Yesterday my boys came in to the house asking for a tape measure. I politely asked what it was they needed it for and they explained that they were seeing how far they could jump. Seeming as though that was harmless, I directed them to the cabinet that housed the tape measurer. Upon further thought however, I decided that checking on them to see exactly what they were doing would be a great idea. I went outside only to see one of my boys at one end of the driveway yelling to the others if they were ready. I looked down to the other end to see that they had taken their skateboard ramp apart, put the two ramp parts together and were running up one side and jumping to the other. Each time they were successful they would move the ramps farther apart. Now my boys have done some crazy things in their lives but this took the cake for the “moment”. You see my driveway is not the smooth concrete, it is the pebbly black top. You know the kind that when you fall you pretty much scrape the soup out of yourself. Not to mention every time they landed on the opposite ramp it would slide too. Well of course being the great mom I am, I got out the video camera and recorded this momentous feet. Well actually I wanted to record the last moments of their lives that I would be sharing with them. I will say though they all did a great job and they all lived to tell the tale and then watch the amazing video over, and over again. Oh yeah and I failed to mention that the boys while awaiting their turns would lay in between the ramps to be jumped over. I love having boys!!!!
For JJ's birthday this year I got him trapeze lessons. Yep you read right, trapeze lessons. He absolutely loved it. He was so good that the instructors thought for sure he had been doing this for a while. Of course I knew he would be good at it. He was totally surprised and now wants to do it with our boys. So we will see which boy decides he can hack it like dad.
