Goldeyes Baseball!!

Took Nathanael to his first Goldeyes Baseball game today. It was pretty good - he lasted until the 7th inning, and then started to loose concentration - too tired. The "fish" won 6-1 over Edmonton.






The best part was the autograph session prior to the game. Nathanael's favourite signature was from Goldie, although Matt Mann was a close second.

UPDATE: - Goldeyes swept the Cracker Cats. Good job, guys.

I hope this works..

I saw this video from another blogger - there's piles of videos on exploding pop. Enjoy!

Grandma's Birthday - 90 YEARS!

We all got together - the entire Budlong clan - to celebrate Grandma's 90th birthday. The kids got to play, even the big ones, and we enjoyed catching up with each other. It's kind of neat to see the number of lives that have been affected by one person.


This is a picture of the direct descendants.















nathanael brought a few toys to share. Rush Hour was a hit.













The boys played soccer the most.

It's Dance Recital Time!

Nathanael's Dance recital was Sunday, and he did a great job. This year his two dances were in the same show AND act, which made Daddy's job of volunteering much easier. doing two shows is very draining, even if they are a week away. This year he only had to do one show!

The costume was not his favourite, but he was a trooper about it and did a great job of the dance. The entire class was gingerbread people, and he was the only gingerbread MAN (or boy!). The red stuff on his cheeks is lipstick, which was a real pain to take off. During rehearsal, I think I took off a layer of skin with the soap and water on the paper towel I tried to use. Gentlemen, this does not work well.

After rehearsal, the two of us raided Mom's makeup case and made off with the real stuff - makeup remover. Two swipes of the cotton pads, and voila! the lipstick applied with a trowel came off with ease!

The second number was tap, and was number 13 on the program. When you are 7, the time between the 2nd and 13th numbers is just enough time to remove the makeup, strip off the gingerbread man/boy costume, don the tap costume, tie up the tap shoes - all while the other four boys in the group are yelling - "It's time to go! Hurry up!". Basically a quick change, really.

Here's a picture of my "Tap Boys":
They look like something out of a 20's or 30's set movie or show. The sparkle on the bowties is really what did it, and the five of them LOVED the hats - there were actually extra hats for the costume, so the other boys who shared the changeroom with them were wearing them as well. The girls in the dance had shawls made from the same sparkly material - I joked with all of them that we would be blinded by the reflection of the light!
Here's a cast photo:

video

http://www.kinnon.tv/2006/05/king_of_the_hil.html#comments

A couple of blogs I've checked out have got video on them. Here's a link to one. When I figure out how to put the video in mine, well.... maybe

Nathanael's party today went great - the rain held off for just long enough so that we could enjoy the park, and even play a bit of ball. (My gift to him was a T-ball, T-Ball bat and a mitt. I got myself a mitt too!) Everyone enjoyed hot dogs and hot chocolate, and then we opened the gifts up. Here's some pics of the meal.

Comments back on - but now moderated!

OK. now that I've had time to think about this....

I've turned the comments back on - but this blog is now moderated.

More later.

Until later

As a precaution, I've disabled comments for right now. For the amount of comments I get, it may not be worth having.

Taking Responsibility for your words.

It's bound to happen - you get attacked for who you associate with. I don't mind if someone wants to spout off at me, heck, I don't mind if you flame me. But whoever this is - at least have the guts, honour, and courage to make yourself known. Calling yourself anonymous and spamming my personal email is nothing short of reprehensible and - dare I say it? - un Christian! Here's the message that was sent to me:

Springs Church teaches the timeless messege of Materialism and trying to serve 2 Gods . " Get rich and have it all ! " Leon and his band of rich real-estate developers are leadind the blind to the river, like mice and the pied-piper ! Why buy a Chevette, when you can own a SUV ! Help destroy the ozone layer with his message. On Earth as it is in heaven ! So I guess heaven would be destroyed also ! Sick puppies !!! --Posted by Anonymous to For lack of a better title - it's all mine.... at 4/22/2006 04:50:25 PM


There, done. Netticutt lessons are needed my friend. Be willing to teach you if you are willing to be taught. You might want to scroll down the screen and read the post from Thomas A Kempis' Imitation of Christ - regarding gossip. As Stan Lee would say - N'uff said!

Chris.

The Rocket!

Went and saw The Rocket Friday night - Excellent movie. highly reccomend it to everyone!