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Being in gymnastics

Let me tell you a gymnastics gym is a completely different type of gym than I am used to. I spent most of my junior high and high school years in a gymnasium playing basketball. My 9yr old spends one hour a week (for now) in a gym full of trampolines, padded floors, rings and beams. No sounds of squeaking shoes or bouncing balls here either, just thumping of feet and springing bounces. He’s getting pretty strong but most important for now is he’s having fun.

Last night one parent was allowed on the floor to take photos and observe up close. I’m not very good in low light with my big camera so I decided to put my new phone to the test. I took all the photos with my Samsung S III as well as video. Yes, the feet in the photos actually do belong to my 9yr old, they’re huge!

First we stretch-

Then we bounce, flip, jump, etc…

But we always hold on tight.

Let me tell you a gymnastics gym is a completely different type of gym than I am used to. I spent most of my junior high...

zncjmom December 20, 2012 No Comments 0 Casey J, General, Photos

Spit It Out Mom!

The other day I was talking to the boys in Z Man’s room and he had a little bowl of jelly beans on his desk. As we were talking I reached over and picked out a red jelly bean and started to eat it. Out of nowhere CaseyJ blurted “Mom! Mom! Spit it out, it’s not good!” In a mild panic (thinking oh my word what did they do to the jelly beans?) I picked up the little bowl and spit the half masticated jelly bean in it. Thereby making all the jelly beans now bad. After a moment to recover I asked why on earth the jelly bean was bad (at this point seriously concerned about what they had put on them). I had forgotten that CaseyJ had seen the movie HOP the day before and he told me “Mom, those jelly beans came from the Easter Bunny’s butt”. Oh, duh. I didn’t need the calories anyway.

The other day I was talking to the boys in Z Man's room and he had a little bowl of jelly beans on his desk. As we were...

zncjmom April 10, 2011 No Comments 0 Casey J, The Things They Say

Lego Explosion

There is a pox upon our house and it’s in the form of little square pieces that hurt something awful if you step on them. Just what the boys have gotten for Christmas is more than around 3,000 pieces of Lego bricks, the majority of them Star Wars sets. The boys are old enough now to build about 80% of the sets themselves with help along the way every now and then. We still have one big set courtesy of Grandmaclaus to build but I thought I’d share this one time lapse with you (first one so it’s a bit of an experiment made using *gasp* Windows Movie Maker).

There is a pox upon our house and it's in the form of little square pieces that hurt something awful if you step on them...

zncjmom December 30, 2010 No Comments 0 Casey J, Videos

Christmas

Christmas certainly pulled a ninja on me this year. It’s here and I’m so far behind and unprepared. Luckily the boys have been reminding me of the daily progress towards the day marked 25 on our calendar. They asked to “camp out” on the living room floor tomorrow night to wait for Santa. I had to remind them he’ll only come if they are sleeping in their own beds. I rushed to send out a few Christmas Cards this year but we have something we’d like to share digitally with all of our family and friends. Each month at school the boys memorize a Bible verse, a poem, and sometimes a song. We’d like to share their verses for this month with you. When it comes to CaseyJ I think he gives Linus in the Charlie Brown Christmas Special a serious run for his money! Just click on the play button below each picture to start the audio…

[audio:http://www.ckzcj.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/zluke.mp3|titles=Zach Recites Luke 1: 26-31]

[audio:http://www.ckzcj.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/cjluke2.mp3|titles=Casey John Recites Luke 2:10-12]

From our family to yours we wish you a very Blessed and Merry Christmas and a Joyous New Year!!

Christmas certainly pulled a ninja on me this year. It's here and I'm so far behind and unprepared. Luckily the boys hav...

zncjmom December 23, 2010 No Comments 0 Casey J, Photos, The Things They Say, Z Man

A funny story

6yr old: “Mom wanna hear a funny story?
Before I could say ok….
6yr old: “One day Han Solo lost his hat. Then someone found it. But they couldn’t find a mail box to mail it to him. So then they….” Tons of giggles. Uncontrollable giggling.
Me: I quickly summarize the story and ask what’s so funny.
6yr old: Still giggling… “well then the person who found it put it in a trash can. And no one looked in the trash can for ten days (which reminded me of our forgetting the trash day) and on the eleventh day someone found it in the trash can and said hey Han Solo your hat’s in the trash can”
Me: “Oh hah. And that’s funny huh?”

Does Han Solo even have a hat? I think he meant Indiana Jones. You know being it was the same actor and all. It’s been ten minutes since he told me that story and I still hear them giggling about it. I will NEVER understand little boys.

6yr old: "Mom wanna hear a funny story? Before I could say ok.... 6yr old: "One day Han Solo lost his hat. Then someone...

zncjmom June 23, 2010 No Comments 0 Casey J, The Things They Say

Mr. Long Legs

While we had the oldest in baseball for the past two months which took up three days a week our youngest was very adamant about playing soccer at the same time on the opposite side of town. Happy that he showed a bit of independence and made his own choice we grudgingly gladly split Tuesday practice days one of us at baseball and one of us at soccer and sometimes Saturday games happened at them same time also. Three years ago CJ wouldn’t even set foot on the soccer field, last year he would participate in practice but was very hesitant about playing in games, this year he really wanted to play. He still had a hard time early on when something didn’t go his way or the other team scored but he got better about it as the season went on. He did score a goal but mostly concentrated on the defensive end of business. His coaches even gave him Best Defensive Player award at the end of the season party!

This boy has long legs and knows how to use them to run. I was surprised at how quick he got up and down the field. I think he really enjoyed playing this year even through the periodic temper flare ups and bad practices. Now that the spring season is over he still grabs his ball and goes outside to practice kicking against a ball return net thing we have. Our yard stinks as a soccer field (full of sticker burrs and pot holes) but he likes to get out there and kick it around anyway.You can see all his soccer action pictures on my flickr page.

While we had the oldest in baseball for the past two months which took up three days a week our youngest was very adaman...

zncjmom May 12, 2010 No Comments 0 Casey J, Soccer, Sports

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Being in gymnastics

Spit It Out Mom!

Lego Explosion

Christmas

A funny story

Mr. Long Legs