Round and Round!

Remember the merry-go-rounds? Those spinning wheels you would sit on and hang on for dear life while someone spun you until you were ready to throw up. We found one… well a version of one, with horses. Well, you don’t see these very often anymore and I think I found out out why. I was spinning this one and they were all loving it. It slowed down and they all yelled “AGAIN! AGAIN! AGAIN!” So of course this time it had to be faster. Well, we were going pretty fast and Noah started to lose his grip. It was going so fast, and Stephanie yelled out, I turned around and grabbed Noah just as his head was heading straight for the ground. I caught him just in time.

Noah Getting His Groove On

Noah is always dancing, or doing something funny trying to make someone laugh. This is just a sample of what we get to live with everyday.

Conversations from the Kiddos

It’s amazing seeing your children grow and develop their personalities. You never know what’s about to happen or what they are going to say next. Like when our Noah said “Dad… Dana’s whining.” and Manuel says “Noah is stabbing her (with a plastic knife)” to which I replied “Well Noah, people are going whine when you stab them.”

Or when we were taking Noah to the E.R. after he had split his chin open and Gerardo said “Dad, is Noah dead?” to which Noah spoke up abruptly… “I’m NOT dead Gerardo!”

Well, we were in our room yesterday and David was helping me put together our monthly newsletters and he comes over to us and hands us $20. He then says “Mom and Dad, I wanna support you so we can bring more orphans into our home.”

You know those times as a parent when your kid says something to you and you just don’t really know what to say? I mean, most of the time they will come up to you and ask you questions about history, games, their friends or other things going on in their lives. Conversations usually just happen and because you are 22 years older than your kid, you most likely know the answer.

I love the surprises being a father brings; the out of the blue statements when your kid just melts your heart.