All Figured Out

Yesterday, Carson woke up in a surly mood. It was Monday, the first day back to school from a busy weekend, and he doesn't like getting up unless its on his own terms. Same goes for Hannah.

As he's eating his breakfast, he tells me he hates kindergarten. I tell him that school is important and that he will learn so much. Besides, if he keeps going to school, he will learn to read by the end of the school year. He thinks on this for about 2 seconds and then gives me the following quote:

"Yeah, I suppose. I mean, I already know how to ride my bike.....
and I can whistle.....
and I can do a cart wheel....
So I only need to learn how to read and that's it."

We have our work cut out for us on this one.

Its a Birthday!!!

Hannah turned 3 this past week. She was primed for this birthday the entire last month telling us that she and Troy were birthday buddies and that she turns 3 in 'eptember.'

With the 'big 3' comes a few changes for Hannah. She moves to a new room at her daycare center. She is the oldest one in her current room and, thus, makes all of the rules. It will be interesting to see how she does when she moves back to the bottom of the seniority pole. Knowing Hannah, it will only take a day or two before she whips the older ones into shape.

Happy birthday Hannah! We love you.

Making music

Yesterday, Carson came home from school in his usual bubbly mood. When asked about his day, I expected to hear about math, or reading, or maybe even about a new game he learned in P.E. class. Instead, I learn that a classmate can 'fart' with his armpit. Carson was perplexed by this and wanted to know the secret. Of course, he is a boy and boys can't go on to be older boys without learning this mystical art so I did what every self-respecting parent would do--I taught him how.

Carson was amused for several minutes once he got the hang of it and after a short time, looked up and said, "I think I should show this to my music teacher. She would like it."

Somehow, I think not.

Go Huskers.

Training Time

My schedule gets a little rough on the rest of the family. While I try to give Tara a 'one-week-lead" on how it will change the next week, it is still a full time job keeping track of when I'm home and when I'm gone. The biggest offender is my training schedule, which varies every other week. Here is a sample of what we did this past Thursday:

Its hard to believe that I get paid to do this stuff.

Our weekend

My schedule doesn't lend very well to a family weekend. This past weekend was different as I took Saturday night off and we were able to do things as a family.

Carson had his first soccer game. His coach is a coach for the UNL womens' soccer team and is FANTASTIC at getting 50 six-year-olds all listening and doing what he wants at the same time! This guy needs to put on a clinic for the rest of us. Anyways, the first part of the day is practice but the last part is the game, and the kids really like to play against one another. Carson seems to like soccer; afterall, he scored 15 goals and kept track of every single one---looking over to the sideline after each one to make sure that we were watching.

Hannah enjoyed watching her brother play but enjoyed the trip to the Omaha zoo (after the game) even more. Her favorite was probably the gorilla exhibit where we caught a young gorilla eating dirt. The zoo keeper chided the gorilla a little bit and was greeted by the gorilla sticking his tongue out and spitting at the zoo keeper. Funny stuff. Hannah laughed and laughed.

While the weather was a little bit rainy, we had a great time

Welcome!

Welcome to our blog! With everyone's busy schedules, it becomes tough to stay 'up to speed' on family stuff. We have family strewn all over from Omaha and Elmwood, to Columbus and beyond. We hope to keep this site updated on what is new--and unusual--with our family and, hopefully, bring everyone closer.

Tara and I have quite a few moments where Carson or Hannah say or do something so unexpected, they make us laugh, or think (or both). We often say that we should write these funny stories down so the kids can look back on this and have a good chuckle. Hopefully, this blog will take care of this, and it will serve as a looking glass into our daily life.

Tara and I enjoy every day of the journey and hope everyone else will as well.