xander's last baseball game was scheduled for saturday, october 25th @ 8am!
well, it rained most of the day on friday, so by friday evening the powers that be had cancelled all of the following morning games and most of the afternoon ones as well. an email went out advising that there would be notifications soon of rescheduled games. the email came in later that night...xander's last game was now scheduled for SUNDAY @ 3:00. i cried. i was so sad for him. and then i spent most of the night trying to justify, to find a way to let him play in the last game of his first season. not only was the last game now scheduled for sunday, but his team party had been scheduled for the following sunday, and he wouldn't be able to attend that either. but in the end, the way i was raised (and todd as well) won out. we had already told xander before he went to bed that his game in the morning was cancelled. so the next morning we told him that it had been rescheduled for "tomorrow". his comment "i can't play tomorrow. tomorrow is sunday." i cried again. and then i realized it and he started to cry. i hated it for him. but he was stronger than i thought he would be, as he usually is, and stronger than me. cause when we was done crying he was over it. we talked about the game a few more times that weekend, wondering if they won and still bummed that he hadn't been able to play. but he accepted it, and knew that what we had decided was right - the lord has asked us to keep the sabbath day holy, and xander did.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
primary program - "i am a child of god"
this was xander's second year in the primary program...but i'm a terrible mom and i can't remember what he said or how he did last year.
well this year was quite memorable. xander had the very first speaking part. we practiced at home and although the words didn't exactly match the script he knew what he was going to say. he stood up to start the program and said
"when i hear..." but then he stopped and then he hit his head with his left hand "...ugh". but he started again "when i hear..." and again he stopped, hit his head with his hand "....ugh, this is so hard." so, he tried a third time and he did it perfectly. "when i hear the words of the song i am a child of god i am remembered/reminded that heavenly father loves me."
so many people have commented to me and todd about his theatrics. they loved it, they adored it, they adore him.
"that's what we love to see when we watch the program, little personalities like that".
"that is so xander. any other child would have cried, but not xander. he just kept on going til he got it right".
"it was the perfect to start the primary program"
"only xander could do it"
"he voiced the way they felt when they get up to give a talk"
todd said "typcial xander, i knew he was frustrated, but oh so cute"
keep going xander. never give up. you've made us proud.
well this year was quite memorable. xander had the very first speaking part. we practiced at home and although the words didn't exactly match the script he knew what he was going to say. he stood up to start the program and said
"when i hear..." but then he stopped and then he hit his head with his left hand "...ugh". but he started again "when i hear..." and again he stopped, hit his head with his hand "....ugh, this is so hard." so, he tried a third time and he did it perfectly. "when i hear the words of the song i am a child of god i am remembered/reminded that heavenly father loves me."
so many people have commented to me and todd about his theatrics. they loved it, they adored it, they adore him.
"that's what we love to see when we watch the program, little personalities like that".
"that is so xander. any other child would have cried, but not xander. he just kept on going til he got it right".
"it was the perfect to start the primary program"
"only xander could do it"
"he voiced the way they felt when they get up to give a talk"
todd said "typcial xander, i knew he was frustrated, but oh so cute"
keep going xander. never give up. you've made us proud.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
i dun-no
cassidy's answer for everything lately...
"cassie, what are you doing?"
"i dun-no"
"cassie, which cup do you want?"
"i dun-no"
"cassidy, how was your day? did you have a good day?"
"i dun-no"
"cassie, why are you crying?"
"i dun-no"
(it's too early for hormones!)
sounds so funny coming out of such a little person.
"cassie, what are you doing?"
"i dun-no"
"cassie, which cup do you want?"
"i dun-no"
"cassidy, how was your day? did you have a good day?"
"i dun-no"
"cassie, why are you crying?"
"i dun-no"
(it's too early for hormones!)
sounds so funny coming out of such a little person.
he's five!
today is xander's fifth! i can't believe it. i know, i know...every mother says that with every birthday. but it just doesn't seem possible? how did my cute cuddly mama's boy grow into a ball playing - tv watching - social butterfly?
his birthday fell on friday this year. we brought cupcakes to school and gave the kids in his class frosting and sprinkles to decorate them. i love these pictures i got of him blowing out his candle.
after school we packed up and headed downtown to turner field for a braves game. (too bad they lost again). at first xander was totally bummed out, cause his team had a game that night too. "i don't want to miss my game. forget the braves! i want to play!" - or something like that came out of his mouth. but as usual he had a good time watching "the bigs".
because we had the game planned for the night of his birthday we celebrated at home on thursday night. todd made an incredible cake, as usual. xander's request was a transformers cake. so, todd created his favorite one - bumblebee.
at school the pre-k classes participated in a trike-a-thon the day before x's birthday. all the students brought in their bikes, trikes, scooters, big wheels, etc. to ride around the school parking lot - while raising money for St. Jude's hospital. i knew that xander would not want to bring in the bike we had for him. it is a hand-me-down from one of our friends, but it is purple with flowers. he never did notice until about two weeks ago. last year grandma & grandpa d sent him money for a scooter. he's gotten pretty good at it lately, so he decided that he would use that for the trike-a-thon. BUT i knew that for his birthday i wanted to get him a new bike. i'd been thinking about it since last year. so i talked todd into giving him a present a day early. todd showed up at school, bringing the bike and a very large balloon (at my last minute request). we called xander out of class to give it to him...yes, he was pretty excited and very surprised. and when it came time to ride that bike in the trike-a-thon he looked like a pro. you never would have known it was his first time on it.
overall, xander's birthday(s)- two thumbs up!
his birthday fell on friday this year. we brought cupcakes to school and gave the kids in his class frosting and sprinkles to decorate them. i love these pictures i got of him blowing out his candle.
after school we packed up and headed downtown to turner field for a braves game. (too bad they lost again). at first xander was totally bummed out, cause his team had a game that night too. "i don't want to miss my game. forget the braves! i want to play!" - or something like that came out of his mouth. but as usual he had a good time watching "the bigs".
because we had the game planned for the night of his birthday we celebrated at home on thursday night. todd made an incredible cake, as usual. xander's request was a transformers cake. so, todd created his favorite one - bumblebee.
at school the pre-k classes participated in a trike-a-thon the day before x's birthday. all the students brought in their bikes, trikes, scooters, big wheels, etc. to ride around the school parking lot - while raising money for St. Jude's hospital. i knew that xander would not want to bring in the bike we had for him. it is a hand-me-down from one of our friends, but it is purple with flowers. he never did notice until about two weeks ago. last year grandma & grandpa d sent him money for a scooter. he's gotten pretty good at it lately, so he decided that he would use that for the trike-a-thon. BUT i knew that for his birthday i wanted to get him a new bike. i'd been thinking about it since last year. so i talked todd into giving him a present a day early. todd showed up at school, bringing the bike and a very large balloon (at my last minute request). we called xander out of class to give it to him...yes, he was pretty excited and very surprised. and when it came time to ride that bike in the trike-a-thon he looked like a pro. you never would have known it was his first time on it.
overall, xander's birthday(s)- two thumbs up!
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