Old Man Luke

Luke is celebrating his 100th day of school tomorrow. He is supposed to come dressed like a 100 year old man. He is sporting Grandpa Jim's straw hat, reading glasses, Tyler's suit coat and tie from first communion. He also borrowed a cane from Grandma Sharon's store room. He also had to bring a collection of 100 things. He and Tyler counted out 100 Legos....shhhhh....don't tell. It has to be a secret until tomorrow!!

"Get out of my yard you bratty kids!!!"

On a Mission

Way to go Little Blazer Wrestling team! Tyler, Luke, and their teammates claimed their 5th team championship in a row this past weekend at Lisbon. For those of you outside the wrestling world, this is a big accomplishment. Our little guys are well known for gathering matside to cheer on a fellow Blazer. We are proud of our coaches too (Daddy and our good friend, Tom Hageman)!

Luke wrestling with his first bloody nose. One wrestling trait that we were hoping Tyler would not pass onto his little brother.

Babysitter For Hire

Hailey completed her first (o.k.....second, but she has to make an appearance on the blog!) official babysitting job tonight! She watched our cute little one year old neighbor, Paige, while her Daddy took her older brothers to wrestling practice. Paige cried for a little while, but Hailey was able to calm her down and play with her. The pay was a bonus! Hailey looks forward to more babysitting in the future!! Can she really be old enough to be babysitting already????

Christmas Programs

Cole had a short Christmas program at his daycare the week before Christmas....these are past due, but still cute!Five Little Snowflakes
Jingle Bells

Sitting on Santa's lap....not so sure about this!

We are in the middle of wrestling season and everyone (well, o.k. maybe not Hailey) is really enjoying it! Tyler is having a good year, Luke improves every time he is on the mat, and Cole can't get enough. We go to practice most Monday nights just to watch and get to quite a few of the tournaments. Here are a few highlights from the season so far!!

The Hirsch boys BOTH took first place at the Little Bobcat Tournament at Western Dubuque. Way to go boys!!!

Go Little Blazers!! The boys took first place in the team competition at Western Dubuque as well. Look at those champion smiles :)

Woo! Hoo! We took a team of ten boys to the Cedar Rapids Future Saints Duals last weekend. Our Little Blazers took first place over Cedar Rapids Linn Mar, Kennedy and Xavier. Winning the championship was awesome, but the way the boys supported one another and the real sense of team that was created was priceless. So proud of our boys and the coaches, too!

Lue working hard...see the Hirschy grimace he has going on??

Working on a pin at the Beckman Tournament.

Tyler wrestling his buddy Austin Stogdil...watch this guy...he will be wearing black and gold one day!

Cole is trying to get in on the coaching aspect of wrestling, too!