Sports Superstar

The new round of After School Activities has started for Katie. She has signed up for Floor Hockey (Girls Only), Gymnastics and Basketball. So far she is enjoying them very much, with Floor Hockey as her stated favorite.

Here are some pictures (I tried to pick some "action shots" so forgive me if they are a little fuzzy).

Taking a shot (or at least trying to).

I'm glad the thing is not any higher!

Ready to pass the ball.

You can see all the pictures on our Kodak Gallery Homepage.

Almost Got It

I would say he got it 85% of the way on. What do you think?

Katie the Photographer

Since Katie got her camera for Christmas, she has been busy taking pictures of everything and anything and her brother. When VJ sees the camera he's taken to shielding his face like he's a celebrity and Katie is a paparazzi.

I of course get to see all of her works as I load them, first to the computer and then to her Kodak Gallery Homepage and it makes me laugh to wonder at what exactly is going through her head when she picks stuff/sets up stuff to photograph. Here are some of my favorites:

Here's VJ on Christmas morning before he learned to fear the pink camera.

Pretty lights at the mall.

Just one of the many, MANY pictures of baby dolls.

Katie was very proud of her Lego creation.

A picture of the pictures on the wall. Maybe there's some deep philosophical message she was going for that I'm just not deep enough to get.

The computer thing at the bowling alley is featured in many of her pictures.

This is my favorite. Katie lined up the Justice League in front of the box to her Princess Fashion toy. The contrast is just too funny.

And on a semi-related topic, here you can see what the Sheriff from Disney/Pixar's movie "Cars" would look like if Katie had been on the design team.


You too will learn to fear the pink camera.

More Bowling with Katie & Anya

Sorry for the lack of posts in a while...just not too much happening.

You can expect a post about Bowling at least once a month since that has officially become our thing to do when Katie has an Early Dismissal day. Which is fine because the girls really seem to enjoy it and so do I.

Bowler	Game 1	Game 2
Katie	87	74
Anya	79	110
Vito	144	161

Anya really rocked on her second game, coming up with 4 spares! Katie, while not scoring as high, has been working on her form as she wants to "bowl the right way." And it's working, as she had several balls that went all the way down the lane without touching the bumpers!

Originally I wasn't going to bowl as my elbow had been killing me on and off since Christmas (no I haven't seen a doctor). But I was feeling pretty good so I decided what the hell. I set Katie up though when I told her not to tell Mommy about it. The little squealer ratted me out as soon as Anna walked through the door that night!


Katie took most of the pictures so you can find them all on her Kodak Gallery Homepage.