40 inches

Do you know what is 40 inches tall?

I'll tell you

This guy

You know what else is about 40 inches high?

I'll tell you

This thing

Do you know what happens when they collide?

I'll tell you

THIS

Our little Frankenstein

has 3 staples

Connor was leaving the playroom

and hit his head on the door thing

He came up the stairs crying

telling me he hit his head

It was a few moments before I saw blood

The head bleeds

ALOT

Then I started wondering if it would need a stitch or two

I called Mark and my neighbor

Then I called my doctor's office

I wanted to know if should bring him there

or take him to a clinic

I am still waiting on them to call back

(needless to say I am looking for a new doctor)

I headed for the clinic

dropping the little boys off at a childwatch place

We got right in at a quack shack

I had told Connor the doc would probably just put a special bandaid on it

But instead he said it needed a few staples

Apparently they no longer do stitches in the head

And they don't numb it up

The shots to numb it are far more painful than the staples

The put a little topical medicine on it

which supposedly numbs it a bit

When the guy was saying he would need staples

Connor's eyes filled up with tears

and he looked scared to death

He could not even speak

But he sat there and played phone games

while I held the medicine on his noggin for 10 minutes

It was quick for the actual stapling

but he screamed and cried

then 2 minutes later we were discussing what Lego toy he wanted

$75 for the doctor visit

$20 for new Legos

story for a lifetime

priceless

Can't believe I made it over 5 years

without a major event

I hope this does not open the flood gates

Sports

OR LACK THERE OF

Con has tried lots of sports

Soccer

Twice

Tennis

Swim

and currently Basketball

 Soccer was a waist of time

That's why we tried it twice

Just to make sure

The practices were OK

But the games

forget about it

He wanted to sit out

Volunteering to let someone else go in

He never got the ball

Then there are those kids

You know the one

The natural talents

The kid who ALWAYS has the ball

and always scores

That was NOT my kid

and I think it frustrated Con some

So we thought tennis might be better

more solo

less team

it was just a camp

no matches

and he was fairly good at it

for a kid who's never touched a racket

but the below picture

is how he spent most of his hour

for the whole week

and each day asking

"how many more minutes"

"how many more days"

Thought it might have been the time

tennis was at noonish

our normal quiet time

and soccer practice was evenings

our normal very quiet time

but the games were early

 so no excuses there

Connor is skipping swim this month

Colton is not

they will both be back in lessons in July

Neither one of them are natural fish

Again...the class always seems to have THAT kid

who jumps in and just starts swimming

like he was born in the freaking water

NOT MY KIDS

Connor wanted to try basketball

I thought OK

he's asking

and it's inside

and you practice 30 minutes before a game

so I'm not running around every single night

with  games and practices

Love how little the goal is

He got the ball first and made a basket

Then pretty much never touched the ball again

He told me

"This is definitely not my sport"

He just doesn't get in there

caught him yawning

it's hard to play these bedtime sports

And it too had THE kid

who excelled

I want him to play what ever he wants to play

whenever he wants to play it

but I think he is so young

On the one hand

if you don't sign them up to play things now

when they do start

they are behind

because everyone else started at 4

What sports are you involved in?

What age did it start?

And how much do you push it?

I made Connor read a book the other day 

while we waited for tennis to start

He was bothered because we had already read that day

I told him if he did not do sports

he had to be really good at reading

He decided he would make swim  his sport

Just another way to screw up my kids

push the sports now

or wait and he's behind

GO FIGURE

Game Day

Connor's first....
He had his very first GAME DAY at school a couple of weeks ago. While it was very different than the field days of my time, he had a blast. I was thinking potato sack races and running with eggs on spoons while all the parents stand on the side cheering the kids on. The week before the kids would work on the class T shirts that everyone would wear that hot sun shiny day and then get popsicle drippings all over it, but who would care because you would wear your prize ribbon over the stains! Well, OKC doesn't do it old school like that.

Theirs was planned in the school gym. It turned out to be a good thing since the previous day it poured so the ground was soaked! They did it over 2 days and by grade. We ended up with a couple of first grade classes though.

Most of these photos involve Con and his 2 best buddies, Andrew and Camden. Here they are golfing.

 And tug of war was a hit. Connor lost this match against Camden, but it was not fair ground. Camden stands several inches taller and has at least 12 pounds on him.

 A little more equally matched against Andrew. All in good fun though.

Along with this racing game, there was basketball, ping pong, climbing a rope, hockey, and balancing on some half ball thing. It was fun for the kids and less than an hour.

The best game was this:

I am thinking a couple of tires in my backyard and some bolster pillows and I could put an end to any argument Connor and Colton have this summer?!

And my game....
Saturday night Mark and I had GREAT tickets to the MAVS/thunder play off game. His boss has season tickets and some fantastic seats. I was torn about who to cheer for....my FAVE city or my new city.

I chose the MAVS! Mark and I were 2 of 10 people Dallas fans in the entire freaking place!
NO JOKE! Every person received a Thunder T-shirt and towel, so at least I was prepared in case the game went bad. It was a win-win for me. I couldn't loose and I the t-shirt to prove it.

 Hanson sang the National Anthem. Does anybody remember them? They were a teeny-bopper group about a decade ago. I did not know they were still around. Well, obviously not if they are singing basket ball games. But apparently they are from Oklahoma. Who knew? Not me for sure. But they did a wonderful job.

 Oh, but I didn't need that stupid thunder shirt! MAVS won!! It made the long walk back to the car much nicer.

 I must say though, I would happily cheer for the Thunder when they are not playing the MAVS. Those are some serious fans.

Mark was suppose to go back to tonight's game, but he hasn't been feeling well. I know it must be bad since he gave up his ticket. Must be why they are not in the lead.

GO MAVS

I have a 5 year old

It doesn't seem possible

but some how it happened

I know I am way too young 

to be the mommy to a 5 year old

but I am

What can I say

I started early

We were in DisneyLand

for Connor's big day

We chose not to emphasize that

I didn't want every kid thinking 

a huge vacation is their gift

But he did find that pretty special

but he refused to wear his birthday button at DL

Back home the gifts from family rolled in almost daily

And of course

in true Connor style

they had to be opened immediately

While he found this gift fun

from Aunt Sissy

he wished it had been

"lego-y"

no worries sissy

he still loved it

We had a family birthday breakfast

pancakes of course

with candles and singing

so he could open our gift

The LEGO police station

783 pieces

took about 8 hours total

but this 5 year old

completed the work

ALL 

BY

HIMSELF

pretty impressive

can't you tell from his stressed out face?

I had big plans 

for the big party

It didn't quite work out the way I  envisioned 

but it was good

The invitation was my favorite part

This is the back

does it look like a LEGO brick?

And the front

Connor's LEGO men

he made them all

We had 3 games planned

1-building LEGO towers

2-guess how many LEGOS in the bucket

3-LEGO hunt

So it didn't really work out as planned

The boys ran and played

Everyone was really up for the LEGO hunt though

so....

1 out of 3

not too bad

pizza was a hit

no shocker there

cupcakes

that didn't turn out like the LEGO bricks they were suppose to be

but Con loved them anyway

(I never claimed to be Betty Crocker)

and presents

I went back and forth on having the party

in OK or TX

I was very fearful we would not have enough

OK peeps

but we pushed forward 

trying to still settle in to this new state and all

and I am soooooo glad we did

The turn out was terrific

I felt really at home

I finally felt like maybe we might make here

It was great

watching Connor smile made it all worth while

Mother nature was very kind to us that evening

Not too hot

and we haven't had rain in weeks

We had neighbors

and classmates

and swim lesson friends

siblings too

And 1 very important best buddy

straight up from Plano

BEN

who got to spend the night

the perfect ending to the perfect 5th birthday party

We are so grateful for our friends

the old ones 

and

the new ones

who helped Connor celebrate his BIG day

And he is already planning his next one

well the gift list anyway

the theme will change

6,478 times between now and then

Colton is thoroughly confused about his birthday now

Poor middle child has never had a party

and his day is 2 days after Christmas

thinking of having a special party for him in October

how will that confuse him?

and I will try will all my might

not to have a birthday party 2 weeks after the actual day again

Connor thought it was his day the entire time

every day he wanted to pick his breakfast

or where we got to go

or wanted to go buy a special toy

I got over that real quick

And a very important announcement

there is only 1 soccer game left

thank goodness

we gave it 2 tries

we are done with soccer

for Con anyway

and yes

now that he is 5

his name is

CON

not 

connor

he even wrote a note to his teacher

he wanted to make sure she understood the new rules

I Want Legos

Did you say the title out loud

or did you just read it?

Well say it

out loud

go on

I Want Legos

Now say it again

louder

I WANT LEGOS

Now again

even louder with more force

I WANT LEGOS!!!

And just for kicks

and to make a point

Do it once more

only this time

scream it, draw it out, and add in some crying 

IIIII

 WAANNNNTTTT LLLLEEEGGGGGGOOOOOSSSSSSS!!!!

That was Connor in Target yesterday

nice, huh?

That was the beginning of the major meltdown

Did you know you can find not one

but two 

time out spots in Target

needless to say

He did not get Legos

He also lost his DS for the night

and he came home, ate, bathed, and went straight to bed

I did realize I am a much better public mom

Had this happened at home

I just might have lost it

CPS might have been called in

But in public

I handled myself very well

Quite proud of this mamma

Cause it was a scene

no joke

good times my friends

but this is what happens when the middlest wakes up at 5am

and gets up the oldest with him

It makes for some tired boys 

And since I am making my boys out to be bad kids

might as well share this story.....

This guy

 plus this guy

fighting with toy swords

that end up like this

 Result in this

 and this

not sure how this little one got involved but he had tears too

TOODLES