Karate

This was the conversation I heard the other day when Noah was playing with the neighbor Ryan. I was in my bedroom at the time. Ryan : "Let's play karate." Noah:" OK." Ryan: "Kick me in the stomach as hard as you can." Voice in my head: Noah wouldn't do that. . . . yeah he would Me, aloud : "Noah, don't.... Ryan interuppting: "OHHHHHHHHHH," followed by crying Noah footsteps running towards the bedroom, followed by his crying. Noah: "I didn't mean to hurt him." I have to tell you I had a hard time not laughing, well I did later that night telling Rob the story. I didn't punish Noah as he felt pretty bad and learned a lesson, and in all fairness he was only doing what Ryan said. Ahh, the logic of five year old boys.

The Great Chapstick Debate

I use to be a faithful chapstick or lip balm wearer. I would never miss a night. A few weeks ago I lost my chapstick and went without and have ever since. I am surprised to say I don't notice a difference in my lips. I have heard it rumored that your lips become "addicted" to the balm and that is how the companies suck you in and make their money. I have also heard that if you don't ever use balm you will never need to use balm. I don't agree with that as I have had chapped lips healed by chapstick. I want to hear what you think. I have heard this discussions come up amongst some of my readers. To moisturize or not?

Two Goals!!

This fall we entered the busy world of sports. Practice on Mondays, games on Saturdays. At first Rob and I wondered if all we were doing was making our lives busier. As the season got started we all learned a lot about soccer and how competitive sports are. The blue team was rumored to have recruited kids (Come on, they're 5) and they were an aggressive bunch of little kids. I wasn't so sure I would enjoy watching soccer after the years of being dragged to all my brothers activities, but I was wrong. It is really exciting to see your child learn and improve on something new. What a difference a season makes, Noah became quite a little soccer player. He finished the last game with two scored goals. It was better than the Tigers going to the world series. Can't wait for spring. This week I also learned that it is better to give than to receive, especially if it is from Professional Pharmacy.

Now that's a good looking bunch

Here are some new family pictures that were taken. Thanks to Melinda who did a great job taking them. Sorry there are no man nipples to be found.

Guilty Pleasures

Ok, things have been a little slow in the blog world, so let's talk reality TV. My favorite one is Dancing with the Stars. I think they should maybe change the title to Dancing with the former or unknown Stars because half of them I don't know and the other half you don't see too much anymore. I do have my favorite picks this season. I am liking Mario (from Saved by the bell) and Emmit Smith. I also liked Vivica A. Fox but she unfairly got voted off last night. Rob likes Sara Evans, and although she can sing she really isn't much of a dancer. I'm sorry Rob but either Sara has got to go. Jerry Springer must also be voted off. Let me here from you. What do you think of our dancing stars? What is your guilty pleasure?

Change

Over the weekend Noah's best buddy Jack moved out of our neighborhood. Noah is a little sad, but I am devastated. I like Jack, he's a sweet little boy with nice manners. The two were inseparable all summer and up until this weekend the first words out of Noah's mouth after school were "Is Jack out?" Now don't get me wrong there are other little boys in our neighborhood for Noah to play with. But I am not quite as comfortable with Noah playing over at their houses. Jack's parents, Steve and April had the same beliefs as Rob and I and disciplined similarly. I never worried when he was at their house and I think they felt the same. This is definitely the kind of change I hate.