We are working on the minor distractions, like the outside world, but once get past that we think Cutler will be ready for exiting the driveway and hitting the main roads. No need to worry, I am teaching him about stop signs, not his mother.
Monthly Archives: May 2011
Happy Birthday Mom!
Today, and I still have 40 minutes to say that, is my mother’s birthday and in order to celebrate we got a bounce house! Happy Birthday Mom! We love you!
The Next Mike Liut
I would imagine that title is lost on a lot of you, but at least my dad will get it. Below are a couple of videos of Mason’s latest hockey efforts. The first is him “playing” goalie where he stones the best player on the ice and if you listen close enough you can actually hear him call out the block. (he gets the arrogance from his mother) If you want to skip ahead, hit happens around the 53 second mark.
This next video is at the beginning of his most recent scrimmage where he “won” the faceoff and the team went on to score a goal. It’s a good example of how much he has improved as a skater. Apparently those weekly private lessons are worth the money.
And finally just a short clip as a reminder why we continue to go to the weekly private lessons.
Boo Brothers
The title and the videos should say enough, but to be clear I do say horror in the video. Sometimes I mumble, so I wanted to be clear I didn’t talk about a great little house in Texas.
Orange Is His Color
I’m a bit late on this post, but Mason has stepped up to the next level of violence self defense and has received his orange belt in karate. He is quite proud of his accomplishment. Below are a few photos from the test night.
You Say Tomato
Cutler says “Yuck!”
Yesterday, while attempting to increase the vegetable intake in my diet I offered up some cherry tomatoes to Cutler. Here is the outcome and it is very similar to Melanie’s typical response to tomatoes as well. What’s surprising is that he actually went for a second one.
Flying Solo
A few months ago we started the process of teaching Mason to ride his bike without training wheels. Let me back up, teaching Mason consisted of removing the training wheels and feebly trying for a short period of time to help him ride. Then a few weeks later I decided to remove the pedals and have him try gliding on it to learn how to maintain his balance and as usual he quickly lost interest in this effort as well. Fast forward to yesterday where I was trying to get him to practice riding it down the driveway, sans pedals, and he asked when we were going to put the pedals on because he already rode his friend’s bike without training wheels. So I decided to call his bluff and put the pedals back on and surprisingly enough the kid can actually ride…with a little helping hand to get going. It’s amazing what they can do once you push them out of the nest.
By the way, I realize how pitiful my effort was in the month of April and I have big plans for the month of May. Well not big, but three posts this month would be big compared to April. Happy Mother’s Day to all you mothers out there, especially mine!
Team Fricke 