Friday, November 30, 2007


As we all kneel down for family prayer we hold hands and as someone prays my kids do this thing where they squeeze my hand three times . Each squeeze represents one word ....I-love-you. The other day Alek squeezed my hand only two times. As soon as we had said our amens, he quickly questioned whether I know why he only squeezed twice. To his delight I had no idea. He enthusiastically informed me that two squeezes means, "You Rock"! Thanks Alek!

Friday, November 16, 2007

I love watching my boys play soccer! However; after a season of 6 practices a week and 3 games every Saturday, following the third final game and the third end of season party, I throw a little party of my own. I pack up all the shin guards and purple shirts and do the "no more soccer until next year!" dance.

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Yesterday I fixed omelets for breakfast. Alek was very excited and was already indulging himself when Cairan came down to eat. Through a mouth full of mish-mashed ham, cheese and eggs Alek exclaimed, "We're having vomits for breakfast!" You're all invited to breakfast next time we have vomits!

Saturday, November 10, 2007


Jonah is a riot! He has more personality than his little body can contain. We saw this chalk drawing at a soccer game one day and he decided it was him. He promptly and strategically placed himself on the ground to prove it to us. Note the wrist guards. Those are not any ordinary wrist guards....they're his "fire hands" of course! He is at such a fun age. You know, when they can fully communicate but their word and phrase choices are often quite comical. He is always explaining to us that, "little kids don't like that". Most often referring to salad however if he can work it in at other times he will try using that as a reason to get out of going somewhere or doing something he doesn't want to. Just the other day Stu gave Haydn a drink of Jonah's Propel. Jonah quickly responded in protest by explaining to Stu that "my drinks don't like to share people. Drinks don't share people" Just today Stu was helping him change his shirt when he shrieked, "you made my teeth eat my tongue!" Like I said, Jonah is a riot! We sure love having him around!

Sunday, November 04, 2007

Saturday, November 03, 2007

The other day I was sitting on the couch reading a book to my boys. As it related to the story we were reading, I stopped and asked them, "what do you want to be when you grow up?" I was especially curious about Alek as he never really talks about it. I looked to him for his answer and he said emphatically, "I want to be me!" I am so glad he enjoys who he is because I wouldn't want him to be anybody else either.