Kids Talk

Jo is into “Reruns” as Cole would say. We could all be sitting together eating dinner for example in the middle of a conversation and then Jo would start recapping the whole experience.Jo pretending to be Oma or Nanny.

Here is an example of “any” conversation by Jo.
“Mom, you said,
And then Cole said …,
And I went …,
And then Oma …,
And then Mom said …,
And then Oma said …,
And then Cole did …,
And then he did …,
Then he said … while Oma said,
And I was like …,
Isn’t that funny?!”

And we all go “UHG” while we listen and smile.

Cole is so into Star Wars that he can almost relate any feeling or experience in his life to something that has happened in a Star Wars movie. The other day he was very tired and when the kids get very tired they talk about serious thing. He was all about his feelings and anger the other day.

A Jedi in training we think.

Cole’s words on what is going on inside of him.
“I feel like I am Anakin (Anakin turns into Darth Vader for those who don’t know) and there is a blaster war going on inside of me. Sometimes my anger is so bad that that part of Anakin might win and that is who I will be. I try so hard but the battle is going on inside of me and I don’t know who is going to win. But who ever does win is just who I am going to be. Anakin made bad choices when he got angry and I don’t want to but some times I just have to and that is why I am like Anakin. Some time one side will win, Mom, and that is just who I am going to be.”

Just to finish this off, I listened to him, asked questions and we talked back and forth about his feelings and the blaster battle that was going on inside of him. He is quite a deep thinking kid and I’m sure proud that not only can he put his feelings into words but he understands them too.

Marched to the End

Spent a sunny day out at the Young Belmont’s Estate for a little moto-cross and BBQ. Todd has been in school for so long now (X-ray tech) that the family has not been quite a social as they or we would like them to be. School is over now (even PASSED his test!) and it’s time to have company.

Uncle Todd taking the jump.

Derian is kicking it nowadays on her bike!

Cole was a little timid at first but picked up his confidence as the day progressed. He was all smiles telling us how he was taking the jump and catching air.
I gave Jo a few laps around the track, slow and steady at first and then her competitive side was coming out as she said “Beat Cole” or “Beat Derian”!

Hoping this summer she learns to ride her bike without training wheels so she can start to ride the little bike like Cole. Why? Well, she is going to be sad when I finally have to tell her she is riding on the back of the bike as she has gotten so tall her head/helmet hits me in the face and it really isn’t pleasant. Made me laugh quite a bit though.

Corri found field mouse remains and so Jo was all over this! They found just about a full skeleton. Long sharp teeth!

Dinner with Tracy and Lil
She is such a good sport isn’t she?
Of course we didn’t get a photo of Tracy. Maybe if she played dress up too?

Oma and her New PJ’s!

How could we
pass up getting
her warm
pajamas?

Baseball

Cole and his new uniform!
He was excited to get to pick his number for the first time along with having his last name across the back of his jersey.

Red is his color now. Oh, Green and Yellow for the Ducks is still part of him but RED…our family does not have enough red to wear. The Little Man has let us know this often. “Could you please buy a red shirt so people know who you are rooting for?” “Yes Son, we will work on this for you.”

Baberuth AAA, kid pitch.

One of his first games. He is having a great time and so are Oma and I. Jo? Well she just loves sports so all this game after game day stuff is just making her love it even more. (NOT)