Bon Voyage!

Kerry received some parting words from Beckham just before he left for the airport the other day....

"Dad - Have fun.  I hope your airplane doesn't get shot down.  And I hope it doesn't self destruct while your up in the sky."

Warm fuzzies from the mouth of babes.

Oh blog, how I've (sort of) missed you....

I think I'm ready to get back in the proverbial blogging saddle again....
I needed a break, and a break I took.  But I love being able to look back and see the things the kiddos are up to, and I absolutely don't trust my memory to recall half of what goes on.   So here goes the old college try......

Narration of family photos by Becks.

Beckham is home sick from school today, so I pulled up some of our family pictures through the apple tv to keep him entertained.  The slideshow that was playing was of the first day of our family vacation in California last month.  

He decided to narrate a few of the photos for me, and I wanted to share what he said.  But before I do, just note that Nacho Libre is one of his favorite movies and the boys are constantly quoting it, especially when I make corn for dinner.  Without fail, they repeat in their best Mexican accent

"Hey Mom, save me some of that corn for later."

And now on to Beck's narration:

"Hey Pirates!  Save me some of that gold for later!"

"Hey Pelican!  Save me some of that fish for later!"

"Hey Ethan!  Save me some of that ugliness for later! "

"Hey Ocean!  Save me some of that mist for later!"
(I didn't realize he knew the word "mist" 'til today)

Beckham told me tonight that he loves me more than an old lady loves chicken.

Wow! I think that's a lot.

Hey Everyone.....

PLEASE PRAY FOR RAIN!   


hahahahahha..     I'm so funny :)


Seriously rain, you are making me crazy.  Please leave.  Today. 

Legos and Self Expression.

Ethan has always been very vocal about his feelings.  Many times he feels like life is very unfair to him and he will let you know, in one way or another.  I can definitely say he is not passive aggressive.  He'll tell you straight out what he is frustrated with and many times guilt you into his logic. 

 Well.....

yesterday he was an unhappy camper.  After spending time with him all day at his field trip, he came home grounded from all "electronic devices."  The field trip was great until the end when he slammed into a girl and refused to understand why "you don't hit girls", even when they are the one who started it.  Life's unfair, little Dude.  And that happens to be one of the many things he'll need to learn.  

So to make a long story short, I took away his lifeblood video games.  Indefinitely.   This was a source of much anger and he was telling me why.  He came home, went down to his room, and didn't surface for a while.  I went down and talked to him and when I came back, he was sound asleep.  Ahhh.  All tuckered out.  They look so sweet and innocent when they wear themselves out and are slumbering away.

But no...

I peeked into his room and saw this creation along his window sill:

I didn't know if I should laugh or cry.  I told him later that "it is very inappropriate to say things like that and very disrespectful".  However in my mind I wanted to add, "But I really like your artistic take on the matter.  Very impressive!"

As I was tucking him in bed last night, I talked to him again. "You know, that wasn't a very nice thing to say to your mother.  It's pretty neat that you can make letters like that out of Legos, and you are really creative, I'll give you that.  But when God gives us talents, we can either use them for good or use them for evil.  I hope you learn how to use your talents for something better."

This morning he spent some time in his room before leaving for school.  I went downstairs and found this waiting for his friend that was coming home to play with him after school for the first time:

Much Better, Lil' Dude.

Ninja's in Training...

Becks buddy Danny is the one whose eyes you can see.  Beckham is a little more covert apparently, adding tape to cover his eyes.  I wonder if he realizes that could be problematic once he has to start looking for the bad guys...