Tulsa trip part 1

We got to Tulsa Thursday evening and were able to go straight to a holocaust commemoration where some of Monique's art work had been chosen as part of a student exhibit. The keynote speaker was Sir Martin Gilbert, the official biographer of Sir Winston Churchill. Very interesting! He spoke about a book he wrote called "The Righteous: the Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust." All in all it was a very cool evening.

Take me out to the ball game!

William had his first tee-ball game yesterday. It was so much fun. I start grinning just thinking about it. All these little bitty bits of humanity running around in the cutest little uniforms. And he had so much fun. I'm glad, especially after the whole gymnastics fiasco. The coach is nice. The team mom is a stereotypical New Yorker. The kids are...well four to six years old...'nough said. I'm excited that he's so excited about it. He told me first thing this morning that we're having a baseball game in the back yard today. :) Pics are now online here.
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He's like an elephant....: )

Over a year ago, I read the Little House on the Prairie books to William. We watched the new Little House on the Prairie movie this past weekend. When it came to the part where they were about to cross the river, William said "Uh-oh."
"Do you know what's going to happen here?"
"Yeah, Jack is going to drown but not really."
He remembered so many details! From over a year ago! I asked him "What happens later?"
"Green eyes!"
In the book all Laura saw were green eyes. This kid's memory is like an elephant. I better be really nice to him, or he's gonna be quoting my rants to a therapist 45 years from now. :P

Yee-haw...my son is finally interested in sports

There's been an interesting breakthrough in this household in the past two weeks. William has become a sports fan! Before when I'd sit down to watch basketball or soccer, he'd whine, "I don't like soccer" or "I don't like basketball." Now he'll actually watch with me! Credit the ACC tournament, I think. When Scott and I were watching Duke games and celebrating the good plays (think long-range three by J J) he started getting excited and wanting to give high fives too. And last night I took him to watch the Suns whoop the Bobcats (no offense Bobcats, but you're not very good) and he had a great time! He was chanting "Go Suns go! Go Suns go!" I think I might have gotten some dirty looks if I'd done that, but how can you be angry at an enthusiastic 4 year old? And at his request I took several pictures of Steve Nash, which I will try to upload and provide a link to later. Now if only there were some soccer games on Sunday around here! :)