Frick'n Genius

From the Amazon.com blog comes this little gem Korea: French fry-coated hot dog

What else is there to say except I want one. And maybe for Christmas.

Rescue Four this is Rescue Base

We were watching the Backyardigans "Save the Day" where three rescuers save Fisher lady Tasha from dangers. The rescuers have ball caps and headsets to communicate. BigE always pulls out the bike helmet and drinking straw to create his own rescue gear.

Dada also got sucked into this as Rescue Base.

"This is rescue base, do you copy rescue four?"

A Visit by the Fish

Saturday afternoon we had a visitor. A little boy named Fish. The kids had a go playing with the trains. After a little while they apparently decided to sit and read the flyers.

Go Figure.

By then Mama had the bananas and ingredients ready for chocolate chip banana muffins. She had several eager helpers:

After the yummy muffins were made and eaten the boys decide to watch Cars. No matter how big the couch the kids wanted to be together.

Soccer VI

Another week and another round of soccer. The kids have been progressing. The practices are fully into separate drills run at stations around the field. Followed by a 10 or 15 minute game.

BigE kicking the ball full stride into the net
Here we have a drill where they had to dribble around the coaches but keep the ball inside the pylons. Here is BigE putting the move on the final coach.

This week the game was against the pink team. Now they have the worst jerseys of the bunch. Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of them.

Look No Training Wheels!

Well Mama kepts BigE's interest up in riding his bike. Sure enough Friday night after two days of practicing with the training wheels BigE had his break through:


Of course we still brake for loud trucks

The Sandwich

I couldn't resist posting this pick I grabbed on the weekend. I was doing some homework when BigE called out for a snack. I said I'd be down in a minute. Two minutes later he comes upstairs asking for help to close the bread bag. I see what's doing and decide to let him go. A minute later it's the ziplock bag with the cheese. He said

"I cut it with one of my knives and it worked!"

Then the turkey came upstairs. Now I knew he was done so I couldn't resist finding the finished product. Here it is:

The first sandwich I know that he mad all by himself.

This Week It's Soccer Camp

This is the second day, of three, for BigE in his Soccer camp. It's run by the local church on the field behind our house.

That's a lot of soccer when combined with his regular practice on Saturday's run by a local soccer association. But he really seems to be enjoying it and his skills have been really coming along.

Just so I take the blame. Yes I am the one that allowed him to go out dressed in that outfit that didn't match. Sheeshhhh

Fun Cleaning

Mama has found something that BigE really enjoys doing. Cleaning with the swiffer. He even gave up a bed time show to do the cleaning.

Our little Swiffer spokesperson:


This one is a little dark but I like how you can see the concentration as BigE drives his toungue into his cheek.