Tyler and Cody visit the dentist

The boys went to the Dentist today, and luckily it wasn't a repeat of Marathon Man.  As they both had good teeth with no cavities, must be that healthy diet and good toothbrush technique working out for them.

Two for the price of one!

Climbing and Running

The boys had Monday off, and in between completing their homework they did get a chance to go outside and play on the climbing frame.

We also spotted a 100 yard football field, so they both ran it to see how fast they are now.  Tyler finished in 20 seconds, Cody in 40 seconds, but probably should have been 34 seconds as he walked over the line.

100 yard splits for Tyler and Cody

Climbing to the top

Cody - King of random topics

Cody is quite shy with strangers at first. But once he gets used to you, he will chat your ears off. Often with random topics. It always cracks me up when i see him chatting with random people, like he's discussing something really serious.

In the last few days, he has come up with a few random topics to talk about without any prompting.

Scenario 1:

He was having his breakfast quietly and suddenly he started to smile and giggle all by himself.

Me : Why are you laughing, Cody?

Cody : You know, mommy, if there is a tornado, you shouldn't go to the basement. You must go hide in the bathroom. Get in the bathtub, cover yourself with a towel and take a shower!

Me : ???? Who told you that??

Cody : The weather lady (they had a weather lady visit their class)

A few mins later, Alan came to get him to get changed.

Scenario 2

Cody : Daddy, you know, if you want to get shooted(bad english on his part, not mine) by police you have to put your hands up.

Alan : You mean, if you DON'T want to get shot by the police?

Cody : No, the police always say, "Hands up!" to the bad guy and then shoots him! 

Me : tee hee...

(Didn't hear Alan's response to that coz they had gone upstairs)

Scenario 3

One of the morning, i was still sleeping(of course), Cody comes and snuggles with me..

Cody : Mommy, why does aaaaaa means rough?

Me : huh????? what??

Cody : Why does AAAAAAA means rough...??? (getting louder, he gets really annoyed when i don't understand him, usually then he shuts down and says "You don't know ANYTHING!!!")

Me : I don't know what you're talking about. Where did you hear it?

Cody : In my volcano book, i'll show you.. (he goes and get the book, spends a few minutes flipping back and forth).. seee.. its says.. AA means rough..

Me : (he was right.. there it was.. "Aa means rough")!!! 

And if you want to know, aa is a kind of lava. The rough kind...

Tyler Skiing with Kristen and Paige

Tyler had the day off from school, and so did his friend Kristen, so I took them and Tyler's class project 'Paige the cat' to Eldora to Ski.  They both managed a lot of green and blue runs and I got the chance to ski for the first time since Tyler was born.

Skiing at Eldora

Class Project to take Paige on adventures for the week

Cody Skis in the backyard

Cody wanted a blue ski helmet from Santa, and this weekend he finally delivered so that Cody could practice his skiing in the backyard before he ventures on the big slopes..

Cody with his new helmet

Cody almost ready for Soshi

3 weeks of Kumon

The boys have been working on their Kumon during the winter break.  It is a pretty impressive stack of work and they have done really well to keep it up every day.

Plenty of Kumon work!!

2014 New Year Resolution

We talked briefly about New Year resolutions and didn't think they kids really got it, but one day Tyler came back from school and they had done NY resolutions(he calls it revolution) at school. It was broken in three parts. And when i saw it, i had to laugh at the concerns that ring in my kid's mind.

Resolutions:
At School - eat more food
At Home - play more
Personal - drink more water (??? i think this is due to him feeling dehydrated from our trip, this is one thing i'm completely NOT concerned about)

 Cody on the other hand only has one concern in his head apparently:

Resolutions:
Eat more food so that he can get to 40 lbs! (so he can get into a booster seat like Tyler)

Anyways, i wonder what other kids have as their resolutions??