Klara and "Audrey" as in "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

This is the typical way that my son talks to me...with

eyes closed or rolling, and his hands moving for extra

emphasis on things he is saying

Wes scored a cookie after his batting accident:)

Wes is my kid who, like his mother, will learn everything the hard way. Last thursday I got a call from the school saying that Wes had taken a hit to the face with one of those plastic bats. OUCH! I could just imagine the sting from it. Now, also like his mother, Wes is not athletical in any way shape or form. In my younger days I could hit a softball, but because I have always been over weight...I had to learn to hit that sucker hard...so I could make it to first base.

Wes thankfully is skinny....I think he is almost a self made anorexic!! I actually have to force him to eat...or he "forgets". Unfortunately though, he isn't into sports very much. So I am not surprised when the teacher told me that he was standing directly behind the kid swinging the bat and caught it in the face. I guess I need to at least teach him the basics.

He did try soocer one year....he was the kid walking around the field picking the dandylions!! Plus it was funny to watch...the kids would run one way...with Wes trailing behind. He tried though. He takes swimming lessons every summer, but he refuses to get his hair wet. He doesn't like the water. We gave him plastic golf clubs one year, he used them more for swords, than anything else.

I have to give him lots of praise for having the best imagination!! He can imagine some of the most outragous stuff. He likes to read, he is very good at putting legos together. He tells me all the time that when he becomes a robotics engineer, he is going to invent two robots for me....one to clean the house and one to cook:)

My little guy isn't very good at sports, but he is such an amazing kid in his own way. And I can't wait for those robots!!!

PS...I had to include the picture of Klara and Ryann. Klara bought these huge sunglasses and she just loves them....well they just remind me of Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's...so I call her Audrey every time she wears them. She put them on Ryann the other day and made me take pics of them. I don't know what we are gonna do when Klara goes home. I just grow to love these kids so dang much...this is always the part I hate(thinking about when they leave).

I have no excuse now....

So this past weekend we found a good deal on a stroller. Enough said...Now I have to use it. My ongoing Goal/New year's resolution/dream/medical issue is of course to LOSE WEIGHT. And like any other obese person I am full of excuses, whining all the time but never getting into action....blah blah blah. I even dream that by sitting on the couch and watching others losing weight, and working out that it will magically change me. And yes my mind probably believe that it will work!!LOL

I have a goal, which is to lose 100# and then the hubby has to buy the Harley Davidson that I want....did I mention that I cannot drive one?? Any way I have always wanted to drive a harley. I refuse to be the size I currently am and ride the harley. Now back to I have no excuse to not at least...and I mean at least get out and walk.

So I think that I have done pretty good. Last week I walked up to the meeting that I attend every Thursday and home....then I walked to pick Wes up from Musical Mustangs at school on Monday...then today I walked down to the high school to attend a fun lunch activity that my aunt was putting on for the kids. The funny part is every time I have walked somewhere...everyone is in shock!! Not because I am walking...mainly because someone would actually walk somewhere instead of drive.

I think that if more people were on my case and more people supported walking as a form a transportaion people might become more physically active. My excuses in the past have been such as...."it's too expensive for my to buy a gym membership"....okay....walking is free....biking is free....throwing a ball is free....what is my problem??

Motivation, follow through, staying focused. You would think that my diabetes alone would motivate change in my life....no...after having diabetes for twelve years... I have learned to cheat through having to lose weight!!! Yes I learned how to eat horribly still and keep my blood sugar under control, but my weight is out of control.

So, I guess my whole point is that when you see me walking....don't be shocked that I didn't drive:)

Las Vegas

The other day we took a trip to Salt Lake...we had to go there by way of Price to pick up two other students for the trip. As we were getting closer to Price, Wes...who had obviuosly been thinking about this for some time asked one of his famous questions....

First let me just say that my son since he has learned to talk....has never learned the art of stopping and being quiet, having tact, or speaking softly! One time at the night clinic I had to wait for two hours....and anyone who has been to our local night clinic knows what I'm talking about....Wes talked and talked and talked...needless to say as any good mother...I tuned him out and was looking through a magazine...saying yes and uh hmmm...every once in a while. Finally a little old lady touched my arm and asked, "Does he always talk this much?" She was facinated that in two hours Wes had not run out of things to ask me or say!

Back to our trip...about 10 min. from Price Wes asked me, "MOM...How come Vegas is Lost??" We nearly laughed our butts off. We went to Vegas last year, and we have been thinking about going again...so he has heard us talking about Las Vegas....and during our drive I know that his little mind was running in circles trying to figure out why Vegas was lost...God knew what he was doing sending him to me...he knows I need a good belly laugh every now and then...and Wes never fails to give me one!!

Pay It Forward.....

The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me!
My choice. For you. Please keep in mind the following information which applies to this offer:

1-It will be a surprise and I make no guarantees that you will like what I make.

2- It will be homemade.

3-You will receive your gift sometime this year. (that gives me plenty of time right!!)

HERE'S THE CATCH: You must post this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who follow the directions. (I've seen this done with only 3 people, but since we are doing FIVE we all have our work cut out for us don't we!)

***If you have not seen the movie Pay It Forward, you must rent it or check it out from the library and watch it. It is a good show.