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Drivers test…
Posted by: | CommentsSam has asked to ride his bike to school before the year ends. Last night we rode the route as a first ‘drivers test’. The ride went well, except for slowing down to look for traffic on a few roads. No idea where he picked that up.
Well tonight was finals test night. He was going to lead me all the way to school so we knew his pace to time so we knew how early he had to leave the house. The rule was if he didn’t slow down to look for cars when the sidewalk crossed a street, he didn’t get to go.
He didn’t make it out of the neighborhood. Blew right though the first cross street. On his second mistake he realized what he did. He was devastated. You know what he was mostly upset about? Disappointing us.
That deserved an extra 10 min on the playground and a gentle talk on the way home.
Happy birthday Sam…
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This is posted mostly for posterity for Sam to remember how wonderful the weather was for his 7th birthday.
Happy Birthday Sam!
And this is what I found…
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Reading with a vengeance…
Posted by: | CommentsHolly got Sam a new book today, Diary of a Wimpy Kid. He got the book about 3:30pm this afternoon and basically read non-stop until a little after 8pm. In those 4-1/2 hours he tore through almost 200 pages. Instead of Holly or I reading to him tonight, he sat down with his book while I got some time to read mine. We both sat on his bed and read until Holly came in to say goodnight after reading to Evan. We had to tell him to put the book down with about 20 pages to go.
Guess who’s getting up early tomorrow?
Found this while cleaning…
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Amazing what a person can find when doing a little cleaning. I found an old camera while cleaning my office and took a quick peak at the CF card inside. I’ll post a couple more later this week.
New hobby…
Posted by: | CommentsSam has found a new way to entertain himself. When he gets a chance to get on Holly’s iPhone, he will set the timer to go off at some random future time. Holly has been caught more than once with her phone beeping at her no apparent reason.
Wait until he’s 16 and Holly does that to his alarm clock.
Pics from Sam’s party…
Posted by: | CommentsThe fact that we were able to keep 6 boys entertained, happy, and not lost makes our first ‘big boy’ party a success. More pics on Flickr [link].
Early birthday present for Sam…
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We decided this year that Sam has enough toys and that his extended family will more than likely fill the gap. Holly met the local artist that did the painting and he did a fantastic job. We couldn’t keep Sam out the room for more than 20 minutes at a time because he wanted to see how things were progressing.
It will be an awful shame when we have to repaint his walls when he gets older.
Timely talks with Sam…
Posted by: | CommentsToday’s snowstorm brought out one of the more ‘entertaining’ discussions between Sam and I. As I drove him to Sunday school, he kept complaining he couldn’t see out the front window. You know that little triangle area that never gets clean. I said as long as I can it’s ok. He said he needed to see too. I said it was really important for me to see because I was driving.
This went on for 8 straight minutes.
The tougher questions of life…
Posted by: | CommentsWhen watching Big Bang Theory with a 5y old, there’s always those awkward moments you try to gloss over. Like answering the question, ‘What did he mean when he said “doing a dance without my pants?”‘.
Yeah, that one was a toughie.