I love gym-nastics

I love "gym" nastics! For the most part, anyway. This is my second year. Dad enrolled me because when he was a lifeguard, he saw two 8-year-old twins doing back flips off the diving board (not at the same time or he would've whistled them out of the pool). He asked one the boys how he learned to do flips; "gymnastics" was the reply. The boy seemed appropriately boyish so from that time on, Dad decided that his son (me) would benefit from gymnastics at an early age. In the picture, I'm not doing any flips, just jumping off a blue thing, then running through some hoops, doing a forward roll, etc, etc.

Turning the big 4...

Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me. Man, I had a great birthday party. I teamed up with Henry and Meredith, all our birthdays are in September, to have a mega-bash at Memorial Park. Most of our friends were there. Everybody played on the swings, and ran around, and ate cupcakes! If birthdays are like this, I can't wait to turn five.

Me and bubs

Hey, we do "clean up" every now and then. Don't we look fine?

Hanging with Mom

So, do I look like my mom or not? The fair skin and blond hair are in our favor but I think my nose looks like dad's. We were at the beach this summer hanging with Nana and Grandpa and the Cogley clan. Lots of fun but a little rainy toward the end. Can't wait until next summer!

Wrestling with Amauri

Meet my best friend from "All-Sports" class, Amauri. There were only three of us in the class and the other boy was not there much. Amauri and I became good friends. She can run hurdles much better than me, but we shoot baskets about the same. I think she is one year older than me. Actually, I think I hurt her ankle right after this picture was taken. Then I got to do all the sports by myself for the last class. Sorry, Amauri.

Dawgs #1

Trust me, we're going to run the table. LSU, Florida, Auburn and Tech better watch it because the dawg train is rolling through. Then Texas better watch it. Dad says ultimate BCS match would be UGA vs. Mizzou. Could still happen.

Tater Tot sends her love

My first girlfriend, Tater Tot, sent me these gorgeous pics. I will print them and post them in my cubby. I tell you, Tatum, McPhaul just isn't the same without you. I hear you will be back for Christmas. Let's be sure to spend lots of time together. You won't believe how big little Hinny has gotten. He's grown a lot since we used to call him Chicken. Though little Mer-Mer still does call him that.

Caped crusaders

E-Gads, Robin, another call for help. Just another day in the Classic City metropolis, running down kicked balls and missing passies. Thank goodness for Commissioner Phillip and Sargent Dina or we would bored crime fighters.

Looking forward to Halloween. Nana sent us our wonderful outfits. Don't we look good? I love to sleep wearing my Batman belt. Hinny kind of likes his outfit. Trick or treat!

Giddyup

Every knight needs a sturdy and reliable steed. Hence mine, Sam. He missing a few legs but I help him out when I can. Again, another example of our roleplaying during Knights and Castles week.

Knightly Prince

Harken there. Who ventures forth unto yon playscape? Ha! It is thee, Sir Repp.

We sent a good week roleplaying and learning about castles, dragons, and knights. Mr. Phillip even secured, I'm still not sure how he did it, a six-foot knight in shining armor. Expect to see some pirate pics as that is what we focused on last week. This coming week we are studying MUMMYS! It was a class vote, and even the girls voted for mummys!