Camden's Well Check

Today Camden went to the doctor for his 6 year well check (better late than never). To be honest, I am not really certain why we need to go since he doesn't need shots, but since insurance pays for it, I figure it is a good time to get his height and weight and see where he falls compared to others his age.  Today he weighed in at 51 lbs 8 oz (76th%) and was 4 feet tall (93rd%). Up until today, they have always told me his projected height would be 6' 2", which I thought was a little shorter than I expected, but today he told me that he is projected to be between 6' 2" and 6' 4". Now that sounds more like it!! I told him he was tall enough now to ride a lot of the roller coasters - woo hoo!! He passed his hearing as well as his vision with 20/20! Unfortunately, with the genes in our family, I don't see the 20/20 sticking around for too long. But, we will appreciate that while we have it!

I must share a funny little story about Camden - as you know Shane takes Camden to school and Camden stays there until it is time for his school to start. A few weeks ago when it was time for him to head over to his school, the choir teacher overheard Camden having a conversation with a second grade student that walks over to the school at the same time. Camden said, "Doesn't it hurt when you get hit in the nuts?" and they both laughed. Then Camden asked him kind of perplexed, "What are nuts?" Apparently Camden heard one of his baseball team mates talking about it. Those little ears listen to everything and will repeat things he doesn't even have a clue what they mean. BOYS!!!!

And now a story that hurt my little heart! Last Wednesday Camden brought home a paper from school about his Kindergarten field trip to the Oil Ranch. I was so excited because it was actually a day I could go and perhaps I could milk another cow while there!! When I told Camden I could go he politely told me he did not want me to go because he just wanted to hang out with his friends. I told him that I wouldn't cramp his style, but he still did not want me to go. A few days later I texted one of the other moms and told her I would not be going on the field trip because Camden had requested I not go and she told me to tell him that Casen's (his good friend in class) mom was going and that may change his  mind. So I told him just that and his response was an excited "Oh yea!" I then asked if he had changed his mind about me going and he again told me he did not want me to go. I must admit, I knew that this day would come, but honestly I was not expecting it to be while he was in Kindergarten. So at this point, I am putting all my eggs in one basket and banking on the fact that Casen is a Momma's boy and that hopefully he will gladly let me go with him when it is his Kindergarten field trip!

Happy Easter

Today we celebrated the resurrection of our Lord and had a great time doing it! On Friday we dyed Easter eggs - or should I say attempted to dye Easter eggs. This was our first year to dye eggs because honestly, up until this point I did not want to deal with the mess that two little boys could create with dye and boiled eggs. So I thought I would be smart and buy decorative eggs that you can pretty much throw across the room and they will not break - perfect!!! Well the concept is perfect, but the fact that they float when placed in the dye and really do not dye at all, regardless of how long you keep them in the dye, make them not so perfect. So on Saturday we tried a different type of dye, that still did not work, so instead we painted them! The boys enjoyed the painting, and they got to be creative with it, so all in all it was a win win!!!

Painting and dyeing.

The finished products!

The boys were so excited this morning to see what the Easter Bunny brought them. They couldn't get downstairs quick enough. Luckily, the Easter Bunny knew they needed pajamas and of course brought a toy and candy.

Camden and Casen had been looking out the windows since day light trying to see the eggs that the Easter Bunny hid outside for them. They were convinced that he didn't leave any because they did not see any in our yard, or anyone else's yard when we were going to church. Camden was questioning on the way home from church if there really was an Easter bunny and after hunting eggs, he asked me if I had ever seen him and made me describe what he looked like. Really? You are only 6!!! Once we got home from church and ate some lunch we then went outside to hunt the eggs that they were convinced were not there. : )

My handsome boys

Ready to hunt

Picture, courtesy of Camden

After spending a fun day hunting eggs and then playing ball all day in the front yard, we made our own mini pizzas for supper. It was a good quality time, fun filled day! The only thing I regret about this day was not thinking to get the selfie stick to take a picture of the whole family in our Easter clothes.

Spring Break 2016

It really is hard to believe that it is already Spring Break. This school year is flying by - not that I am complaining. Just 50 some odd days and we will be celebrating summer! We started out our Spring Break by heading to Beaumont for Camden to play in his first ever baseball tournament. His team, the Houston Gamblers, has a 7U tournament team that he was invited to join, so we decided to try it out.
Although it was a fun experience, we lost all three games we played.

Getting ready for his game

Camden's #1 Fans!

All the Hood boys!

We stayed in Lumberton until Tuesday when we headed back home. On Thursday we went to Burroughs Park and let the boys play all morning. We met my friend Ann and her four grand kids there and they had a great time playing.

On Friday I took the boys to Sub Zero Ice Cream and Yogurt. What a fun place!!! They make the ice cream right in front of you - you pick what kind of cream you want, then what flavor you want and add any other extras you want. We all had mint ice cream with Andes mints and crushed Oreo cookies mixed in, served in a waffle bowl. Talk about YUMMY!!! We ate it all up!

Yummy!

On Saturday night I went to the Annual KSBJ concert with my friends Pam and Shana and had a great time listening to Christian music. It was a bit cool outside, but we had blankets to stay warm.

All in all it was a fun, relaxing Spring Break. Now I guess we are ready for the home stretch of school. Bring it on so we can get to summer!!!

Half Marathon #2 in the Books

Whoever's bright idea it was to sign me up for my second half marathon ought to be shot! Oh wait, that would be me!!! Actually in my defense, I signed up for it pretty much days after I ran my first one last year and had been feeling really good about how well I felt after running my first 13.1 miles. Well, let me just say, it was not near as easy this year since I was not near as prepared as I was last year. Right now with Camden playing basketball and baseball and Casen playing soccer, we have something nearly every night of the week, and it interfered with my training. Up until today, 6 miles was the farthest I had ran with my training, so I had no idea how long I would be able to run with out stopping and walking. I was pretty proud that I ran 10 miles before I stopped to walk. Melissa stopped to use the bathroom at mile 10, so I just started walking at a fast pace. When she caught up to me at mile 11 we started running again, and took one more walking break before we crossed the Finish line running. My time was not near as great as last year, finishing 2:35.04.

Prior to the race we used stylish garbage bags to stay warm.

After the race.

A selfie with my metal.

If any of you hear me say something about signing up for another half marathon, please try to talk some sense into me! Until I can figure out how to manage my kids sports and training, I don't think I need to attempt this again.