Tommy Two-Baskets

Tommy is playing in his first basketball league, a league for 4-5 year-olds at our local YMCA. Thus far he has had two games and is doing very well. In fact, last game he had two baskets and four rebounds. He is one of the taller kids (it is a co-ed league) and is playing well (and most importantly having fun). His next game is this Saturday at 10:15 a.m.

After Tommy's game, we attended the University of Dayton men's basketball game. UD defeated Creighton 90-80. The game was a blast (UD came back from being down 11 in the first half). I'm very pleased at how observant Tommy was during the game, asking great questions about the sport!

Happy Birthday to Cari

Cari celebrated a birthday last Friday. We really celebrated during the previous weekend as we were joined by my parents for a nice extended weekend. I surprised Cari with a trip to the Camp Kern YMCA Ozone Zipline Adventure. Cari and I enjoyed seven ziplines, which provide an excellent view of the Little Miami River area. The day was beautiful and capped off with dinner and a night away from the kids (thanks to my parents).

Halloween Pictures

Cassie and Tommy had a great Halloween season. They each went to parties and collected enough candy to last for months. Tommy went as Spiderman for the second year in a row. Cassie could not decide between two costumes and was a witch by day and a devil by night (I'll keep my fatherly comments to myself).

The Halloween album may be viewed at http://picasaweb.google.com/jason.c.eckert/Halloween2009#.