World's ROCKSTAR Dad!

After 5 days off school under low dark clouds and freezing rain blowing sideways, Cairo awoke this morning letting me know we needed to run to WalMart before school so she could pull together her idea of the perfect Rockstar costume!
OK. At least the sun is shining today.
After I explained to her that the Red Ribbon Week committee at her school certainly didn't plan this day to have parents and kids run out and buy rockstar costumes a week before Halloween and that she would have to do her best with all the costumes and other things we have around the house, she started giving me the silent treatment. I could see something shaping up in the way of a costume but I just watched and waited to let her work it out..Then, I could see her talking to her personal ROCKSTAR...DAD.

Brad had just returned from the gym and he was sitting at the breakfast table sending her running this way and that around the house to collect different items.
Before I knew it, he was putting make-up on her face and helping her into shimmer leggings. She was going to be a KIZZ CHICK.
Only Brad could have pulled off this parenting success. He makes it fun. Makes it perfect. Let's be honest, if I would have even had the creative music mind to suggest such a thing I wouldn't have gotten past the words "KIZZ CHICK" before she rolled her eyes that were welling up with tears!

What would any of us, especially me, do without this Rockstar of a man, Dad, professor, Dr. Hotpants...He made her into the Rockstar she didn't even know she had in her dreams! She ran off to the bus with a giant smile on her face. I'm crazy about that guy!


Jack and Charlie decided (WHEW) to be the ROCKSTARS that they are in everyday life..making good choices and being kind to everyone. Those were easy costumes for me to pull together...

Brad Coaches Charlie and Jack

The boys played flag football again this year and what a difference a year makes! Brad was the coach and had a great assistant in Keith Gilbert another father. The team really seemed to catch on to the concepts of the game. Defense was great. Offense usually scored if the ball made it from the center to the QB. Both Jack and Charlie were fantastic players and I was so thrilled to watch them celebrate each other in success. Jack is super fast and was a great receiver and running back. Charlie was also great on offense but really found his place as a "Defensive Monster". Even when they had the ball, Charlie got a real thrill out of protecting the ball through great blocking. It was a great season and the team only lost twice to the same team...It's so much fun to watch the twins and Brad out there on the field together. Brad was such a patient and good coach. Often, when someone was out of place on the line he would just pick them up and move them over a few feet. There isn't much a man can do that is sexier than be a great father!

Cairo's Volcano Project

The 5th graders always do a volcano project for science. Cairo did hers today. We put it together last night and today she did the presentation for her classmates. It's built around a 2 liter bottle of Coke and to make it erupt she opened the Coke bottle and added several Mentos. As the photos show, it was a huge success.

Thanks so much to all who heard the call to the computer to vote for me..I won! No idea yet when I will be on the air. It was so nice of all of you to spend time and energy voting for me. I wish I could offer each of you a nice warm serving of peach cobbler as a thanks! Instead..you can just look at it in this picture...