Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Take It Like A Man

I love it when the boys take up for each other, except when taking up for one brother means punching another one in the groin. It's pretty ironic though that the punchee is the hardest laugher of all groin kicks, hits, or falls when we're watching America's Funniest Home Videos. It's only funny when your own groin is not involved, I guess.

Friday, April 10, 2009

March Madness

March Madness has passed. We did our brackets again this year. Adam and Jeff both pick North Carolina as the champion. But Adam had more points, so he was the official winner and he's ready to go shopping. His prize is a $20 Wal-Mart gift card and the child can not hold onto money (or gift cards) for any length of time. He wants to buy a basketball game for the Playstation, despite the fact that we already own multiple basketball games.

But Adam wasn't the only winner. Evan, whiner-extraordinaire, has been writing. He refused to fill out the brackets because it involved picking up a pencil and making marks on paper. Pencil and paper are his enemies. And then one day, I saw it. He was making his own brackets with his own made-up teams! I grabbed my camera because I knew no one would believe me. He was writing without being forced and without whining. I guess basketball is good for something.