Game Faces

As horse show season continues and soccer season begins, I've noticed through all of my picture taking that all three of my children have certain game faces that appear when they are totally focused on their tasks. S lets his mouth hang open and frequently sticks his tongue in his cheek.



E rolls her lips in and sticks the tip of her tongue out. She also does very weird things with her hands when she kicks the ball.


When K is on a course and totally focused, she totally relaxes her face and slightly squints her eyes. Funny how it took me so long to notice these things!! I happen to know that when D is concentrating on something, his tongue goes in and out. Makes me wonder what I look like when a volleyball is coming at me! Actually, I don't think I want to know.

Going Commando

Yes, I meant what you are thinking. First my son decides after a visit from our wonderful Texas friends that he no longer needs to sleep in a shirt -- bottoms only. I'm cool with that. Then I learn that he also does not feel it necessary sleep in undies. I can deal with that. After one of his friends had an accident over here one day before school, J became upset and didn't want to borrow any of S's underwear. He wanted his own. So I convinced him that he should just go without and his mom would bring a clean pair of his own up to the school. S proudly pulled down the back of his shorts and said Yeah, J, I'm not wearing any either! What!?! Apparently, this had become a habit -- no undies -- ever! I could not for the life of me convince the child that undies are a necessity. He claimed they were too tight and hurt his legs. So I went to my favorite store and bought him some boxers. He now thinks he is the coolest kid in the whole world and they have become his jammies -- just boxers (I must say they are the cutest little plaid things I have ever seen). Now if I could just get him to part with his boxers long enough to change them . . .