Oakley wrote a haiku at school (ok, 2 haikus). I’m guessing it was an assignment in her class, from her teacher, but who am I to know. She brought it home tonight.
Haiku #1
I love my mommy
My mommy is wonderful!!
I love my mommy
Oakley’s Haiku
29 Apr 10 by Tim Martin | 2 Comments | 63 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: funny, oakley, school, words
Smashing Dolphins – March 26/27, 2010
29 Mar 10 by Tim Martin | No Comments | 6 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: oakley, soccer, video
And here we have Oakley’s team, the Smashing Dolphins. Enjoy this two game set as well. (It’s probably our last soccer video for a while… we’re gonna try shooting some stills!)
Soccer Returns… for Oakley too
22 Mar 10 by Tim Martin | No Comments | 24 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: oakley, soccer, video
We’re equal opportunity here, so we have some of Oakley’s soccer team video as well. Admittedly, this one is a little shorter as we had some video camera battery failure (and I edited it second, so I was more aggressive).
This one comes complete with a good tumble for Oakley, and lacks a sweet sharp angle goal she scored.
Miss Drury… in Oakley’s words
4 Mar 10 by Tim Martin | 4 Comments | 102 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: miss drury, oakley, school, video
Last night, I decided that I wanted to try something new with the camera. You see, our SLR actually has the ability to do high def video, and I’ve never used it to great effect. So, I told Oakley that I wanted to try something. She said she was willing, but that she really wanted to record Lindy more… So, we did that too.
Ultimately, though, I just sat Oakley down at the island, turned on the camera, and recorded. You can hear Lindy goofing off… Then I asked Oakley to tell me about herself. She does so briefly, but then she takes the conversation somewhere different. She decides to talk about Miss Drury, her 1st grade teacher.
Now, I’ve told many of you about Miss Drury on the blog and elsewhere. This, however, is Oakley’s unfettered, unrehearsed, uncensored opinion of her teacher.
Now, I believe that Miss Drury reads this blog from time to time. I thought about saving this… I thought about sparing her the embarrassment. But then I reconsidered. Teachers, especially great ones, have to be lauded… publicly. So, Miss Drury, I hope that you carry this close to your heart forever.
Click through to watch Oakley talk… and to learn about her issues with fractions… and cake.
“I thought you were gonna say…”
27 Feb 10 by Tim Martin | 1 Comment | 99 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: future, oakley, words
We’ve discussed, more than once, how Oakley has a talent with words. She reads beautifully, and writes equally well. I think she’s nothing short of brilliant. And, in a way, I was telling her that in the car today.
We’d been cruising along, talking a bit about the words she coined in this piece (Squack! Skit!).
Happy Birthday from “Academic”
24 Feb 10 by Tim Martin | No Comments | 56 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: aspen, birthday, oakley, tim, words
One thing I love about Oakley is that she just decides to do stuff. It’s not because she’s asked, or she feels she has to, she just decides to do something. This birthday card is a perfect example.
front
inside… sorry about your age, Aspen
A Budding Writer
10 Feb 10 by Tim Martin | 2 Comments | 42 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: oakley, school, words
Like other 1st grade students, Oakley was asked to complete a writing assessment sometime in the last couple of weeks. This is something they write at school in which they are encouraged to use all of their writing tools. I think Oakley comes with a truckload…
My favorite snowy day activity is sledding. I like sledding because sledding makes me feel like I am soaring down a massive hill with very swift and jerkey moments. Another thing I like to do is sip hot chocolate. Sipping hot chocolate makes me feel all warm and toasty inside. It makes me feel like I do when someone I love is surounding me. Hot chocolate makes me feel spectacular. When hot chocolate has marshmellows with it the hot chocolate makes feel even better. I also like building snowmen. The chilly snow on my fingertips makes me remember how fortanate we are to be having this much snow. It is so fun to roll the snow balls all different sizes. I wonder how many cinemeters it takes to get across the bottom sphere. Finnaly when I am on the last object I know every time that I am going to be satisfied with my snowman. When I am finished, I make sure that I have added every single part. Then I stand back to admire it. Sometimes I might say its to big. Sometimes I say its just right. And sometimes I might say, “Its to small. I will make it bigger next time!” I positivly love snowy winter days! I love playing in the snow, hot chocolate with marshmellows, and last but not least, building snowmen. I wish the whole world was of snow.
I have it on pretty good authority that this would have been a good writing assessment for a 5th grader… How awesome is Oakley!?
It hasn’t melted yet!
30 Jan 10 by Tim Martin | 1 Comment | 120 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: aspen, lindy, oakley, snow
Remarkably, the snow we got last night hasn’t melted yet. In fact, we totaled something between 4 and 6 inches of snow. There are few things that are as much fun as snow, especially when you see it so rarely.
So, back out into the snow we went this morning. The conditions were very different. The precipitation got wet last night… and so we found a crusty layer on top of the snow. Not ideal, but not enough to dissuade us from sledding either. So back out we went… And we found what are undoubtedly some of my favorite family pictures this year…
Blizzard, Sledding, and Missing Teeth!!!
29 Jan 10 by Tim Martin | 1 Comment | 82 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: aspen, lindy, oakley, snow, teeth, video
It doesn’t snow very often here in Nashville; it just doesn’t. Threats are commonplace… actual snow, not so much. I heard someone say today that there’s a “Nashville Snow Effect”. You take the forecasts, divide them by 10, and you get reality. It’s not far off.
So, last night when they cancelled school for today, I was dubious. On this fine occasion, though, they were right. We got actual snow.
And snow is just. plain. fun. I have no better way of sharing that with you than a bit of video. We cruised over to the hill at our next door neighbor’s house and had at it… All the girls feature nicely in the video, as do I in a first person attempt at recording the raw adrenaline that is small hill sledding. But do you know who steals the show? None other than Miss Oakley.
Oakley’s Basketball Debut (here on the blog)
19 Jan 10 by Tim Martin | No Comments | 22 view(s)Categories: family | Tags: basketball, oakley, video
Well, a week ago, Oakley made her basketball debut. Amazingly, she actually managed to score her first basket in that game too! Alas, a vast family illness meant that I was the only one there to see it.
This week, though, we all made the game and Oakley delivered the goods again. Enjoy Oakley’s first captured video game…