Virtual Vlasaty

It is no surprise that Cody is often the source of a lot of laughter in our house. Last night our TV happened to be tuned into the new season of The Bachelor. Normally, we haven't watched it, but after watching the beginning you get kind of hooked. Well, it seems Cody was very hooked as well. He was so intrigued by how all these very pretty women would fight for one man to marry them. He was so in awe of the pretty dresses and the ratio of 30:1. During one of the commercials there is an ad that states "if you or someone you know would like to be the next Bachelor, go to bachelor.com to sign up". Right away Cody exclaimed "I do!" "I am going to Bachelor.com!" To Cody, that commercial was his personal invitation to be the next Bachelor. I informed Cody that when the Bachelor narrows down his choices, he has to bring that girl home to meet his parents. I asked him what he would do if we didn't like/approve of his choice. He quickly answered...

Well, we just finished with a very eventful weekend. Connor had his first Squirt B hockey tournament of the season in Rochester. To go along with that was a very nasty blizzard. Blizzard or not, hockey continued. The weekend started with a Friday night game for Connor's team against another Rochester team. Our team came out on top 3-1. On Saturday as the snow was falling heavily, we played at 10 a.m. against Osseo Maple Grove and won 9-1. Later that afternoon at 3 p.m. we played St. Francis and won 5-2. That set us up for an 8 a.m. game as second seed in the tournament, and we played another Rochester team and came out on top of that game 3-1 in which Connor scored a goal. That took us to the Championship game of the tournament. Again, we faced yet another Rochester team. Unfortunately, the other team came out on top ending with a score of 3-1. We proudly took 2nd place in the tournament that included 12 Squirt B teams. What a finish! Thankfully we made it to those games on Sunday ...

We download photos from our camera fairly regularly. When we downloaded photos the last time, we found out that we aren't the only ones taking pictures with the camera. Seems that Cody has found the camera lying around and found it to be an invitation to take some creative photos. Here are just a few.

Kindergarten is going very well for Cody. Not only is he learning lots of new and exciting things, he also seems to be getting the attention of the girls. He is not shy when talking to his dad and I about it either. He tells us there are at least 4 girls that like him, but only one he calls his girlfriend. Her name is Becca. Before he went to school yesterday he sprayed on some cologne. :-) He told us that while he was waiting in the bus line, Bella and Becca both said he was "hot". Look out girls, Cody is on the loose!!!

Cody lost his first tooth on November 11, 2010. Needless to say he really lost it because he had it in a special tooth box for the Tooth Fairy, but when he opened it to look at the tooth (over and over again) it fell out somewhere on the floor. The whole family spent time looking in the carpet and couch for it to no avail. Luckily the Tooth Fairy still makes a visit even when the tooth is really lost.

Halloween turned out to be a nice day. The weather was a bit chilly, but nice for trick-or-treating. Here are pictures of two very handsome goblins.

Connor is in Safety Patrol this year at school. He has the responsibility of keeping the students at school safe as they cross the street to get to school. He has morning duty and is on the schedule every several weeks. He usually is on patrol for a week at a time, but he may only be needed for a day at a time.