A-Maze-ing Ty

This past weekend we ventured to the Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria for an interesting diversion. The museum had commissioned artists to construct miniature golf holes along the grounds. 


Here Ty poses inside a narrow passage that was a tunnel maze wrapped around one of the holes. The instructions read to take a victory lap through here after sinking your ball. Ty took two laps as Dad couldn't get all the way inside, but I managed to get in for this cute photo.

The Puffer Fish

One of the most fun projects kids get to do are dioramas.Ty's class was given choices of sea creatures and he landed with the exotic Puffer Fish. This presented us with some great ideas for creating its habitat in a shoe box.


Ty completed the project last night and poses above with the finished diorama, which turned out great. However, Dad was trying to make sure that the Puffer Fish suspended in the background stayed put by adding some superglue to the backside. Well that turned out to have not been a great idea as the glue rolled off the sides and caused my finger to adhere to the foam ball. After it dried, a piece of the fish remained super-glued to Dad's finger much to Ty's amusement. He took the picture below.
 

Awards MC

Monday morning the parents of the 2nd grade gathered again in the cafeteria for the semester awards ceremony. Recently, they have given select students the opportunity to stand up on stage to read the names of the award winners. This time around Ty had the opportunity to do that, which he did with great poise and diction. He also took home two awards himself: one for leadership and one for perfect attendance.

Back to the Desert

Another spring break in the desert with Gram and G-Pop. Lots of sunshine every day meant no shortage of fun outdoor activities. Besides swimming every day at the resort, we enjoyed mini golf and horseback riding!


More photos are posted here on our Flickr page for you to view.

Hoop It Up

Altitude - Game 2, originally uploaded by TexKap.

The winter sports season has begun and Ty is already elbowing and shooting his way to stardom on his YMCA basketball team. As the team's leading scorer, he is definitely using height to his advantage.

Click through on the photo to see more images from his second game.

Austin New Year

Wishing all our friends and family a Happy New Year!

Guys Night with The Stars

Last week Ty got an exclusive look at life behind the scenes of our local AHL hockey team, The Texas Stars. The team invited fans for a backstage tour of the locker room, training rooms, and a conversation with the players and coaches on the ice. 

We had a blast chatting with some future NHL prospects and learning more about the game. Ty's favorite part was undoubtedly getting to walk onto the ice and stand with the players. 

Here are two pictures below. The first shows Ty up in the suites level with an empty arena below. And the second is Ty in the equipment room where all the sticks are kept for the players. Ty is also holding a mini stick which he got autographed by many of the players in attendance.

The Living Museum

"Hi. My name is Buzz Aldrin. I was the second man on the Moon."

This is how Ty began his speech after you pressed his purple button during the presentation of the 2nd grade's "Living Museum". We got really into the costume making by gathering items from second hand stores and hardware stores to come up with a totally original space suit. 


Ty had such a blast with this and practiced his lines all week for the eventful presentation. Afterwards he asked if we could even keep the costume for next Halloween because he liked it so much.

Excalibur or The Sheriff?

It's almost Halloween, but Ty got a head start on dressing up this year. We went to a party where guests could try on various outfits for the camera. Ty pretty much hogged the spotlight much to the delight of guests nearby. 

Help us choose which one you like better by posting in the comments.

A Lime Green Machine

We signed Ty up for soccer again this fall. When we heard he would be on the famous Dortmund team, we thought that the yellow and black colors would look pretty cool. (Click on the link to see what I meant).


But to our surprise, the soccer coach pulled this lime green shirt out at practice and announced this would be our jerseys. Well we certainly can see the kids well at evening practices now at least.


All kidding aside, Ty is having a great season and is enjoying being on the soccer field again.