I immediately wonder why he's calling. Today it was a great surprise! We ordered a prop for our play, and it arrived today. As it turns out, someone else was in the office with him, and they had taken a bet on one what was in the box. The principal won. I've already had offers to buy it, but the drama department is holding onto it! What you can't see is what is in it.