Daddy's Weekly Dollop

Here are a few dollops from the past week . . . enjoy!

1) Go Eagles . . . my girls love cheering for their favorite teams.  For Maggie it's the Gamecocks and Winthrop.  For Campbell, it's Clemson, Winthrop, and Campbell.  Campbell?  Yes, Campbell . . . Campbell University.  Why you ask?  You guessed it . . .  because of the name "Campbell."  We went to the Winthrop vs. Campbell game on Saturday.

Since she was able to pick out her name, she loved this sign.

Winthrop's newest mascot, "Little Stuff"

Popcorn . . . good to the last drop.

Campbell with honorary NBA draftee Isaiah Austin at today's Winthrop game. He had been considered a first-round prospect in the 2014 NBA draft until he was diagnosed with Marfan syndrome  

2)  Go Hornets!  Another of the girls favorite teams are the Charlotte Hornets.  They are a favorite team because they have purple in their logo and purple is one of the girls' favorite colors (next to pink and rainbow).  For Christmas, Martha got me family tickets and shirts to go see the Hornets play.  It was the first time the girls have gone to a NBA game.  Here we are cheering on the Hornets:

3) Dueling Violinist - as you know, Campbell has started playing the violin.  Now Maggie has started playing the violin too.  Here she is at her first official lesson with Mr. Casey:

4) Ice skating in Rock Hill - that's right, Rock Hill had an outdoor ice skating rink over the past two months.  On one of the final days, Campbell and I decided to give it a try.  I guess I mean, Campbell gave it a try (they didn't have any size 17 skates for me).  Here she is:

5) I don't know about your church, but our church sings about dogs.  Just ask Maggie.  While singing at church the other Sunday, Maggie says (quite loudly), "Daddy, that says dog."  I'm happy to know that she was following along.

Bonus Dollop:  This must be where the girls got their musical beginnings . . . from Martha.  When Martha was in high school, she played the flute.  Here's Maggie giving it a try. 

Maggie (10 2012)

Daddy's Weekly Dollop

Here's a look back at five things that stood out during the previous week, including a 6th bonus event.

1) The latest adventures of Tinker Bell:

2)  Lowes Build to Grow Clinic - The girls and I love heading to Lowes each month to build their newest toy.  This month, it was a Santa Train.

3) Each year, Stafford Park in Rock Hill has a two day showing of the lights in their neighborhood.  Each house in the neirhbhnood is decorated and theirs a voting contest for the best house.  It's been a tradition of ours for about 3 years to go visit the Christmas Lights at Stafford Park.  Here is our favorite house (on the left):

4)  The girls and I had a nice time at Baxter's Winter Festival.  Here's Maggie being  . . . well Maggie.

5)  We took a long overdue trip to visit my grandmother.  The last time we were there was two years ago.  The girls love visiting her.  This year they got a special treat . . . a visit from my uncles (who they have never met).  My uncles were great with the girls and it was a day that they will never forget.

Grandma reading with Maggie (it's a book that she gave Maggie for Christmas)

The girls giving Grandma her present  . . . a picture of the family. 

The girls and my uncle Bill.  

Maggie really wanted a picture with Grandma

Uncle Don . ... hasn't changed since I was a kid . . .  I'm sure if we had cell phone cameras back then, there would be a picture of he and I like this.

The girls loved playing with Uncle Don

My attempt and getting these three to stay still long enough for a picture.

Maggie doing what Maggie does . . . 

I think the girls had a blast.

Bonus Material . . .  I sent Campbell to kindergarten (first day a school)  a Gamecock, but once she discovered that Clemson colors included purple, she came home a Tiger.  I think one of her most favorite sport-related day was when she got to meet the Clemson volleyball team (they were playing Winthrop at Winthrop).