If you take a mouse to the movies...

This year for my birthday, Ryan got the whole family tickets to see "If You Take a Mouse to the Movies."

We have been to the Children's Theater in Charlotte in the past, and it's always a wonderful experience. I can't wait to see how the kids react to today's performance.

Congratulations Elizabeth!

And the award goes to... Elizabeth!!!

The Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Awards is presented annually by Brandon Hall Research, one of the leading research firms in training and development.

In their first submission to the competition, and using one of Elizabeth's courses, TWC won the gold medal in Best Online, Custom Content Courses (the Best Picture category).

You can see the award listing here:
http://www.brandon-hall.com/awards/award_winners/2009_winners.shtml

Congratulations Elizabeth!!! We are all so proud of you!

Happy 2nd Birthday, Ethan!

Happy Birthday Uncle Craig!!

Happy Birthday Craig!! We'll see you soon!

HAZZAH!!!

Fall in Charlotte means the Renaissance Festival!! Hazzah!!

This annual tradition is always a winner with the kids.

This year, William came away a knight, and Megan became the fairy princess we all knew she was.

Trick or Treat!

This year, William and Megan were robots!

The kids got tons of compliments on their costumes, and they had a blast being robots. However, mental note for next year: Avoid costumes that become completely destroyed if you pick Megan up. Either that - or coach William's patience as we stick to Megan's slower-than-normal pace. I guess, another mental note could also be: Avoid costumes that make it difficult for Megan to walk. ha ha ha Good times.

Click here to see more pictures of Halloween night.

This is Halloween

William and his classmates are getting geared up for Halloween. Yesterday he came home with this drawing. I'm not sure exactly what the assignment was, but here is the result.

A little explanation is required:

• Starting on the Far left, that is a "Bad Man". You can tell this because of his squiggly mouth and off-center eyes.


• In the middle is a ghost that has eaten two people.
  It must be nice to be eaten by a ghost, because they are both smiling. There are also some other scribbles in the ghost. According to William, those are crackers. I guess that people aren't very filling.


• Finally, on the far right, another ghost that has eaten, you guessed it, more crackers.

Happy almost Halloween!