Camera man.....

Buddy had another soccer game today, and I'm walking away with two things. First, Shane is a much better photographer than me (seriously,I'm so off that I'm totally rethinking my infertility may have to do with my unfortunate sense of timing)....

Second, how high do Buddy's pants go?

Maybe you can't tell from the pictures, but I'm pretty sure his armpits got really warm today from all the layers he was wearing right up next to them. Buddy's team won (of course we weren't keeping score) and then, if that weren't awesome enough, Buddy got to hang out with this thing afterwards....

Shane has now convinced Buddy to grow up to be really rich so he can....not give back to the community....but buy a huge lot of land and a tank so he can just drive it around all day. Lofty goals I say! So all in all a super fantastic, perfect timing, day!

Now for some updated news..... Shane and I just finished playing a game of math blasters with Buddy and it's too good of a game not to share. Bonus, Buddy invented the game which totally makes him a genius! So using our nice little marshmallow shooters....

You shoot at your target, aiming for points....we did 20 for pink, 5 for blue and 1 for yellow...

Buddy kept score (and refereed the trash talk)....

First one to one hundred won....it seems Shane is not only a better photographer, but also better at blowing hot air (but I already knew that one)! I'm so happy Buddy loved this game so much, for a whiner of all things math, this was right up his alley. I think next time we play we'll add in subtracting points for hitting the wall.....pretty sure my number will be in the negatives. I'll just pretend my lack of aiming skills are just in place for the selfless task of helping Buddy with math. I'm sure that excuse will totally fly with Shane! So all in all a super fantastic, joining the mathletes, day, again!

Operation no whine....

So if you read this blog, you know that I bought Buddy an electric scooter....

 to take to school, on the premise that he won't whine, he will do his homework in a timely fashion , and get good grades on his spelling test (I'm not a tiger mom I guess, cause his contract lets him miss up to 2 out of 15.....but then again the world wasn't created in one day, so maybe next year I can aspire to Tiger mom greatness). His soccer coach gave me a look of condemnation yesterday for being "that kind of mom". Yep, I'll proudly wear my badge of honor of being a sucker mom that uses bribery to end the daily yelling matches about school/homework, etc. Matter of fact, I'd pay more for continued family harmony, cause it's pretty awesome (not sure Shane would agree, but he admits that a scootering home is a happy home)....

The fact that the scooter also gets me outside running to catch up is also an extra bonus, seriously I have finally started losing all the baby weight from Buddy (who knew it would take 7 years to get the baby weight off....I blame Shane, purely for the simple fact that I can, not because he did anything in particular.....well, other than the obvious knocking me up part)! So all in all a super fantastic, operation no whine is a go, day!

Bribery....

You know, they say every man has his price........I guess every Buddy has his price too.....

Still can't tell Buddy's price? Let me give you a hint, it's red and awesome......

That would be one motorized scooter to insure a no whining before school zone. Hopefully, we will see if it works tomorrow morning. I'm pretty excited, especially if this means I don't have to carry my 50 pounder 50 yards into school! Woohoo, I get my arms back! So all in all a super fantastic, bribing my way through, day!!!!

Developing.....

We'll have to see if we can work on developing a sense of humor! Poor kid, he never really had a chance with me as his mother. Oh well, at least I don't make him call me "Mother Dearest"......So all in all a super fantastic, developing our senses, day!

My little stooge....

Buddy promised his Grandma Judy a video of him playing soccer. I promise a reincarnate of one of the Three Stooges.....

If you can't tell which one he is, he's the one wearing his shorts up to his armpits and kicking.
I guess we should have been watching soccer videos instead of the "Three Stooges" as a pregame warmup? So all in all a super fantastic, can those pants go any higher, day!

Helping hands....

Thank goodness we have Buddy around to help us when things are broken....

Seriously, I don't know any other kids that will hold a flashlight so diligently! In other news, I got another calling in church today working with Primary. I guess I'm not doing so bad, since the kid behind me actually clapped. But then again, that kid probably heard about the LEGO party I'm throwing for my boys and is buttering me up....of course, it totally worked! So all in all a super fantastic, helping hands, day!

Catch up.....

We have had some friends from Utah visiting us this week.  Unfortunately, we couldn't figure out anything to do....

Maybe if we hiked our pants up a little higher we could think of something better to do....

Thank goodness Buddy is such a team player to help us out!!!!! So all in all a super fantastic, beaching it out, day!