It's Either...

Last night after dark, we were in the driveway and Darren says, "Mama, look at that light in the sky, it's moving." I said "It sure is, isn't it."

He replies, "Yep. It's either a helicopter, a airplane, or a bird with a flashlight."

Football Banquet

Darren got another trophy at his football banquet to go along with his 2nd place Superbowl trophy. The boy is going to need a trophy shelf soon.

The team sat together at a table with their coaches. We were told by some of the mom's from the older boy's teams that decorating this "team table" had recently turned into an unofficial competition between the team mom's. We decided to snub the competition and their over the top displays. We had the boys bring their Superbowl trophies and lined those down the center of the table, enough said right? We did have a few balloons and the biggest cheapest pack of NFL trading cards I could find at Academy and sprinkled them down the center of the table to keep the boys entertained. Sitting still for a guest speaker isn't exactly easy for 5 and 6 year old boys.


Darren and his coaches, Jonovan and Jason. The coaches had as much fun as the boys did this season, and I attribute a lot of our success to that fact.

The guest speaker, Hunter Goodwin. He's a former Aggie Walk-on, and a former Minn. Viking. Rumor has it, we are campaigning for him to coach the freshman team next season. If so, I hope he keeps it as fun as the coaches from this season.

Superbowl

Superbowl was a heart breaker. We played Brenham Black. The game went into overtime, Brenham had the ball first, and they made their touchdown but missed the extra point. Our possession ended with a fumble recovered by Brenham, it was a tough way to lose. Their sidelines erupted, and their coaches rushed the field, and our boys burst into tears. When they realized they were still getting a trophy, the tears immediately dried up though.

Darren had gotten sick the night before and we didn't know it at the time, but he had Strep. Throat. He played the first two plays of the game and came to the sidelines crying that he didn't feel good. So he sat out the rest of the first half. His coaches and Zach and I kept checking on him, but he didn't want to play and nobody made him. After half time, he played a couple plays then told his coach he was going to throw up, so he came off the field again and sat out the rest of the game. When we got home he was running a 102 degree fever so I took him in to the Dr. Team picture with the coaches after the game. See how proud they are of their trophies?That's Darren to the far right. Poor guy! He was so out of it. Normally he would be right in the middle of everyone.

Hindsight 20/20, this was probably not a good idea Daddy.

But isn't he so cute in his uniform?

Kamryn's 1st Carrots

The video we took of Kamryn's first few bites of carrots was uneventful. This video was taken about half way through the jar. Darren was at the table working on his homework, and Kamryn was much too interested in him to even realize she was eating something new. She was looking backwards at him the entire time, which made it difficult on me. At the end I actually got some up her nose! I kept telling Darren to let her eat and to finish his homework, but it was a waste of time. The two of them kept looking at each other and smiling and laughing. It was a little frustrating, but cute. I hope they continue to adore each other in the years to come.

Hony Hawk Bike

Because I put up the videos of Darren when he was first learning to ride his bike, I thought it was only fair to put up a video of him now that he knows what he's doing. Our neighbors are breathing easier, their shrubs are no longer taking a beating from Darren's once daily crashes. He has finally mastered the stop and start, and Lord knows I don't miss the fits!
His bike is a Tony Hawk bike, named after Tony Hawk of course. So Zach showed Darren videos of Tony Hawk doing tricks in competitions and what not, so that Darren would understand more about his bike. I was nervous he would start trying to do the tricks, but so far he hasn't - thank goodness. He did however go to school and tell all his friends about his "Hony Hawk Bike", which we thought was really cute. We've now added "Hony Hawk" to Darren's famous phrases, right along side "tootpick", our previous favorite.

The funniest Big Brother EVER!!!

We have been telling people for a while that no one can make Kam laugh like Darren can. Here is indisputable proof that Darren is in fact THE funniest big brother EVER!!!
He hadn't played his Nintendo DS in a couple weeks, but decided to play it yesterday evening. He played for about an hour, that is a long time for him to sit still. Then he hops up and says, "YES! I defeated those helicopter drones with Optimus Prime!" and he starts dancing around all crazy in the living room. Add in Kamryn laughing and me filming him and he just kept getting crazier, and Kamryn loved every second of it!

Kamryn's 1st Peas

Kamryn had her first taste of baby food last night! We decided to start her on peas because we're pretty sure she has her Mama's sweet tooth. If we would have started her on applesauce or peaches, she would have never eaten peas. Zach recorded her first bites. In the beginning you can see her anticipation, fist clenched and her eyes are on the spoon, she was expecting her apple banana cereal. I imagine the peas were a bit of a shock. The camera shakes a lot because Zach thought her faces were hilarious and he was laughing. His favorite part is on about her second or third bite she cocks her left eyebrow.
Even though she made terrible faces after each bite, she still ate about half a jar. And don't worry, I gave her some apple banana cereal to wash down the peas.