David's brother John came to Atlanta for a conference in September. We hung out with him on his dinner break by the fountains at Olympic Park.
Nice how Claire is crying and I'm laughing at her, huh? Water up the nose is the worst!
Cute wet footprints
David currently teaches a class at UGA and has soccer and football players as students. Here we are supporting women's soccer.
Ethan frequently strikes up conversations with strangers. This guy was on the drum line.
Superheroes! A friend of mine threw an incredible super-heroes party for her 4 year old. She sewed capes for each of the kids who attended. They ran around the playground in their capes, while eating superhero popsicles and listening to superhero theme songs. It was a really fun party. I'm sure my poor children will never have such an elaborate party of their own!
My work time increased from 3hrs/week to 12/week when I began serving kids at a fancy charter school in Greensboro, about an hour south from home. It's probably the nicest K-12 school I've ever seen, and the kids and teachers I work with are all great. Plus, I get paid for 4 hours/week of driving!
This is what most of my drive looks like. I felt really guilty the other day when I hit a small, furry animal with the car. Why did the squirrel cross the road, anyway???
Lake Oconee Academy (a.k.a. posh charter school).
Speaking of charter schools, David had the opportunity to give a presentation about Oman to a group of 3rd-5th grade students at a local charter school. Ethan, Claire and I came to watch. The students loved it! They were so interested, and of course David made it all very fun and interesting. We brought fancy dates, hummus and pita bread for them to sample. We also dressed the kids in middle eastern attire (I knew those boxes of clothes/souvenirs would eventually come in handy!) but unfortunately my camera ran out of batteries before I could get pics.
Watching General Conference on the internet. David is such a good dad... he helped Ethan create a chart full of pictures of potential conference topics (faith, family, tithing, love, etc.) and then Ethan put a sticker on each one whenever he heard the topic mentioned (Kind of like BINGO).
Ethan got to go to work with Daddy one day to participate in an all-day study on children's use of computer games (sponsored by Disney's Penguin Club, I think). Ethan brought "Quackers" along, since it was his turn to care for the preschool class pet.
Preschool field trip to the fire station. I guess Ethan was worried about the air horn.
The field trip ended at everyone's favorite park. Here's Ethan with his favorite friend from school (the only other boy in the class!)
Emery, do you recognize those boots? :)
One of the many bulldogs in Athens.
DATE NIGHT. We'd been needing one of these for awhile. But what do you do in Athens that doesn't involve drinking, late-night concerts, or spending too much money? SCOOTER DATE! We borrowed a helmet from a friend and went for a scooter ride through town. We felt so European. We came across a trendy, new frozen yogurt place and happen to meet up with some friends and fellow scooter riders.
So after pumping some hand sanitizer onto your hands, you can use these teeny-tiny cups to sample all the flavors you want. When you're ready to commit, you grab an ENORMOUS cup and fill it with all the frozen yogurt and fun toppings you want. They charge by weight. I'm pretty sure I sampled at least as much yogurt as I purchased. This cup cost about $4.50.
I bet David and I were ALMOST as cute on the scooter as this couple:
