Big Ten Champs!!!

Yesterday I went to State College to see PSU take the win over Michigan State!!! They won the Big 10 Conference and are heading to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena!!! I'm not really a football fan but there is something about that place that gets you hooked! The players in their tidy-whitey uniforms, the fans screaming "we are Penn State," the presence of Joe Pa...it's intoxicating!

On the other hand, I was frozen solid. It was cold, snowing, and windy but it was so much fun and was quite the experience. I can honestly say I don't know if I need to do it again but probably would if given the chance. We stayed until the
team accepted the conference trophy which was fun because it was history in the making!

On our way there, we got stuck in massive traffic and decided we would go off the beaten path and ended up in the middle of nowhere but managed to find our way to Beaver Stadium. For those who know me best, know I love photography and taking pics of random things. I took a few pics in the mountains after their first snowfall. They actually turned out very nice, if I do say so myself!

A Nagging Co-Worker!!!

This update is for you, Kaileigh!!! I really don't have anything to post about but I know that you needed something to look at and wanted to make you happy!!! :) Hope you are out of your hangover mode soon!!! Love you!!!

Why kids watch too much TV...

This morning Andrew said the funniest thing! We were watching a movie that we DVR'd around Halloween and a presidential advertisement came on. It was a John McCain ad talking smack about Obama. Before it was over, I ended up forwarding past it. As we were waiting for the movie to return, Andrew just spurted out, "I'm John McCain and I approve this message." It was at that moment that I realized a few things: 1. I think he paid more attention to those ads than I did and 2. we definitely watch too much T.V.

We are going to have more T.V. Free Nights from now on!

Wigs for Kids

So some of you may have noticed that my hair has been longer than I usually wear it! For the past 8 months I have been letting my hair grow so that I can donate it to Wigs for Kids. It is an organization that accepts donated hair that will be processed into wigs for children who suffer from medical conditions, health conditions, burn accidents, etc. I need to reach 12 inches and that includes having my hair in a ponytail at a length that also makes me feel comfortable to have it cut at! I was hoping I could grow it out by Xmas but I am thinking it will be longer than that!

There are days that I want to cut it off myself because I get so frustrated with it! This day it has tons of static, that day it has no body! I keep pushing myself each day because I think of those kids who need a wig to help make them feel better about themselves! I have the Wigs for Kids website bookmarked on my home computer to give myself some inspiration! Please check out this website and perhaps you'll be inspired too!!! www.wigsforkids.org

What a week...

We have had quite the week! Andrew lost his first tooth on Thursday night! It had been loose for about 3 weeks and he was determined that if he ate an apple, it would help him to knock it out! I kept making the prediction that it would fall out on Halloween so he would look like a Jack-o-lantern. The funny thing is that his cousin, Avery, who is the same age as him, lost her first tooth on Halloween in the exact same place as his! Talk about ironic!

He ended up loosing it Thursday after school while he was eating a cookie! My mom was there when it happened and she said that he had a bit of a panicked look on his face because of the blood.

You may ask, "what does the tooth fairy bring these days?" Well, the tooth fairy brought him a $5.00 bill. When I was his age, I think I got 50 cents so considering the time difference and the way the economy is going right now, I guess he made out pretty well. He plans on buying something with it this weekend!


The other thing we were super excited for was the election of our 44th President: Barack Obama! Since he had made it official that he was running for president, Andrew has shown a curiosity of him. Everytime we would see an ad on TV (by the way, I'm glad they are over), he would say, "Bawak Obama"...his words exactly since he has trouble with his "r's" sometimes.

We took this picture right when Pennsylvania was announced as winning the Dems electoral votes!!! He even has a pin that he is donning in both pics!

I am just so happy that we were able to be a part of history in the making! I kept the newspaper for Andrew from Wednesday morning that showed Obama as our president-elect so that maybe one day he can show his children and say, "I remember that" or "I have a picture of myself from when that happened!" We look forward to having some positive change in the days to come!

Halloweens of Past...

I was watching a show last night about a mother reminicsing about her 4 children and all of the costumes they have worn over a span of 20 years. It got me to thinking about all of the costumes that Andrew has worn in the past 5 years. I thought it would be fun to post them and take a stroll down Halloween lane. Some of them were store bought but most of them were homemade (yes, I take credit for them!!!). Happy Fall!

Halloween 2003: Sweet Pea

Halloween 2004: Cow

Halloween 2005: Train Conductor

Halloween 2006: Pumpkin

Halloween 2007: Pirate and Darth Vader

Halloween 2008: Joe Paterno and Batman