There is a mouse in the house

Man, this is a good story.

Mr. Philip says I can bring a couple of mice to school. So dad and I pick some up at the pet store on a Monday night after going to Moe's. We take them home in their little box that looks like a container for chinese leftovers. Needless to say, I want them sleeping next to my bed. One thing leads to another and Dad wakes up to find the mouse box to be very silent. He picks it up to see that they had chewed a hole in it and escaped. Dad found one on the corner of my bed but couldn't find the other one. "Oh great," he kept saying. "Now we have mice in our new house!"

Later than morning mom screams because she found the other mouse, Jerry, I named them Tom and Jerry after deciding those names were better than Tom and Jill, on the stairs. Dad scooped them up and both mice were put in one of Hinny's plastic boxes for wipes. Well, the mice didn't make it to school for some reason. Mom says it's because they froze because dad keeps it so cold during the winter. But who ever heard of mice freezing?

Guess we'll try it again once it warms up.

Samara haunts my house!

OMG, Dad captured video of Samara Morgan, the scary dead girl in "The Ring" movies, crawling across our new rug! I'm glad I was asleep while she was here. For the record, I've never seen "The Ring" movies but Dad says I'll like them when I get old enough. Here's a clip of Samara in the first movie.

Boys careening down liquor aisle

Police Blotter

Athens, GA: Early Monday evening two small boys were last seen careening down the liquor aisle at Kroger. Reports are that they hijacked an abandoned fire truck found idling outside the grocery store. The absent driver has yet to be identified. Witnesses say the back of the truck was loaded down with cartons of organic whole milk; most likely partially consumed before and during the low-speed chase. The public is asked to report the location of these two roustabouts. At this point, it is highly likely they are tucked into their beds sleeping off the Vitamin D.

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.