Two Little Men: 7/4/10

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Watermelon Eating Contest

Henry was in a watermelon eating contest at a public pool in Lewisville. I'm not sure Henry was every actually AWARE that he was in the contest...but it was fun, anyway. He started before they said "go" and was the last to finish.

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Friday, July 09, 2010

Unpredictable

Recently, I was listening to an interview with an oncologist on NPR while I was running. They were talking about the different ways people cope spiritually with a cancer diagnosis, and the doctor said that anytime someone has to be hypervigilant about something in their life, it is very hard on them physically.

I almost had to stop running and raise my hands like a Pentecostal in response to this statement. I feel like I am ALWAYS on alert, and I never, ever know when an emergency is going to pop up. And as a result, I sometimes feel like adrenaline is just going to overwhelm me...especially when I sit down at night or try to go to sleep.

So, here is my example...Leo and his friend from down the street were building a fort in our living room with blankets and dining room chairs. I was in the kitchen. I heard no bang, no crying....nothing. But I keep hearing the other little boys say something about "your head"....over and over. This is what I walked in to see.

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(If you can't tell, he has a goose egg between his eyes.

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Thursday, July 08, 2010

Countdown

For an activity one day, Leo made us a chain so we can countdown how many days until school starts. At this point, we had 58 days...Todd told me he didn't think this was a great idea since it was very, very long. We hung it on the banister, and Leo tears off a chain every night.

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Wednesday, July 07, 2010

FroYo

We stopped for Tappy's Frozen Yogurt on the way home from the zoo.

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Tuesday, July 06, 2010

Dallas Zoo

I know I've had a million zoo posts. So, for entertainment...be sure to notice how many pictures I have of Leo climbing on things. This is a window into my life!

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In a jeep in the new African Savannah exhibit. In theory, a cheetah could climb into the back of the jeep. There is plexiglass between the front of the jeep and the back....which is a flatbed sticking into the cheetah exhibit.

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The new giraffe exhibit is great b/c it is sunken...so the boys can look the giraffes in the eye. It really is a different way to see a giraffe.