a quiet house at 6:00 p.m.

it's monday night and the ncaa championship game is tonight. the children came home from school and completed their homework, ate dinner early and went to bed at 6:00. we got them up at 9:15 so they could watch the game. on a side note, last week nana (who taught where the children go to school for 26 years) subbed for the librarian in the lower school. she had prizes for the children if they answered questions. little man got a prize for knowing all four final four teams ~ no one else could even name one! m1 knew two of the teams and no one in her class could name any. i joked that our children might not know their bible verses come friday but they know their sports. (that is NOT true as they do know their verses but they know sports too!) we are waiting for "one shining moment" and then heading to bed...

ping pong for poverty

john david played in a "ping pong for poverty" tournament today. he won four straight matches. at the end of the day, his last opponent was about 80 years old... wearing a t-shirt boasting that he played in the senior ping pong olympics. he had a wicked serve and ended up beating jd in a close match.  the shirt was a bit intimidating.

up late on a school night

the children were so excited about the opening of the nfl season ~ until they realized the first game was after bedtime. they approached us with their plan... take a nap after dinner and wake up in time for the game. they even promised to not be grumpy in the morning. we fell for it! they just got up and are VERY excited. they are also happy about u.s. open tennis during the commercials ~ little man is hoping for a federer / nadal final. they have already started talking about the same plan for saturday when the women will play their tennis final in prime time. we will see how this goes.