WHAT YOU TALKIN' 'BOUT, WILLIS?

Happy Birthday Jackson!!!

And now, as promised, the pictures you've long been waiting for: Jackson's 1st birthday party.. YAY!!!!!

First Jackson's grandpa was hogging the balloons:

Then Jackson set a good example by sharing his book with his friend Hayden. They're big buds.

Here's Jackson reluctantly pulling out his English/Spanish Elmo:

He also got some tools:

And a little teapot.

Then finally it was time for cake, after a year of waiting.

"Can I really eat it?"

"OK then, let's go!"

He kept eating and eating...

"Whoah, that's too much!"

Finally he was done:

And so was the day. It was an awesome weekend. I can't believe he's a year old. I think he knows it too, he has a certain year-old swagger in his walk now. It's gone by awful fast, and I hear it only goes faster from here. But every second with him is awesome, and I want to enjoy it while it lasts.

Here is a picture of the dog feeling totally neglected:

Thanks Goddness to MSN

As a diehard Hotmail user (been there since before MSN) it's about freakin' time we got more storage space, though its a measly 250MB as compared to Google's 1GB with Gmail. I hate all the junk mail, but I refuse to change addresses and send out the annoying, My email address has changed, please update your address book.

Pictures of Jackson's birthday partay coming soon..

New Teaching Paradigm

Though I may be a little late on this, I think I've found a new teaching paradigm for Chattanooga schools--The School of Rock.

This was by far the greatest movie I've seen in the last couple of years, even with Jack Black's over-the-top acting, and I think it really says a lot about how kids learn--by doing, by playing, by wanting to have fun.

I think I will try this out with my class this Fall at UTC.