Kinderbear.....

Hayden was so excited as he was walking through the doors at McDonald Elementary where he attends KPlus after his morning at Lena Whitmore. Why? He got to take home KINDERBEAR! This bear travels from house to house and spend time with each child. Today we are taking Kinderbear to the Vandal game and hope to take a pic of him with Joe Vandal. We'll see. I'll post that picture as soon as it's taken. Anyhow, Hayden's been taking care of Kinderbear and we are excited to report of his adventures with the Thompson's. Kinderbear and Hayden have been playing all morning. I'm about to pull out the "GAK" that they made in KPlus, but Kinderbear will have to watch from a distance as I can't afford for any to get on him! How devastating would that be?! Kinderbear and the kids are definitely having a good time this weekend!

I-D-A-H-O

Fall is in the air and you definitely know it by heading to the football games on the weekend! Yesterday mom and I took the kids to a tailgate party (is that appropriate to do?) for about 1/2 an hour before the game started. It felt good to walk through the crowd, see all of the Vandal Fans and wonder... how can they do this for every football game? But, I guess back in my college days, I'd be doing it weekend after weekend with my friends to cheer on those Vandals. Anyway, we were all dressed in our Vandal gear and cheered on the Vandals, unfortunately they lost. We also took in the volleyball game. Kennedy is terribly frightened of Joe Vandal! She'd cower into either mom or I and cover her eyes if he came near!!! It was pretty funny. We also had to coax Hayden so that we could get a pic of he and Joe. My kids are now thinking that they are pretty funny by saying, "I-D-A-H-O, Idaho, Idaho, Go! Go! Go (insert word!) Usually the word is chocolate, hair, rocks, whatever. Knowing that mom is cringing that they are defacing the fight song!!! It is pretty funny, to say the least. I think I've heard them say this at least 50 times and they are still gut rolling at themselves. Looking forward to Homecoming where friends seem to always gather together and cheer on the UI with whatever spirit they have. I'll have to make sure the kids know the song a bit better by then rather than cheering on chocolate or rocks!

UI Football Games....

There is just something about going into the Dome, wearing your black and gold. It's nice to have the community come together to yell your hearts out for the Vandals. Mom and I took the kids to the first home football game of the season today. We were all sporting our UI gear, and mom bought little megaphones for the kids to use that were even Vandal memorabilia. Kennedy was getting into the fight song, throwing her fist into the air and yelling each time the band played. Hayden was done by about half time, wanting to go home and play. We made it through to the end of the game, to see that first victory of the season. It felt good to win. BSU lost today, so here's hoping we'll start seeing more W's, and they'll start seeing more L's. GO VANDALS!