This one is of Isaac in the pedal car. Both kids got pedal cars. They are quite fun and adjustable. They have been having fun riding them in the driveway and down the street. I am pretty impressed with how far Isaac can pedal them on the hills by the house.
He chose bowling as his party, so we locked in a party room at Galaxy Lanes in Kanawha City.
It turned out pretty good. We had six boys come to the party. From left to right, Jonathan (in Isaac's class), JoJo (3rd base friend), Joel (3rd base friend), Braden (on Isaac's hockey team), the birthday boy, David (from our neighbourhood), Lexy Jo, and Andrew (from Isaac's class).
Of course he had a bunch of presents at home too, PVC pipe for making marshmallow guns, flame print duct tape, new DC Shoes, a snow skate, and Lexy gave his Sorry Spinners. He loved all the presents.
Isaac wanted a hockey puck for a birthday cake. Of course Amy and I put it together. We didn't want to use black food coloring because it make the frosting taste bad and gets all over the kids. So, we used crushed Oreo cookies mashed into the frosting to get a black look. We figured that just a black cake would be weird, so we put Isaac's hockey team logo on the top of that cake.
Lexy and Isaac just before they went on for their program.
Isaac pushed out the chimney prop from behind. The audience couldn't see him until the music started and he started to skate. Look at those nice handles on the back of the chimney. That is one high class cardboard box.
Lexy and her friends from the Synchro team watching the show from the hockey boxes, that was the back stage area.
Isaac got to play goalie for the first time in the first game on Saturday. He was pretty board. This is an ACTION shot. He only got the chance to make 3 saves in the whole game.
The WV Wild won by about 18-0. I say about because the scoreboard operator quite showing the goals after it was 9-0. I was pretty sad. Our coaches called off the team in the 3rd period. They told them to just pass the puck in the attack zone, and not score goals. 
Again they won by about 20. The scoreborad guy left it as 9-0. Even Isaac listened to the coaches when they called of the boys in the middle of the 2nd period. Isaac has a couple of chances for breakaways, but he 'dumpped' the puck into the zone like the coach asked.
After the game we hit the road for home. We had to get in Charleston for a skating show on Sunday afternoon. On the way we stopped at Big Boy for lunch. It was fun for the kids to see the Biy Boy and have their picture with him. The food wan't as good as I remember.
Isaac and Lexy suited up and ready for the snow. They have a couple of sleds like to one in the bottom of the picture. There is a hill just up the street that they walk to to ride them.
For some reason the snow put Amy in the Christmas mood. She wanted to buy a Christmas tree and get it up today. Here she and the kids are shopping for a tree. 
It is a week early, she convinced the kids that they wanted it up, then had them come to me to beg. I like to have Isaac's birthday before the tree goes up. This year it didn't work out.
This is at the finish of their program.
This picture is the girls and their coach Ms. Vicky.
This is a fun picture with some of the older girls. From left to right, Lexy, Abby, Devon, and Maddy. Maddy's mom is Kelly who took and posted these pictures. Abby is Ms. Heidi's daughter and JD's sister. And Devon's grandmother is the one who put this whole Greenbrier trip together for us.
It was a great time and a wonderful experience for the kids. I hope to have the video(s) loaded up in the next few days.
This is them in the show. They did perfect. Everyone was pleased. We got several comments on how well they did together.
Amy made fantastic rolls. Shalese was bringing rolls, but we made some anyway. Never can have too many. These have been great to make sandwiches out of.
Lanna made little turkey cup cakes. Very cool... 
Here is the table, all set and ready to go, seating for eight.
Here is where people wanted to be, at the kid table. Amy had put big sheets of paper all over the table and set out markers and crayons for the kids who were encouraged to draw away. It was great fun.
We hope that everyone had a good Thanksgiving. We sure did.
The kids wanted pictures as "Moth Man"
Here is a link to a web site with a long version of the story.
It was a pretty big stadium for this little guys to play in. This is a shot of the team talking to the coach just before the game. Look at that big stadium and all those empty seats, the squirts get no respect.
Just before the game the coaches handed out stickers for the helmets. Some numbers for the back, "Wild" for the sides, "West Virginia" for the front. It was pretty exciting in the locker room putting them on all the helmets.
