St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Day 1K

The Saturday before St. Patty's, the base had a 1K race for kids and a 5K for adults.  Sophie and Briggs were signed up for the race, but Porter was a last minute addition - which is why he is running in crocs - but they all did great.  It was fun to watch them and Porter was pretty amazing for a 3 year old.  He was tearing it up!  I ran the 5K with my friend MaRae and certainly wasn't tearing it up, but we did beat most of the moms with baby joggers anyway!

The other day Porter hurt his leg while playing and came to me crying.  I said, "PORTER, DO YOU WANT ME TO KISS IT BETTER?" 

 

He replied, "NO." 

 

"WELL WOULD YOU LIKE A KISS ON YOUR CHEEK INSTEAD?"  

The answer was still, "NO."  

But I persisted!  "WELL WHAT IF I NEED A KISS ON MY CHEEK?"

 He thought about that for all of 2 seconds and answered, "WELL THEN DAD CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT!"

Basketball 2009

Basketball was really fun this year.  Sophie and Briggs got to play on the same team which made it quite nice for us!  They had fun and both did a great job.  It was especially fun to watch Sophie rule the key.  She is quite a bit taller than all the other kids and loved defense.  She always had a huge smile on her face once her opponent stopped dribbling and she could just tower over them with her arms up, rendering them helpless.  Briggs was really confident by the end of the season and was getting comfortable dribbling around people and putting up shops.  He was the very youngest on the team, so it will be really fun to watch him next year.

Family Photo Shoot

Ice Skating

Obviously keeping up my blog was not one of my New Year's Resolutions.  Instead I have launched a massive offensive against the clutter and chaos in my office/work area.  At this point the battle is still pretty fierce, but I think I'm making progress.  One more trip to Ikea and I think I'll be able to pull through victorious!.. And then I can get back to the blogging world.  But in the meantime here are at least a few ice skating pics!  Maybe I'll even have a cute background and get rid of the Christmas music soon!

Briggs (aka Indiana Jones) Turns 7!!

10 Things I LOVE About My Son

1. Everything is funny.  A good joke is never wasted on Briggs and he has a great laugh!  It's as much fun to watch him watch a funny movie as it is to watch the movie because everything is hysterical.  

2. He's super stubborn and thinks he's always right.  You may wonder why I love that - it certainly can be frustrating - but I love it because he got it from Me!  You can't tell that child anything if he's already made up his mind the other way.  I love it.  

3. He's still sweet.  He still lets me kiss him good-night, sits on my lap, and will kiss me on the cheek.  He can play really cute with Porter and loves his stuffed animals.

4. He's all boy.  He loves sports.  Any sport.  He does the sound effects, he wrestles, he gets holes in the knees of his jeans long before they should be there, there are always rocks in his pockets - and in my washing machine - and his shoes are always muddy.

5. He's extremely social.  This has caused some problems at school and church when he's supposed to be working quietly or actually listening, but he has a real gift.  He really loves people and makes friends really easily.

6. He's well-rounded.  He loves sports as I mentioned, but he loves reading, loves music, loves traveling, loves art...he just loves everything which makes life fun.  Okay, maybe not cleaning his room so much, but everything else.

7. He's smart.  I have to admit that I'm proud of how smart he is, but I won't go on and on.

8. He's tough.  I mentioned he's all boy and likes the rough and tough things, but he also is a tough kid in hard times.  He has had recurring fevers and joint pain since he was two and has been quite a trooper through a lot of tests and a lot of time spent feeling really sick and rotten.  He gets fevers much less often now which we are really grateful for!

9.  We have a really close relationship.  He's promised me that he won't date until he's 21, will still sit on my lap and let me hug him when he's in high school, and will live on the same street as me after he's married.  I'm holding him to it.

10. He loves food!  Thankfully he has the energy to handle it because he can eat more than Tyler and often does.  I fear the years - and grocery bills - ahead.  He can handle an insane amount of food!  But he always thanks me for the "wonderful dinner" without fail!  So I guess I'll keep feeding him.

Pool Party

I've finally learned that it's MUCH easier to do birthday parties somewhere OTHER than your house.  It only took me 8 years to catch on!  The kids play...Tyler and I sit back...and when it's over we all just walk away.  No mess.  No insanity.  Everyone is happy.