Monthly Archives: November 2010

Velcro Holding Him Back

Most everything comes pretty easy for my boys. Other than barely uttering a word before he turned three, Jackson has mostly been ahead of the game. The kid has been reading since preschool, doing math that required me to bust out a calculator when he was in kindergarten, and he’s already learned most of his...

Santa’s Deep Pockets

Jackson informed us last night over Christmas list discussions that he thought he might want a guitar. Since Christian has a guitar and the lessons didn’t work out, Christian offered it up to Jackson. He told him to try it out and see if he liked it before getting one since it would be pretty...

Eleven

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Christian, Happy Birthday to you! It’s hard to believe it was eleven years ago today that we were welcoming this sweet bundle of joy into the world. There hasn’t been a dull moment since. Happy Birthday to my most favorite eleven year old in...

Adding Insult to Injury

Maybe it’s really adding injury to injury, but it looks like when Christian fell the other day, he fell face first into poison ivy. I mean, COME ON… SERIOUSLY?!?! It’s not too bad, and we’ve already got the stuff for it, but he wasn’t too pleased when we realized. We’ve kept the leg elevated and...

You Deserve a Break Today

After yesterday, Christian deserved a day off. He was having a hard time getting around without being able to bend his knee or put too much pressure on it so he spent most of the day trying to get the hang of it. I think tomorrow may be the true test, but he’s doing just...