Friday night Professional Bull Riding was in town at the civic center, so we went. Xan loved it, Will not so much, but we were there with a group of Marines, so the evening was entertaining regardless of your opinion of bull riding.
On Saturday the boys tried out for baseball so they could be assigned to teams. Xan will be playing for the same coach as last season, and the team will probably be the Reds again - a fact he is very happy about. Will has been assigned to the White Sox, the team his teams of the past have always tried to beat. Heis just fine with that, however.
Sunday, was of course, the Super Bowl, We headed over to a colleague of Rodney's for a party. Some of the group was playing beer pong prior to the game, but leave it to Xan to play Dr Pepper pong in preparation for his college years. Apparently he was winning when I got this photo.
Pong playing aside, Xan read enough books to get on the Wall of Fame today. That's 30 easy reader books, for a total of 15 Accelerated Reader points. He is very excited because his name will be announced on the morning announcements at school tomorrow.
Will is also doing well in school, working on fractions now. It's a complete coincidence, but he is doing lessons on the Khan Academy online. I just introduced this to my colleagues at the credit union to consider as we continue financial education seminars through 2012. Here is a cool 20-minute video about the founder of the Academy and why he started the free online resource for students of all ages:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM95HHI4gLk
Be sure to check out both kids' class web sites so you can keep track of the achievements and activities.
