Fuzzy Cows Roam the Earth

I've moved the family blog to

 

it will require a login and password so if you want it, send me an e-mail and I'll pass it along!

 

Ben's world is now bigger than me, Steve, and our two cats. Last year when I was updating this blog, it didn't seem that obvious, but this year, starting up again, so many of our stories involve his friends.

 

It's one thing to risk my kid's privacy by blogging about all his stories and posting his pictures. It's a whole nother thing to risk his friends.

 

So.... I will be investigating other options for this blog: password protecting, creating a new network, or moving it to another site. I'll keep you posted and send e-mails to my known readers. Until then, no pictures. I'll try to have something decided by the weekend.

As in friends.

 

Ben and JJ at the library. They spent time individually looking for books. Then, JJ wanted a book called Barfing in the Backseat, so Ben wanted a copy of it too. (Seriously, wouldn't you if you were a seven or eight year old boy?) JJ's dad searched the library and found not one, but TWO copies. He gave them to our boys then wandered off to help his daughter. Ben and JJ took their books to the children's section of our local library (which, really, is about half the entire library), found a cubicle with a table and a soft half-moon bench, then climbed over the bench and under the table to hide out in the little cave. There, they took turns reading pages from Barfing in the Backseat to each other.

 

And before you ask, yes, I took pictures. On my phone. Now I just have to figure out how to get those pics off my phone and on to my blog.

 

Ben and Elena at the house. The kids rode bikes outside while I did laundry inside. I kept peeking out the playroom window to check up on them. At one point, they asked if they could have a piece of candy. They ran inside, poked around the candy jar, then ran outside. I followed a few minutes later to check on them. Couldn't find 'em anywhere even tho their bikes were in the driveway. Just as I was about to yell, I heard giggling. From above me. The two kids had climbed the maple tree in our front yard and were just hanging, leaning against the branches, spying on folks and sucking on lollipops.

 

And, yes, I took pictures of that too. But not until after my neighbor Teresa drove by and pointed out what a Kodak moment that was!

 

Ben played his first soccer game of the season today. He did sooooo great!

 

The teams are four on four this year. 1 goalie and 3 players. Halves are 25 minutes long. Parents take turns acting as refs. Coaches are all volunteer.

 

Because of Ben's size (70 lbs, 4'5" tall, 97+% for his age), Coach has him playing defensively. Hang in the back, be the guy to get the ball when the forward players are bogged down. And he seems pretty good at it! This year we got to see him really getting into the game (including body checking two other players to get the ball. Unfortunately, one of them was on his own team...). He ran fast and hard and did a really good job watching the ball.

 

One of the boys made a goal and then followed the ball with his face. He hit HARD. New state law requires any player who gets a head injury to be pulled immediately from the game. That player is not allowed to play or practice again until he receives a doctor's note clearing him from any injury, including concussion.

 

This led to some interesting discussion in the car.

 

BEN: I'm really glad I didn't hit my head.

MAMA: Me, too.

BEN: I'm really glad I never had to have surgery either.

MAMA: Me, too.

BEN: At least, if I have to have surgery, I'm really glad it won't be on my wee-wee.

MAMA: ?? I'm glad you won't have surgery on your penis either.

 

(As a side note, we think Ben said this because he had a friend who did have to have surgery on his penis last year because of a botched circumcision. Otherwise, we're completely clueless!)

 

Steve took some pics. He may even be downstairs right now downloading them while Ben is taking a shower (it's HOT today. 95 degrees according to the car. Those boys were sweaty!). Will post them later once he's gotten them off his camera. He's using a crazy full-featured format that takes HUGE pictures and are just painfully slow to deal with on my WiFi connection.