Bullies, Guitars, and Vampires- Oh My!

Mason had a rough day at school yesterday and I received a call from his teacher. I'm glad she cares enough to inform me about what is happening. I won't get into the details, because it's really hard to deal with bullies, but I'm glad my kid is not the bully.

Anyway, he was very upset and emotional when I dropped him off for guitar lessons. When I picked him up and we got back in the car he said "I feel better after I play my guitar". I'm glad he has at least one way to work out his frustrations.

Then we went to Fareway and were getting some meat from the meat counter. He looked at the bloody steak and said "Who would want to eat bloody meat?". I said "Not me but lots of people like to eat meat that still has a little blood on it". He said "What, like Vampire people?". I thought it was hilarious and told him "No, just regular people". He still thought it sounded gross.

lack of updates

Sorry for the lack of updates lately. Rather than being cute and funny, my kids have decided to be mean and naughty. They are still cute though.

Another musical child

We always feel kind of bad that we never sign Wesley up for anything because he never shows any interest. The other day I went through a whole list of choices: soccer, t-ball, art classes, tae kwando, swimming, etc. He said no to everything, but then said "I think I want to play the violin". If you know Wesley, can you picture him playing the violin? I know he is kind of wild, but he is constantly talking about music. The other day he told me his brain is like a library, but instead of shelves of books, the shelves are songs and play in his head all day long. (So cute)

The place where Mason takes guitar lessons has a violin, but they said they could only teach him the very beginning basics. I am currently asking around to see if anywhere in town can teach a left-handed, wild, 5 yr old how to play the violin. I really hope we find somewhere. This is so exciting.

Injury

Immediately after we were done with Norah's photo shoot, her and Wesley started running towards the car. (Wesley was sick, it was quite the morning). I told them not to run because the car was parked on the street. Wesley stopped running, but Norah thought this meant run faster and directly into the street. I screamed at her to stop by she ran around the car twice in tap shoes. I slipped and fell on the ice the minute by foot hit it. My knee is completely purple and swollen. To make matters worse, when we picked up Mason from school she gave him a sad face and made up a story about falling. She did the same thing when Levi came home. With a pouty face she said "Daddy, I fall down the steps get hurt". She's such a little liar. Making up a fake fall to get out of being in trouble for being naughty. But we are all just extremely lucky that no cars were coming when she pulled this stunt.

Cutest Kid Contest

There is a Cutest Kid Contest happening in the US and Canada through March 31st. I'm not usually one for putting my kids in stuff like this, but the entry was only $10 and all money raised from votes goes to a great cause- The Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Foundation.

I entered Norah and we tried to think of something creative. The only thing I could come up with was a beach theme, but my photographer friend (huge shoot out to the wonderful Sarah Moore) offered to make Norah a model for the Tutus and Tiaras event.

The day of her photo shoot, I asked Norah "How are you going to smile?" and she said "Like this" and gave the cutest cheesiest smile ever. She did it on cue every time. Once we got to the studio and told her to smile, she bit her lip and stared at us. Wouldn't smile for anything. I didn't see a single smile on her face, but almost every picture Sarah posted had a slight smile in them. Amazing how the photographer and camera picks those up.

Anyway, right when we got in the car I said "Norah, how were you supposed to smile?" and she said "Like this" with that same huge cute smile she did all morning. I guess she does take after me a little after all in her shyness.

PS. To vote for Norah in one of her "I'm not smiling for you poses" please go to http://www.charitymodelsearch.org/ci.php/photos/showphoto/516.