Certified Acheivements

We previously mentioned that Cole recently completed a couple soccer camps. The kids all got a certificate at the end. Some kids even got special awards, but Cole did not receive any of those. Maybe next time. Below is his first certificate. Besides Cole's color job, I really like that it is certified, with signatures, that he did an awesome job. I'm not sure why he decided to color it, but maybe he'll get a certificate for that too. I'm hoping these turn into some big MVP trophies someday, but sadly I doubt that Kristin and I gave the kids the required genes for such achievements.

Coincidentally, I was looking for Kristin's birth certificate and found some other types of certificates that Kristin was awarded as a youth. It is exactly what you would expect to find when it comes to Kristin. Not trophies, not even ribbons. I found an entire folder of the 'thanks for showing up' type certificates (as well as some A+ papers). Admittedly, I don't have a huge display case at home or anything, but this just seemed so Kristin. Lately, I have actually been ripped on because I have been touting that I almost got all A's once, in high school. Kristin and my mother don't think it counts because really I got all B+'s, but I still contend a B+ is almost an A.

A special good effort award - she has a good handful of these. The special makes me think it was her gym class, but no way she would have received a good effort star.

Congrats, you began and ended girl scouts. Apparently you didn't even have to try or do awesome. 

We knew this would be in there.

Looks like she completed her dog training. Bella has the same certificate.

I had the same exact haircut as this little boy (a.k.a. Kristin) in 1st grade. 

To be fair, at some point I will post some of my not-so-flattering youth pictures. There are many.

Updates

At our 16 week prenatal appointment we found out there wasn't a heartbeat so...no baby anymore. 

Now, for the more sunny side of things and the typical antics of Cole and Henry:

We'll start with Henry giving himself a haircut. He looks pretty ridiculous. Got the bangs.

Henry puts his shoes on the wrong feet 99% of the time. It is amazing (and irritating). I just don't see how it is possible. He must be doing it on purpose to torment me.  It also takes him about 20 minutes to put on his Crocs! Another amazing (and irritating) feat.

We went to Qdoba for lunch the other day. After initially not wanting to go, Henry got excited about ordering "kid nachos." After we sat down he was quite upset to find his nachos covered in cheese and tomatoes and other typical (and delicious) nacho toppings. It took awhile, but apparently Henry believes "kid nachos" are simply chips and beef; beef being the nacho. He kept picking cheese off of chunks of beef, demanding "clean nachos!"

I hung my dartboard, so Cole and I played a game of cricket. It was seriously competitive. I'm pretty embarrassed. I wasn't really paying much attention and then all of a sudden realized that I had three bulls eyes left and Cole had two bulls eyes and a 15 left. I was also only up by 18 points. That is darn close. I'm happy to say, I was able to step it up and won. Next time I will take it much more seriously from the start.

If Cole won, I bet I would have got this classic funny face mocking my dart efforts.

Henry got sick and barfed on me twice. 

Cole finished his second soccer camp. Got another certificate that confirms he did an awesome job.

Fuchs Family Movie Night. We watched the Lego Movie. Not bad.

Weekend Update

It was a busy weekend with a couple birthday parties. We celebrated Ryan's 35th on Saturday and Grandma Dorothy's 86th on Sunday. The boys seemed to have a lot of fun at Ryan's house. They got to play yard games, run around with the dogs, and met a new friend (Willy, I think). There was also a slip 'n slide. Cole even earned two dollars by filling up people's beers. He also committed a party foul. He decided to just take a pee along the tree line instead of making the trek to the indoors bathroom. If it would have been later in the evening it probably would have been fine, but it was a little early to be droppin' your pants around your ankles and letting it fly.

Sunday was also fun. Lots of dips and food and playing with Ellie and her Monster dog.

I'm so proud! I did warn him to never be the beer pourer guy at a house party. Super lame.

300

This is our 300th published blog post. Wow, that's a lot of time and typing (and I guess lovely memories). We also have over 40 drafts that never made the cut - think how boring those posts must be. Well, I hope the kids like going back to read about the early years. They can read about what little shits they were and how much grief they caused their poor parents.  

As far as grief, we will start with Henry's potty training. The first attempt failed miserably. Henry is in diapers as we speak. I'm getting a little worried since he starts school soon, but not sure what to do about it. He is being difficult. 

I guess my only other grievance at the moment is the fighting. The boys will act like best friends here and there. They will even have some hugging and kissing moments, but MOST often they are fighting and bothering each other. Luckily, I hear this only lasts for another 15 to 20 years. 

Other news:  We had a big rummage this weekend, and I'm happy to say we sold a ton of crap, except for the last day when we made a whopping $26.25. I think we may actually get a car in the garage come winter. Sadly for me, I'm sure it will be Kristin's car and not mine. Typical. I need to get on the other side of that war on women.  

Garage before rummage and Hen in undies

During the rummage we got out the pool and water table. The boys of course found some mud.