Seth joins WRESTLING!

This was Seth's first wrestling practice, he did really well and was really excited to learn.

In yoga this was the cobra pose, I noticed they used a lot of yoga poses during stretch time.

Rolling down the mat...They took the first practice kinda slow and they taught, going in for your partners leg and then your partner would then do the same...then they learned step 2 of that move which was knock them to the mat and Seth wasn't sure how much he liked being knocked down....he hurt his elbow and face (when his elbow hit his face).

After the first practice we had one sweaty, wiped out boy...

Second practice started out the same way with the stretching...

and rolling...

then they paired him up with this kid (as you can see is pretty big) they started showing new moves where you go in and grab you partners leg and pull up till his foot is up by your shoulder....well, every time this kid would grab Seth's foot and get it that far up Seth would hit the mat. Wham..

Seth hurt his wrist by landing on it and came over to me and said he wasn't sure if he really wanted to do this anymore. I told him "let's just finish this practice and we don't have to come back if that's your decision" He said "Ok" so the coach yelled "everyone on the wall and watch the next move"....so he has his high school volunteer come up and show the second move and it was grab the leg and pull up like they did before, hold it there, then with your other leg sweep your opponents other leg and watch him crash to the mat. I looked at Seth and he was looking at me and was shaking his head NO and moving his hands like "lets get the freak show out of here" I started laughing and waved him over and said "let's go" I told the coach this just wasn't our game...

I wish my camera battery didn't die, I would've loved to have that picture when he saw that kid hit the mat. Priceless. He knew for sure at that moment it would NOT be him. I love him for knowing for sure that it's not for him. It's fun watching him figure it out.

Drama...

Aww, how cute is he...well I look out my back window yesterday and he was running around the backyard. I whistled and he came right in the house (mud all over). It was raining so hard all day, I felt bad for him. I couldn't leave him out there for fear he would go out in the street and as you know we live on a pretty busy highway and if you know me I'd feel way to responsible :0) He was a really, really good dog. He didn't have a collar on so I didn't know where he lived so I called the police station to see if anyone called missing their dog and they told me to call the sheriff, so I called the sheriff and they told me to call the dog warden...I called and she went over her list of people who called and no one with his description...poor boy. She said that she could come get him and I was hesitant at first because I didn't want him to go the "POUND" you know...so I told her this and she said he would have a better chance finding his owner there and they really spoil all their dogs that come in...that changed my mind (plus, he wasn't a big fan of guinea pigs, barking at them everytime one moved) but he was a really good boy he knew all the common tricks, sit, lay down, speak...I secretly named him Charlie Brown. I'm going to check the papers daily to see if anyone is missing their dog...

He looks alittle bit like my dog Paco but taller and his nose was longer...I think he was a mix of like doberman and lab...I don't know, I stink at guessing that type of thing...

Don't you think I'm doing good (April) I've posted 2 times in a row and I have another one on the way! WooHoo! The pressure to get this updated was keeping me up at night...JK, JK :0)

Happy 10th Birthday, Seth!

Who are these kids?? We started Seth's birthday at the Science Center in Cleveland (I forgot the camera..grrrr) which was a ton of fun and even watched Dinosaurs Alive at the Omnimax Theatre which is totally breathtaking....It was Finnigan's first time at the Omnimax so it was fun to watch his reaction. The Omnimax is a dome theatre and is HUGE...very cool. Then we came home and had pizza and then the boys went next door to do the treasure hunt that Jim and I did for them before we left...It was a big hit and the kids loved it. They found their bag of loot at the end. They found their first clue on the back door and had to take 15 step and turn left and so on...really fun to watch.

This is the gangsta picture with the bling from the "loot bag"

Happy boy opening up gifts...this is from Aunt Lorie, so cool

His dad and I got him a tattoo machine...we are "new age parents :0)" He gave me my first tattoo.

An anchor and the word mom or from my view wow! I told him he sees mom and I see WOW..heehee.

They each took turns giving tattoos, here's the result.

Then it was Dad's turn...he got a eagle head below his real tattoo. Now he's double cool.

Then our awesome cake that grandma bought for us a cookies and cream icecream cake from Coldstone Creamery....fell off the wagon and totally had a couple pieces of this bad boy and sure enough it was the best cake I've ever had!

We had a lot of fun and Seth is now 10 years old. I can't believe it. It just seems like yesterday he was born. He is turning into such a great kid learning his likes and dislikes and it's been an honor to be his guide through his journey so far. :0)