The Wisdom of Hannah

So, the other night, I was hanging out reading the newspaper and Hannah (for some reason) decides to comment on eyes...........

'Dad, I have brown eyes just like you. They are brown. Carson has the same eyes as Mom. They are blue.'

'They are green but close enough,' I say.

Hannah proceeds to say, 'Does Echo have the same eyes as Ginger? I tried to look but they keep running away from me.'

That's funny. At least from my perspective.....a little glimpse into what runs through Hannah's brain.

At this point, I think that Hannah is in a pretty funny mood so I ask her a question:

'So, Hannah......why do you think the sun shines in the sky?'

'Um......it comes up when the moon goes down' she says. That is correct, but not quite what I was looking for so I ask again.

'Thats right but why do you think it shines so bright?'

Hannah doesn't think about this question long. 'Um, it is bright so we can see and not bump into stuff.' Now that is a good answer.

I tried a few other quesions after this but she started firing off crazy stuff and not really that funny.

Carson's Soccer Team

Carson has soccer practice tonight and a game tomorrow. Hopefully I can take a few pictures of him in action to post in the next few days.

This year, I roped Tara and I into being the 'coaches' for his soccer team which is really just a glorified way of saying 'babysitters.' Tara takes care of the emails to parents and setting up who brings treats for the kids after the games each week. I take care of herding 7 soccer-crazy boys and doing the substitutions during the game.

This year, Carson's team is rolling right along. They are undefeated with a game or two left. It's absolutely amazing to see the difference between when he started and now. He's passing the ball and pulling off some soccer moves that leave me amazed.....like a few games ago when he 'bunny hopped' with the ball around one defender to score a goal. The referee was laughing but said it was legal and was a pretty good move.