Bad Mom

I am basically the worst mom ever, so I have not updated the blog lately. It's been a good month, or so, but a busy one, so here are some highlights:

Both Sam and Kate are playing basketball. Kate calls hers "little basketball," which she's derived from the "itty bitty basketball" name given by Parks/Rec. That means Sam plays "big basketball." As in, "I have to play little basketball now so I can play big basketball when I grow up like Sam."

It turns out that Kate is somewhat left-handed, at least as far as basketball goes. They were trying to get her to dribble and she is much better with her left hand. They want her to wear a blue sticker on her nametag to signal to the coaches that she is a lefty, but she will have none of that. So, she'll probably end up royally confused.

Sam is really getting the idea of defense-- he's quite the shut-down defender. The 6-year-old Brady Morningstar, only without the ability to go for the basket. In fact, Sam's not big at driving to the basket under any circumstances and is much more likely to pass off the ball to someone else, even from another team. He's getting the hang of it, and he gets better and better every week. We're so blessed that he's on a team coached by a great husband/wife team. He also has several friends from school on his team, so that's been fun too.

Sam has been talking a lot lately about what he wants to be when he grows up. Last week he got one of his first phone calls from a school friend, where they were just talking. So, naturally, I listened to as much as possible. Most of the conversation centered around building the perfect lego town, but he did add this: "You know, when I grow up, I'm going to KU." Pause. "K.U. Because I'm going to play basketball there." My heart was simultaneously beaming and breaking. Oh well, he'll figure it out one day or another.

Then over the weekend, he told me that when he grows up he wants to make video games. Of course, I responded, "Yep, you and everyone else. Unfortunately, you'll probably have to build databases for some big company instead. But, you know, good luck with that." I know, talk about raining on his parade. Fortunately, it was lost on him. He said, "That's okay mom. I'm going to the video-game-making college." So, that's all worked out.

Kate's prayers have been pretty funny lately as she tries to incorporate new words and ideas. Today it was, "And thank you God that I'm so envious." Sam protested, but she insisted that she was envious. She's also been kind of obsessed with death, as she has been asking a lot of questions about dying and is making up stories where different people have died. I have no idea where that came from.

All in a day, or month's work...