Glow Golf and Bowling @ Junction Lanes

We all ventured out for some fun at Junction Lanes in Newnan yesterday - It was the kids first experience with putt-putt and bowling. They both seemed to have a lot of fun. It was a cool mini golf set up in a darkened room with a lot of glow paint and black lights. My pictures don't do it justice as to take them without the flash would have been horribly blurry - I did try! I have some videos I'm trying to make a little smaller for easier upload - but for now here are some pictures of our adventure. Noah did really good at times with the mini golfing and at other times would just whack the ball as hard (and as often) as he could. He shows promise though (I may make a golfer of him yet... lol). Rachel liked to hit it with the pointed end of 'the stick' - she's still a ways away from taking it any kind of seriously, but she had fun and it was actually pretty fun and funny to watch her whacking at the ball. Luckily we had the whole glow golf place to ourselves so they could 'practice' on close by holes while Doug and I took our turns. Bowling was a lot of fun - I have only bowled maybe twice in my life - (By the way, can you imagine a nine month pregnant woman bowling??? -HA! - I was secretly hoping it would start labor, but no luck.) Noah got to bowl with the bumpers up and he would try his best to throw the ball down the lane as hard as he could... some five minutes later when it finally knocked down the pins he would cheer loudly for himself as one or two pins were knocked down. As I said before, video coming soon! Doug was like an old pro - very graceful (I don't really know how bowling can be graceful, but he does it)... We played two games - I won the first one by one point with a 107 and Doug kicked my butt the second game. Poor Rachel couldn't even lift the ball, much less throw it or even get enough ooomph to roll it down the lane... she was such a sweet girl to sit and watch the rest of us play. I hope we get to go again soon!

2 Goals!!!

Noah had his first soccer game today with the Strikers - a team with the Peachtree City Lazers Soccer Organization. He really did well and scored two goals himself! I loved seeing the look on his face after he scored those two goals. He was a little timid before going so I was a little worried, but once he got in there and met the kids, he did fine. He ran good and got into the middle of things trying to get at the ball. As usual, he is a head taller than all the other kids and also is one of the youngest ones on his team. The season started today with the first game and he has his first practice next Friday (I'm not sure why they start the season with a game and not a practice, but such it was...). We're looking forward to watching him play in the coming season.

It's Snowing!

This clip was taken on Sunday while it was snowing. Noah had headed down to his friend's house and Rachel was just running circles in the snow (pretending she was ice skating). You can see Crazy Phoebe running around enjoying the snow too. It snowed most of the day and it was interesting that we had thunder along with the snow. Both Rachel and Phoebe headed straight for the house when they heard the thunder. Please forgive how dorky I sound on video... ;)

Snow Day -- No School =)

School was canceled today due to the snow on the ground and possible icing of the roads after low temperatures last night. You gotta love the south for that... I remember living in Michigan and Iowa with a couple of feet of snow on the ground and having to go to work... I was like "WHAT?!?!" when it hadn't been canceled --after all, I grew up in the south... where they cancel school for a 1/2 an inch of snow. So we spent the morning outside building a snowman and having snowball fights. The kids both tried to make snow angels, but the snow was just a bit too crusted over due to the little bit of rain that fell the night before. Phoebe enjoyed being outside more than ever chasing snowballs we were throwing and trying to catch the ones in her mouth that we threw to her. That dog just loves being in the snow. We were all happy to see Doug/Daddy come out and throw a snowball or two along with us - until I realized he was out there in barefeet and sandals.... only Doug... ;) By 3 this afternoon most of our snow was gone. I had the kids play in it as much as they liked as it is a rare occasion that we get snow this far south. I have a few videos I'm going to try to upload - So stay tuned!

Baby, It's Cold Outside!

Doug and I really didn't believe the weather forcasters last night when they said we would have snow today, I mean, after all... we do live south of Atlanta... but look what happened....! It started snowing around 11am after about three days of rain. The kids were so excited to see the big white flakes falling that they couldn't get outside fast enough. I was happy to help them bundle up quickly for fear it would stop snowing as soon as it had started, but luckily it stayed all day and we still have a bit on the ground tonight. Noah was running up to his friend Hunters as soon as I let him out the door, but I was able to snap a couple of pictures of him as he took off telling me they were going to play Star Wars on the planet Hoth (after all, you can only play Hoth when there is snow on the ground Mom!). Rachel was so happy to just run around the front yard and in circles, telling me she was ice skating. She was so happy to be out in the snow and kept lifting her head to catch snowflakes on her tongue. Can you tell how happy Phoebe was to play out in the snow? Can you tell that our crazy dog was born in Michigan? She was running around like crazy until it thundered a bit and then she couldn't run into the house fast enough. After too long we had to head inside for a Hot Chocolate (and hot coffee for the adults) break. Yum! As odd as it was, I'm so glad the kids got a day to play in the snow! =)