Rainy Day Basketball

Since Ty was only home a few days, they wanted to get some basketball pointers.  Rielee even decided to join them since she's playing middle school basketball this year.  I was going to put Tor down for a nap at this time but when Ty hollered to Tor to get out there, the nap was out.  They worked for 30 minutes, took a 5 minute break, then went for 30 minutes more.  Cold hands.

 They stayed undercover until it was their turn for a fast break lay-up.  Tor missed his shot so he had to do 5 push-ups.  He did 2. 

 I couldn't believe it when they asked for ice cream when they came in, like they weren't cold enough.

 After lessons Ava and Harper came down to play.  The girls and Tor had played up there before basketball.  They were downstairs most of the time playing with the popper shooters.  They come with 50 soft balls and I'm sure they lost all of them.

I had to take a second picture since we realized Tor wasn't there.  From the looks of it, he was having some quiet time alone-a little sleepy.  When Aunt and Uncle came to get the twins, we couldn't find them.  They were quietly hiding in the closet as they wanted to stay longer and play.

Black Friday Bowling

The cousins spent their late morning at the Triangle Bowl, scoring lots of strikes, eating pizza and playing arcade games. Jillian was thrilled to break 100.

Delivery from Connecticut

Second-cousin Betty in Connecticut sent the cousins some memorabilia that we gave to them after the Thanksgiving feast.

Turkey Cookies

The cousins kept up the Thanksgiving tradition tonight, frosting and sprinkling turkey cookies.

Tor's 4's Preschool Pic

Here's Tor posing for his 4-year-old preschool picture.

Hangin' with Paxton

Tor always enjoys having boys to play with, and he was playing hard with Parker, Jace and Paxton when they came over. He's especially fascinated with little Paxton, since he's one of the few kids he knows that's smaller than him.

10-U Basketball Season

Jillian started her newest basketball season with last year's coach Louie and lots of returning teammates. She was excited to finally find a team to stay with. The first weekend was a struggle, as the girls were working out the kinks, but they played much better today, winning both games. Jillian is one of the point guards, and she had several points, lots of assists, and she used her speed to get lots of steals.

Cousin Auna and Volleyball

We got to see cousin Auna's Castle Rock volleyball team win the district championship today, and Auna played awesome, as usual. Bridget gave her (and her team) a volleyball sign she made.

Halloween Night

It was another busy Halloween night. Jillian was a pirate, Bridget was Wonder Woman, and Tor was Robin. We made the rounds to relatives' and friends' houses in Longview and Kelso, a brief run through our neighborhood, and ended with stops in Castle Rock.

Pizza

Tor spent most of the morning using Play-Doh sets.  There was Star Wars, spaghetti, hair cutting, cookies and finally pizza.  He made both Papa and I a pizza that we ordered.  Mine was pineapple and pepperoni.  Then I fixed him regular pizza for lunch.  He was a little droopy this morning but I attributed to lack of sleep and excitement from Halloween and a late volleyball game.  But when he woke up from his nap he was running a temperature, probably bringing home a bug from school.