Olympic Proud

Spencer competed in the same Olympics as Erica. He was very happy with his ribbon. He scored 7th place in the Hurdles. I can only imagine why he won .... a few weeks ago, he got his manner stick pulled by his PE teacher. He was apparantly throwing himself OVER the hurdles and not landing on his feet. If they had a competition on hurdling your body through the air, I think he would have won! Speaking of hurdling bodies through the air, yesterday we went to a friend's 1st birthday party at the park. While we were there, Jack and a few of his friends were over by this area that has this contraption of some sort. You hold onto this handle with your hands and then you pull it back and it will roll slightly down an incline then up and you just hold on and when it stops, you drop to the ground about 2 feet or so. Well, I have done this a gazillion times with Jack at the other park. And what I do is lift him up, he holds on really tight and I sling him and when it hits the end, his body swings out and then his momentum brings him back --- no problem. You know where I'm going, right? This one "seemed" to move faster ... so when I gave him a good push, well, let's just say he got to the other end and instead of coming back, he flew through the air about 6 feet and landed in the mulch in a heap. It wasn't pretty. In fact, I think every one that was witness to it was "impressed" with my skills. So I left the park with him crying and took him to get a juice and wipe him off. I got the Mom of the Year Award "again." Things not to try at home -- or the park. It doesn't always go the way it is supposed to ...........................