Posts Tagged Andrew
Andrew Starts Kindergarten
Posted by Chris Noland in Family Vacations, TheNolands on August 23, 2010
Where has the time gone in every sense of the word. I have been a little slow on my posts lately with the new job and trying to keep up with Andrew. Sometimes I wonder what I am doing as the weeks seem to just fly by. I felt today deserved a pick little post as Andrew is starting school today at Forest Vista Elementary. It seems like we just brought him home, but that was so long ago now.
Here is a picture of the little man, and yes that is a tie. For those that work with me I had no help in picking out or suggesting what he should wear, and really I was against the idea. Andrew gets to see Daddy dressed up all the time he said he wanted a tie, which every time he and I go shopping for stuff for him we wants a shirt and tie. Hopefully a future CEO of a fortune 100 company, it is hard to be over dressed. As always SUIT UP!
One project that I am thinking about and want everyone’s opinion on is a list of must see destinations before Andrew gets too old to want to go, or to busy with sports (which he maybe already but that is another story) Some thoughts I have so far are: DC & Philadelphia , Rocky Mountain National Park, Yosemite, Red wood forest, Yellowstone, Glacier National Park, Grand Canyon, Alaska. The lists is not exhaustive but please add your comments of other potential spots as I can think of a lot more I need to add as I look back on the last sentence. So you ask WTF am I thinking? The goal is to try and give Andrew the ability to experience the see the vastness of America, its history and help establish a stewardship of the land and country (and no I am not a member of the sierra club). At the end of this we might have a good travel guide on our hands…and then we tackle Europe & Asia…
Chris
Flower Mound, TX – Snow Man
Posted by Chris Noland in TheNolands on February 11, 2010
So if anyone is not convinced that global warming is causing our climate to change needs to look at the crazy weather we are getting in Dallas.
This year was the first for a white Christmas eve and today we have received about 6-7 inches of snow. IN DALLAS TEXAS. I really need to shovel my driveway but I don’t really have anything big enough to do the job.
Andrew and I had a lot of fun when we got home from work & school and got to build a snow man. Andrew was starting to get cold since we don’t really have the clothing to do this for long periods of time
I am waiting to see what tomorrow brings as we hopefully can make it make it out of the house. Andrew said he needs to make sure he can make it to school as it is the valentines day party.
chris
Pumpkin Patch
Posted by Chris Noland in TheNolands on October 31, 2009
The pumpkin patch was a lot of fun this year. We went to a new one north of flower mound in Argyle (basically Lantana) and it had a train. The patch is called Pumpkin express
The pumpkins were pretty good but I have to say the highlight was the train, but I have always liked trains. And no I am not that kind of engineer, but I was trying to think how I could build one of these when I get a bigger piece of land.
Andrew had a lot of fun exploring the patch, jumping in the bounce houses and going through the maze. It was a cool morning and we did not have a lot of time to play around as Andrew had to get to his swim lesson.
I would recommend the place over the “normal” one people go to in Flower Mound off 2499, the kids will LOVE the train and will talk about it for days.
Walking with the Dinosaurs
Posted by Chris Noland in TheNolands on October 25, 2009
On Saturday we went to the “walking with the Dinosaurs” show at AA Center in Dallas. The dinosaurs looked very cool and Andrew seemed to enjoy the event a lot
The show was a bit too short for the amount the tickets were ($50 each), I am glad I did not get the tickets on the floor that were almost $80. The show was about 1.5 hours with a 20 min intermission. Andrew enjoyed it, but he still in not old enough to be all into dinosaurs, am I not really sure when that should be expected. Next time I might just schedule some movie nights with Jurassic Park as the 10 foot screen in HD looks awfully good.
Here is a movie I took with the camera.
Baseball Game – Rock Hounds at the Dodgers
Posted by Chris Noland in Andrew Sports, TheNolands on September 26, 2009
Today was a great game against the Rock Hounds. This was the 2nd game of the season. The Dodgers are really starting to pull together some good plays. Nathanial was great as the pitcher and got some good tosses to Nicolas to get a few outs.
The rest of the team is slowly starting to click and get the ball to the right place. It is good to see the team start to work together, there are still the occasional lapses when everyone runs across the field or lays down to pick up a ball.
Andrew had a few good plays and seems to have good form with his swing but I need to spend some more time pitching to him and doing some soft toss drills. He seems to be having fun at the games and enjoying crushing the ball when he can and tearing down the baseline.
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