Not Me Monday-February 1st edition

So Auz is making his pine wood derby car and is totally thrilled at having to do all the sanding himself! And being the loving mom I absolutely did NOT help him and made him do it himself.

Colton worked so very hard, as is evidenced by the precise way he's holding his tongue. He absolutely did NOT want my help. Truly. 

We got all geared up for the race, I DID sit there and video tape each finish to make sure we got the order right, but I did NOT accidentally delete the 1st 3 heats and cause us to have to run them over again.

Colton's car DID come in 3rd place and we are all thrilled for him!  And of course NO WAY did I feel a  secret extra bit of joy over the fact that he beat out his big brother.  I would never think that my oldest loosing to his brother was a GOOD LESSON in sportsmanship.  Nope NOT ME!

And there is no way I am even more excited than this amazing little boy to be going to the District Race! LOL!!!!!

Colton's Creation

Austin's OSU inspired roadster.

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Wordless Wednesday-January 27th 2010--Silver Falls State Park

Lonely path into the future. Who knows what it holds.

Not Me (My Child) Monday- January 25th, 2010 Edition

So my oldest son went home with a friend on Friday to spend the night and go sledding on Saturday.  Knowing how much he loves snow I was excited for him.
What I did NOT expect is for them to end up going skiing.  There is no way my "shy to try new things" son would strap on a pair of skies, use a lift, and go barreling down the slopes. Right?
WRONG!! According to Rebecca and Nate he did just that! And had a grand time doing it! I was so surprised how much he loved the experience.  It is all he's talked about since he got home!  I will post pictures as soon as I get them from Rebecca.
So one would think that after being brave enough to ski for the 1st time, this same son would be brave enough to try skating again after having fallen his first time last year.  I mean we were at a skating party for his classmate and one usually skates at skating parties right??  UM no. NOT MY KID.  He stayed at the rink for 2 1/2 hours and never once tied on a pair of skates. 
What can I say he's an enigma.


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