Sorry Cameron, you've been replaced...

Today, I was at Aubrey's house for playgroup. After naptime, Dylan was in a exceptionally good mood, and was being very affectionate. One time, he gave me a big hug, and said: "Mommy, you're my girlfriend". I said: "I am? That makes me so happy!"
I then decided to ask him what that entailed.
"If I'm your girlfriend, does that mean we can hold hands?"
To which he replied:
"Um, I hope so."
It was so adorable, I just felt like I would share...

Line Rider

A while ago my brother in law pointed out a website for a little time wasting game called Line Rider. I played with it a little bit, and thought it was fun to make the guy on the sled crash and burn and high speeds.

It's been a couple of years since I had looked at it, and I had forgotten about it until the other day when I was looking at stuff on YouTube. In the "Videos being watched right now" section I saw a familiar looking screen from the Line Rider game. I watched the video, and it turns out that quite a few people have wasted a lot more time that I have playing that game. I wonder how many hours it took to make something like this:

Soni on solid food

Soni has been on solid food for about a month now. It made Sam sad because our baby is growing up so fast. Time flies when you're having fun.

This was the first time she ate some solid food. She looked at the spoon suspiciously before she realized there was food on it.

Ew, green beans. Gross.

I let Andi feed her Pears while I was making dinner. I think most of the food ended up on her bib.

Graduation

Our little Joy School group has a graduation Sunday. Andi is now moving on to Kindergarten. How exciting.

Here is the whole group. From the left: Hope, Alyssa, Noah, Andi, and Joey.

Andi with her graduation certificate. Good job, sweetie!

Quick Thoughts

Sam is out cruising or something with Aubrey, so I'm at home with time to blow on the internet. The internet gets kind of boring after a while.

Andi graduated from Pre-School yesterday. (I'll post pictures some day, I swear.) She'll be going to Kindergarten starting August 25th. When did I get old enough to have a kid going to Kindergarten? That can't be right.

I found this, and it is so true:


At least one person in our family has been sick for the past three weeks. Sam has been carrying the torch for the past nine days. Keep up the good work, honey. Or not, that would probably be better.

I hate that the Lakers and Celtics are playing in the NBA Finals. They keep showing footage from the old rivalry games of the 80's, which means plenty of shorty short shots. Then there is this, which confuses me because I don't know whether to think it's cool or be terrified. Either way, it makes me glad we don't have an HD TV yet.


Only 45 days until 49ers training camp! The 49ers picked up Issac Bruce to have an option at receiver. How old is Issac Bruce? He played for the Los Angeles Rams. That's old. I'm sure that means good things for the upcoming season.

The Wii is Kicking My Heinie

For Mother's Day, I got Sam Wii Fit. (She suggested it, it wasn't my idea. I don't have a death wish or anything.) We received it about a week ago. Ever since we got it, it has been kicking my heinie. First, it makes you aware of just how fat you are. I'm tipping the BMI scale at 31.75, which was no surprise because I do have a mirror. The normal range is 20 - 25. To get down to 25, I would have to weigh 180 pounds. I haven't weighed that much since right after my mission, where I walked (I'm guessing) at least four miles a day.

The game has four sections: Yoga, Strength Training, Aerobics, and Balance. For the Yoga and Strength Training sections, you get to pick a pale skinned "trainer" from Hades. I chose to nickname my trainer Lucifer because he makes me do things like push ups and standing on one leg while keeping my "center of balance". When I finish, Lucifer tells me stuff like "You need to work on your balance" and other sweet nothings. Thanks for the feedback, Lucifer!

The Aerobics and Balance games are pretty fun, because they have the feel of being just games, even if they're really tricking you into exercising. There is a jogging game that wants to be your friend so much it will flat out lie to you. At the end of a jogging sessions it told me "You're a great runner." Ummmmm, I quit playing football in high school just because I didn't like running. In gym class I was the kid who got to his next class late whenever we ran the mile because it took me three hours to "run" it. You're a liar, Wii, but I'll take your lie of a compliment over Lucifer's feedback.

Overall I think Wii Fit is pretty cool. It keeps track of your weight whenever you weigh in, and it lets you set goals for weight loss. I set a goal to lose 22 pounds (because that's the max it will let you) by August. It's a lofty goal, but since I have something fun to do for exercise, I might actually make some progress towards that. If not, I'll have the artificial intelligence here to keep my self esteem in check.

Soni is Getting Old

Soni is turning six months old tomorrow. Holy cow! Time flies when it's not your first kid. Here are some pictures of our little "Chubba Wubba".

Here she is hanging out on the couch.

Look at those legs! Rolls on top of rolls.


Here's the backside. Oh my goodness. She's putting the Michellin Man to shame. Believe it or not, this is all on breast milk. Just wait until she starts getting solid foods.

Last Soccer Game

Andi had her last soccer game on Saturday. The season sure seemed to go by quickly. I think she had fun doing it, and learned some things about sports. All she knew before that was "Go Niners!", which isn't too bad. Here are some pictures.


Andi in the midst of the action


Andi on the bench with Noah and Hunter.


The end of game "good game" ritual. It's always fun to watch the coaches trying to get the kids to cooperate enough to do it.


Here's the Jaguars team.


Andi thinks her trophy is pretty darn cool.


Here are Andi and Noah with their trophies. Good work, guys! (It's probably a good thing that I'm nto a photographer for a living.)

We Live in a Full House

I was looking at some blogs this morning, and the kids kept asking who everyone in the pictures were. I kept saying "you don't know them" and "you probably don't know them either". Until I went to Brandon and Diedre's blog. I figured they should know who those people are. I showed them this pictured of Brandon and asked who it is.

Andi: "It's Uncle Barton!"
Me: "No, that's close but not right."
Dylan "It's Uncle Jessie!"
Me: "Wow. Ummm, no."


(Wrong on both counts)

Me: "It's Uncle Brandon."
So I guess the kids have watched Full House a time or two, and don't really know who their uncles are. Sorry, Brandon. We'll work on it.

Happy Mother's Day!

Oops, I got the holiday mixed up. I guess I owe Sam a present. I've seen this website once before and thought it was cool. It's a Mom's Salary Wizard. Apparently I owe Sam a lot of money too.

I would just like to say thank you to my wife for being a great mother for my children. It's not an easy job watching four preschool aged children for 40+ hours a week. I don't know how she stays sane with all the diapers, fights, whining, crying, tattling, fits, messes, demands for snacks/food/juice and whatever else goes on here, all on a limited amount of sleep. You're amazing, babe. Keep up the good work.

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there. Keep up the good work.