Summertime

Daniel:

Hello again!  So, as many of you know, our house is currently on the market, so we’ve been busy getting it ready, keeping it clean, and watching as… well, as no one buys it.  But, it’s still early in the summer, and there’s lots of good stuff to focus on.

A lot has happened since the last blogs, so I’ll try to catch you up for my part.

One of the coolest things is that I got to play soccer this year!  It’s really great, and I learned a lot.  There’s a lot of strategy in soccer.  Teamwork is key, and controlling the field is critical.  For other budding players out there, let me give you a basic breakdown of how 4 year old soccer is played:

25% – Throwing grass.  They put a lot of grass on those fields.  Way too much.  The idea is to pull grass out by the handfuls and throw it at opposing players, teammates, or just into the air indiscriminately.

40% – Hugging.  Soccer is really about camaraderie.  Nothing says “Nice job pulling grass” like a good long hug in the middle of the game.

20% – Holding hands.  This is like hugging, but it can be done while running, which is sometimes important.

10% – Standing where you coach tells you to stand.  Sometimes you’re supposed to stand in the circle, and sometimes you’re supposed to stand outside the circle, and sometimes you’re supposed to stand by the line, and sometimes your’e supposed to sit.  I studied this carefully and determined that it has something to do with what area has the most grass that needs to be pulled, but I’m a bit fuzzy on the specifics.

5% – Chasing and kicking the ball. I’m not actually sure this is what we’re supposed to be doing, since all the parents seemed to yell the most when we were trying to get the ball. I think maybe we weren’t sharing enough.

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Ok, what else?  Uncle Paul graduated from college, but I wasn’t able to go to the graduation.  Daddy went up for it, but it was really far away, so Mommy, Alex, and I stayed home.  So congrats to Uncle Paul!

Otherwise, we’re spending the summer doing all my favorite things: playing in sprinklers, swimming, catching bugs, and just chilling.  One of my favorite things to do now is to go to Sci-Quest!. It’s really awesome. Daddy hasn’t gotten to go yet because we keep going while he’s at work, but he says he wants to take me soon, too.  Mommy seems to think a lot of the exhibits are gross, but I really don’t see anything wrong with them.  I mean, it’s not REAL barf that I’m making come out of the mouth.

Oh!  I got to go to the zoo with my friend Daniel, too!  We used to hang out when we were both in Cookeville, but I don’t get to see him much anymore, so it was really great.  It was also like 95 degrees and REALLY high humidity, so it pretty well wiped us both out, but I loved it.  My favorite animals where the elephants and giraffes.  Since the reptile house is cooled, we spent a lot of time in there, too.

Mommy and Daddy picked up a Hooked on Phonics set for me, too!  It’s awesome.  It comes with a DVD, but my favorite is the workbook.  The first lesson is *at words.  I learned words like at, bat, cat, sat, fat, mat, and pat.  There’s even a story I can read all by myself!!  As you might imagine, it centers around a cat and rat, whom are patted and sat on a hat.  I don’t mind the review parts as long as I get to read the story, and Mommy and Daddy say I’m ready for the next section tomorrow (We just got it Saturday).

Guess that’s it for now.  Mommy and Daddy signed me up or a dinosaur camp this week, and I’m really excited, but the camp isn’t for several weeks.

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Alex:

Hi everybody!  Since it’s been 3 months since we’ve really blogged, I’ve grown up quite a bit!  Have I started walking yet?  Nope.  Have I learned any new words?  Nope.  I’ve done something much more important.  I’ve learned to work with my hands.  What kind of stuff can I do?  Well, I can open the TV cabinet and eject movies, I can turn off surround sound speakers, I can pull keys off a keyboard, and more!  I’d like to continue to advance my skills, but it seems like Daddy is intentionally keeping me out of the study.

I’m pretty much taking my time on the walking and talking stuff.  I figure I’ll have plenty of years of that.  Thing is, right now I can pretend like I don’t understand what Mommy and Daddy are saying.  What’s that?  Don’t pull out that power cable?  I have no idea what you’re talking about!  Don’t throw my food on the floor?  Quit hitting my brother in the face?  Sorry guys… maybe I’ll understand when I’m older.

I turn 1 year old on Wednesday!  Sure went fast, didn’t it?  Seems like only yesterday that I was crawling around in diapers, pulling out power cables, throwing my food on the floor, and hitting my brother in the face.  Where did the time go?

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