Just found this in my shirt pocket

From Heath. 

Alder

)We played some basketball on this warm morning before school. Man oh man how we love this boy. Almost nine...

(And a shout out to Heath who is unfortunately weathering a high fever today.  And another to mom who is with him on her spring break when she wanted to be so productive. I love y'all too!)

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The update. Three hours later...  Alder too. More thanks to mom. This is how it happens. This how weeks fall apart. 

Heath Teeth brushing

When Heath brushes his teeth, he's done in less than 20 seconds.  So we have a timer, so he can make sure he does so for 2 whole minutes.  But... without some supervision, or reminding, or making him "go back and REALLY brush your teeth, Heath", he defaults to the quick job.  After all, "brushing teeth is so boring"

Part of the fun for us though is watching him muscle and grimace through the job.  So I got this:

At the gym last weekend…

Heath insisted on getting dressed and undressed inside the locker so no one would see him.

Cold one

Low twenties tonight. Feeling the feb in RVA. Les and boys just got back from an owl prowl with her ornithology class. I got back a bit before with pizza to start a fire. Spent my last hour and a half of the day finishing a proposal at a local brewery (with which I have arranged a deal to have them brew a beer in May to celebrate our programs 30th anniversary and the discovery of a dragonfly on the James river in Richmond that only exists in four other places in the world).  Warming up before some foosball. 

Basketball

Alder's team, which I am helping coach. First year for us both: he's a rookie, I'm an assistant. We are both enjoying it. So far, undefeated. Halfway done with season. Here's some of the team, totally cutting up. They play great together. Buncha good kids. 

Oh boy, we got a...