Carolers on Christmas Eve Eve

Last night a few very special former students stopped over to sing Christmas carols for us.  They have been doing this for the past few years and it really helps to make the Christmas very special for us.  I wanted to share this special time with everyone I know, so I am putting up a three minute video of some of the songs they sang for us.

Weekly Grind

I haven't been posting that often lately because Billy and I have been in a pretty regular weekly pattern without many new things happening.

On mondays Billy has been doing Tumble Times for the last couple of months.  After a couple of accidents over the summer with Billy falling up steps I figured we better get him some coordination practice and therefore I signed him up for the gym.  He goes about one hour a week and he practices balancing activities, tumbling activities and other gymnastic activities.  He really enjoys going, but I am not sure how much it has helped.

On Tuesday we have hockey practice and on Saturday we have hockey games at the YMCA.  He does really well for part of the game, but he doesn't make it through all three periods.  By some point in the third period he becomes a statue on ice and seems totally oblivious to what is happening around him.

Finally, on Sundays we go to Rowan for swim lessons.  He has been taking swim lessons now at the Y and now at Rowan for almost two years and still he is not really swimming.  He has a great time at Swim lessons but I think he still doesn't quite get that he is there to learn to swim and not just to have fun.

This monday if the weather is good we are going to skip out on tumble times and instead go to Rowan for a chance to see the moon and some planets through the telescope.

Human Sundial

Here is a picture that we took in Richmond when we went to visit Wil before he left for Iraq.  This is the most unique sundial that I have ever seen.  You stand on a block that indicates the month you are presently in and the shadow you cast tells you the time.

Linvilla Orchards

Recently Billy, Jenn and I took a trip over the Linvilla Orchards and had an absolutely wonderful time.  I don't know why but the hot dog and hamburgers that we got were the best I have ever tasted and the fresh french fries were unbelievable.  Billy had a great time playing on their play ground and picking out a pumpkin.  He also had a good time running through the corn maze.

We are looking forward to the conclusion of the World Series tonight and I am glad that Billy will be able to see the final few innings of the game at a somewhat reasonable time.  We are also looking forward to Halloween and another great fall weekend.

Sickness in Glassboro

Today we were planning on going to the shore following Billy's soccer game, but midway through the game, Billy came off the field crying.  He told me he wasn't feeling well so we came home.  He immediately went to bed and has been in a funk all day.  He is running a fever, but other than the fever and the tiredness, he hasn't been able to give us a single body part that hurts.

Hopefully, a good nights sleep will put him back on track to his normal self.

Ocean City

Sunday we went down to Ocean City for the day.  I was feeling very guilty for having gone two straight years without getting Billy to the Ocean.  We had done the boardwalk a few times, but he hasn't played in the sand or gone in the ocean since he was 2 going onto 3.

I thought it was going to be cold down there and that all we would be able to do was play in the sand, so we didn't wear our bathing suits and we didn't have on shorts.  We got out of the car in our jeans and sweatshirt only to find that the weather was quite nice.  We were pretty out of place going in the ocean in our regular street clothes, but we had lots of fun.  

Hopefully, we will get one more warm weekend day where we can find time to get down there again.

Washer and Soccer

Yesterday we went to Best Buy to buy a washer.  This is probably the first major appliance that I did not buy at Sears.  Hopefully we get better service.

Today was Billy's first day of town soccer and I was so impressed with all the people running the soccer.  After seeing how "good" the Y-MCA, Rowan and the County ran other programs that Billy has been a part of, I had very little hope for the Boro's soccer organization.  Boy was I wrong, they were great.  They had two kids per coach and all the kids got wonderful individual attention.  Billy had a great time and never had a chance to lose focus