So we have finally finished our Landsharks season - James did a wonderful job and I absolutely loved to coach the team again.  The coach is leaving this year and so I will be the new head coach for next year.   I am very excited but quite nervous.  But enough about me - the whole reason that I wanted to share this with you was to share another "James'ism"  James had to go to Taekwondo today with David and then left there and came straight to Landsharks.  Unfortunately he missed his race, so we decided to let him run with the third and forth grade boys in the 800M.  I asked him if he thought that he could run the full two laps and he said "Yes Mam!"  Well the whistle blew and he was off!  He however felt the need to explain his predicament to quite a few participants in the race.  A parent came up to me and told me the story.  He said, he was cheering for his son, when he heard James run up to him and said Hi!, I'm James Heninger, I am in Kindergarten and I am running in this race, I was at Taekwondo and was late so I am running in this race"  The father laughed that James was talking to everyone around him - instead of focusing on running the race.  The father then started to cheer his son on (I think to get him to stop listening to james' conversation and just run :)) James, being as charismatic as he is turned to the dad and said Hi! my name is James and you can cheer for me too!

Oh how I love this boy!

Well, we just got back from parent teacher conference with James' kindergarten teacher. She has been teaching close to 30 years and she told us that James has made her top ten list of student stories of her career. She told us that James came out of the bathroom and was complaining about the toilet paper and told her that the "toilet paper is no good" he told her that she needs to get Charmin. Mrs Ray told James that she has Charmin at home but that she does not buy the toilet paper for the school. Mrs. Ray thought that was the end of the discussion. (oh, how we know different). A little while later Mrs Ray noticed that James was not in class, she located him in the Assistant Principal's office. Apparently, he went to the front office, told the secretary's there that the toilet paper in the school was not good and that they needed some Charmin, he then asked them who he needed to speak to get that changed. He was escorted to the Assistant Principal's office where he apparently plead his case. The Monday after spring break the Kindergarten, afternoon class will be having a Charmin test. Each child in the class will be wiping their noses with the Charmin and the "other brand" to find out which one is better. I wonder who will win... To be continued...

First Hair Cut

I just love that my sister is a cosmetologist! Adaley got her first hair cut and she was so cute. She has such great curls, I wanted to try and get the dead ends off so that she would not get so many tangles. There are days that I will rub my fingers through her hair and it gets so poofy. She loves to have her hair done and wear pretty bows (for now) ;)

James Birthday

Wow!
Times flies so fast. James turned six recently and boy is he getting to big!!! He wanted to have a pirate cake and be a pirate, like Captain Jack Sparrow. (He has actually never seen the movie but he thinks that he is cool). There are somedays that I just sit and think to myself "where has all the time gone". He is truly such a joy to me and such a great treasure in our family.

Family Pictures

So this is the image that you see but there is oh so much more! I decided to take some up to date pictures of the family. So I set up my studio lights and backdrop asked my little sister to help take some pictures. Wow I am so glad that I can do this myself. It was tons easier to let the kids have a break and go play. I think that you can ask an 18 month old only so many times to smile before she hits the wall! The pictures below show just how much fun family can be.