Stone is what I would call a “regular” boy. He’s into super heroes, fishing, building forts, football, etc…, you know boy things. One thing that is a little different from most guys his age, he likes girls. I know this is a minor thing but I would venture a bet that most 5 year old boys would run the other direction from a girl. Stone went to a birthday (skate) party a couple weeks ago and when they had “couple skate” he asked a friend to skate with him. I really don’t care what people say, girls are made to like boys and vise-versa. It is a natural thing created and set in place at birth. Now, one of my jobs as a father, is to teach Stone to honor and respect girls. The best way to do that, I believe, is my actions toward my wife. I am forever telling her that she is beautiful, the best cook in the world and that I love her. I noticed last night that Stone told Ginny that she was pretty. Then after supper Stone told her that she was the best “cooker”. It’s true, kids listen more that we think. Are we saying the right things?
I hate to admit but I have been to the beach more times this past year than I have in the past 5 years combined. My family has fallen in love with the beach house and all the adventures that they are having there. We have caught crabs in the crab cage, shrimp with the net, been fishing and watched the sun set over the sound. It has been the best summer I have ever had. It is a great place to just sit back, relax and breath. We are not promised another day on this earth and I think (me included) that I forget to live for the day. My father-in-law is not doing well and is ready for us to “let him go”. He lived his life to the fullest and enjoyed himself. I hope and pray that I will have the strength and courage to live like he did, thankful for each day that God has given me. This is my “sappy” blog for the year cause I’m feeling mellow tonight.
Filed under: kids | Tags: birthday party, bowling, crowd control, gene, giggle, hailey, height, hyper active
Last weekend we celebrated Hailey’s birthday. She actually turned 6 on Dec. 3rd but that is an almost impossible time to have a birthday party at our house. As you may know my wife and I have a Jewelry store in downtown Apex and from Nov. 1st. through the new year we are extremely busy. There are virtually no days off and we have extended hours. So we opt to give Hailey a party sometime in January. This year we went bowling for something different. There were 13 little giggling, screaming, hyper girls all under the age of 7 at the party. Ginny and I basically did “crowd control” for two hours. When the party was nearly over I wanted to get a picture of the kids that were still there. When I got home I noticed that Hailey looked like she was standing on tip-toes, she was not. I never realized just how much taller she was than the other kids in her class. She looks to be a head taller than everyone else. I guess the height gene skipped over me. I’m only around 5′ 10″ but my father was around 6’6″ tall. I got the crappy genes from my mom’s side of the family, ( loud mouth, big butt and bad temper). I did not hit the gene pool lottery.
