January 2002 Pictures
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Caitlin with her friends, Brooklyn and Tori. |
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Once a week at school, the kindergarteners take a trek over
to the fourth grade class and each of the older kids reads to the younger
kids. Then the younger ones read to the older ones with them helping.
I visited Caitlin's class this day and got to tag along. Here Caitlin sits
with her "Book Buddy."
Caitlin's kindergarten class. Caitlin is third from the right. These were taken on "Crazy Hair Day." |
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Devin is Fire Captain for a few minutes at our local fire department. |
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Caitlin's new P.J.'s all in pink, including her eyes. |
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I had the opportunity to speak to a couple of hundred people at two Upward basketball game halftimes. I got to speak about my accident at 14, my disability and sports achievements, and the drive that we all should have to overcome our circumstances whatever they are. Upward basketball is a children's basketball league sponsored by our church. At every halftime they have someone present a speech, devotional or message. Angela did their web site at http://upward.fielder.org/. |
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Caitlin's school had "Crazy Hair Day." Here Mom fixes her
up.
But Caitlin wasn't too happy at first because 1) she thought she looked dumb and 2) it hurt to do all of that twisting and pulling of hair.
But, at school, she was a hit. |
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And of course, wouldn't you know they had their Awards
Ceremony on "Crazy Hair Day!" What good timing. But, Caitlin won two awards, one for perfect attendance and another for excelling at artistry. |
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Our friends', Guy and Katie Nance's, son Cooper. Why he decided to run around with dish gloves rubber-banded around his hands, I don't know. But, if there's one thing I've learned by being a dad, it's "don't ask." |
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I know I'm biased, but I just think my wife is gorgeous. |
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Caitlin and Devin get some bowling time in. |
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Caitlin tremendously enjoys drawing and writing stories. She dominates my dry-erase board. Here is one of her convoluted stories. She creates it, then edits and edits, moving parts of it around with arrows, adding words here and there until it's just like she envisions it. |
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Devin turned 4! Birthdays are all about excess and
unabashed selfishness in a happy sort of way. Licking icing off of the candles.
Opening umpteen presents...and good ones! |
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When we returned home from Devin's party, he was pleasantly surprised to find this wooden train set and table waiting for him. It has toy bins underneath to store pieces and other toys. He loves it! |
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I asked Devin to pick up his room. He was complaining that he couldn't move his bike/scooter. And I was like, "you move and ride that all of the time." I didn't realize he meant moving it UP. He came to get me to approve his work, and when I opened the closet doors, I almost fell down laughing. He had stacked as much as he could get into his closet, and the bike was on the top! I have no idea how he managed to lift that thing up on top and leave the other toys standing. |
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Devin hangs on as I pull him around Arlington Skatium. |
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Hmmmph...Devin is left to open his Mac 'N Cheese packet,
spills it on the floor and then proceeds to clean it up, with his tongue and
body.
So, Mom says it's time for a sink bath. Of course Devin takes right to it and has a good ole time. |
