Hanging with Reppy

Here we are after church, and after a big meal at Five Guys. Nana and Grandpa are in town and they took us out to lunch. We are down town having a good time: looking at dogs and homeless people. Don't we look sharp? We are happy to not be homeless and to be so nicely dressed.

Eating at Stevie B's

Dad took me and Reppy to Stevie B's during Boy's Night. Then we went to Chuck E. Cheese and looked in the video store window. Fun times. Here I am with a big plate of food. I used to eat tomatos by the dozen. Now, like my brother, I can take them or leave them.

Notice how I eat those little corn-on-the-cobs. I eat them like big corn!

Eating

Look at me eating a slice of pizza. I was raised on pizza, but now can take it or leave it.

My gymnastics teacher

Hi. Here I am with one of my gymnastics teachers. I am missing gymnastics this fall. Monday nights aren't the same without it.

Typical Monday = Dad rushing to pick me up, get me changed, and arriving at the gym by 5:20 PM. Then we do our thing while he talks to Henry's dad, or John and Lauren's dad and mom, or all those other moms and dads. I finish up with "Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Turn out the light," and run to dad who quickly puts on my shoes and jacket. And then we hit Moe's for free kid's night. Now it's just Moe's on Monday nights. Maybe I'll do gymnastics again in the spring.

Summer cut

Tuesday was annual "summer cut" day. Mom took us to our usual place to get shorn by the usual stylist. Unfortunately Patsy wasn't working or our hair would've looked a lot worse! Hinny really wanted a cut like Reppie's #2 cut of last summer. If Dad was in charge, we would be looking a lot different in this picture.

What's the reward to being patient and letting someone cut your hair? Right, a sucker. See Repp teaing me with it.

Assuming identities

Look at me, I’m a Power Ranger (this is a Power Ranger costume, right?). I had a great time at my buddy Andrew’s house the other night. He has lots of cool costumes. I was Spiderman as well. Mom and Dad and Andrew’s folks talked about how they could start a toy swap business and make a lot of money just rotating toys among a small set of families. Every two weeks = new toys!

Andrew was one of my soccer buddies and we’re looking to get more play time before the summer is over.

Summer swimming

I've been doing a lot of swimming this summer. If I can't make it to the pool, I don my goggles when taking a bath.

Hopefully I'll get some swim time while in Missouri next week. Instead of school, I'll have all day to swim with my cousins and assorted kin folk. See ya. The water's getting cold.

Boys in the hood

Bad guys better watch out. The vigilantes are out in full force and don't tolerate any misbehaving. Our newest member might be wee but he's the roughest of us all.

When we see bad boys, we chant, "Red Rover, Red Rover, Send them on over." No one passes through out guantlet.

Word (and pic) from Tater Tot

I just heard from my overseas girlfriend. Tatum has been getting my letters and responded back with this wonderful picture. We're going to be together for the last two weeks of school. That will be great. Tatum says she's been going to tennis camp. I wonder if it is as hot in Singapore as it is in Athens?

Some videos

Here are some videos that include me. In one, I am eating steak (I think) at Dad's birthday dinner. In another one, the Cogleys and Eifferts are singing me Happy Birthday. And in another one, I'm playing with Hinny when he was REALLY little.