Golf One Day, Tennis the Next

The title says it all.  Vince and Davis have a new agreement.  They go and play tennis after dinner every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  Vince plays Tennis with his friend on Tuesday.  These photos were taken in my parent's neighborhood.  I have to tell you, I think he was born with a natural athletic ability.

And well, Hanna-  as usual, happy to do whatever Davis wants to do.  So sweet!

Beautiful Day

Today was just one of those days.  Not a thing in the world to complain about, just blessings abound.  BEAUTIFUL weather.  Nothing on the calendar (other than church).  A few hours of alone time to get a pedicure followed by family time at the golfing range.  Davis had a blast.  Hanna had more fun finding rocks. 

 Davis is using some old clubs Vince had that he cut down for him a few years back.  He is almost too tall for them now.

Clearly, Hanna is using Vince's putter.  Putting was her second favorite after the rocks.  Mainly because there were small flags in the holes.  

Spring Fling

Friday night was Spring Fling at Hanna's preschool.  It's a fundraiser event where the school raises money for Make-a-wish foundation.  There were lots of activities.  Pony rides, photo booths, games, dance-a-thons, food, face painting and braided hair.  If you saw her at church today, you know what I am talking about.  It was a good family night out.  The weather couldn't have been better either.

Donut on a rope.  The trick is you can't use your hands.  It was tricky and lots of fun!

Silly!

Silly Hanna

While we were at soccer practice last week for Davis, Hanna made a new discovery.  She decided to  roll down a steep hill close to the practice field and proceeded to have a blast.  I had to capture a few videos of the fun.  She did this NO less than 20 times.  She slept like a log that night!  Luckily, I had brought my new birthday camera (Canon S100) with me to try and test different settings.

Hanna and the Camellia Bush

Sunday we went in to visit my parents to celebrate my birthday.  After dinner, we went outside to enjoy the nice weather.  Hanna became fascinated with my mom's camellia bushes.  They are big and in FULL bloom.  We brought them home and put them in water.

Homework Time

It seems like our weeks are a lot like the movie Groundhog Day.

I was inspired to blog this evening because Davis is reading Groundhog Day (not the movie version, a 1st grade reader book) this week.  Each night of the week there is an assignment associated with the book.  Monday night he had to make a prediction on what the book will be about by the title and taking a picture walk.  Tonight he was to list a question about the book before he read the book, while he was reading the book and after he finished reading the book.

Each night is much of the same for us.  Vince gets home with Davis before me and Hanna.  He starts dinner, Davis starts homework.  I get home, jump in to help finish making dinner and we eat.  We often give several reminders to the kiddos to eat.  Clean kitchen.  Give baths.  Read.  Bedtime.  On  a good night, they both stay in bed and don't get up.

Interestingly, today was anything but a normal night.  I took a half day off from work to spend some QT with Davis.  I picked him up from school, had lunch at the RDU observation deck and then we went to watch a 3-D movie.  Vince had a meeting at church tonight so I was going solo with the homework tonight.  On the upside, the shift in routine was good because it gave me a chance to work with Hanna practicing her handwriting.

Routines have their advantage, and generally the Walkers like them.  But sometimes it's fun to bend the rules a little.

The kids hard at work after bath time, doing homework.  The Walkers are all kinds of crazy mixing things up!