Avery in her "Beasts" Exercise Class

Nanny care continues for Rose (Bob helps, too).  This month we take Avery to a little exercise class for children.  Her group, two year olds, is called "Beasts."  Wonder how they got that name?  A few pictures follow.

Avery loves to wear skirts

"Good kick"

Playing catch

Sometimes ya gotta take a little break

Ready to go again

They end each class blowing bubbles

Reaching for the sky

"I get them!"

The class ends with rhythmic bells

Time to put the bells away

Nannycare in March

The nanny job continues with Rose being the primary nanny for Avery.  Bob is the helper...sometimes!  Here are some random pictures of more March fun.

Avery loves to paint.  Often it's the first thing she asks to do when Mom or Dad drop her off in the mornings.

Library story hour is over so we started taking her to Tuesday exercise classes for little ones.  Her age group is called The Beasts.  Is that descriptive of two year olds?

Being brave on the high balance beam.

We start and end the class with bells.

Grandma Rose crochets another baby blanket to "just have on hand."

Totally relaxed and watching the Wizard of Oz for the 6,484th time.

St. Patrick's 2013 @ Five Points, Columbia SC

Brooks, Bob and Aaron at Delaney's Pub after the morning run.  This photo was taken by a photographer from The State newspaper and posted on their web.

St. Patrick's Day celebration a day early in Five Points, Columbia.  57deg to start the day and got to 75 and sunny.  A beautiful day indeed!  Maeve and Brooks did the 5K run while Rose and Bob did the one mile walk.  Aaron guarded the kids.  I'll add captions and a movie (if I can get it to load) later.

Bob, Maeve and Brooks headed to the fun walk and 5k run

Starting line on Blossom St in Columbia

This guy ran the entire 5K with this keg on his shoulders!

Maeve smiles as she approaches the finish line.

A couple barflies

Chilicheese fries for breakfast

Add a little bloody mary to help the fries go down!

Brooks' special feeling smile?

The fountain runs green at Five Points

The Columbia equivalent of the Scottville Clown Band but still not as good.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Jello shots anyone?

Rose likes it!

Grandkids, Baseball and More Team Rog

The nanny job continues for us.  Avery loves to be outside and the weather has cooperated lately.  Last week we also had Kendall with us for 3 days due to her being sick.

I finally got to a South Carolina Gamecock baseball game.  They played Rider University in a non-conference game.  I got tickets for Aaron and myself and we took in the new stadium.  It's very impressive for a college program.  They won the college world series in 2010 and 2011 and were in the championship game in 2012 so a pretty impressive program.

Look for the Team Rog band, too.

Avery is trying to keep the ball away from Grandpa Bob

"I'll race you to the ball!"

"I get them."

A little cool but beautiful sunshine

The girls take a break

Team Rog in South Carolina

A perfect day for a baseball game

Not too shabby to have as an outdoor display

End of Feb, March Begins and the Color Run

We had a couple very nice days to end February.  The nanny work continues with Avery.  We all went to Finlay Park in downtown Columbia to support Maeve in the 5k Color Run.  A few representative pictures for your viewing pleasure.

The Mason girls made some birdhouses with free project kits from Lowes.  We put one up in the backyard in hopes that our flighty bluebirds might nest.

It's Barbie time in the nannyhood!

Run like the wind in your ladybug dress and Dorothy shoes!

A chilly start for the Color Run

We were surprised to see how many...around 6,000 runners about to get doused with colored dust.

They're off!

We had great spots at the starting line

A view of the park before the end of the race...see the last picture below as the runners fill the park.

The fountain at the top right in this picture is where Mike Houghten proposed to Erin!

The girls enjoyed the play area in the park.

Maeve finished the run in good time and got her dousing of color.

A view of the park with about half the runners come through.  The cloud you see are dozens of color packets being released in the mosh pit of runners.