Sunday, August 26, 2007

Strawberries and Razorbacks


Here's Henry looking Razorback-tough in his Casey Dick jersey.

Henry has a new love--strawberries! This morning I cut up a bunch of fruit: cantaloupe, honeydew, blueberries, grapes and strawberries. Henry has had strawberries before, but this time he had many fruits to choose from. That way I could see which he preferred. He ate all the strawberries first and then he whimpered a little like he wanted more, but I just let him sit there because, after all, he had a whole plate of fruit in front of him. He finally went for the grapes, then the rest. He ate everything except the honeydew. Later this afternoon we went to Janice's house for a little get-together. Janice had strawberries as a snack. Henry immediately approached a stranger (to him) and started begging for strawberries from her plate. I think he likes strawberries partly because of his love for all things red. He has several books with strawberries pictured (i.e. The Hungry Caterpillar) and one of his new favorite pastimes is pointing at pictures and waiting for us to say the word. He always finds the strawberries (and the other red things that are pictured like the red balloon, the fire, people's tongues, etc...) I guess this makes him a born Razorback.

That brings me to my next line of thought...the Razorbacks. I've been thinking about them alot these days. Football makes fall quite possibly the best season. It's only 6 days until kickoff and I am hoping for at least a 10 win season. I hope I don't have my hopes set too high. I'm really worried about Hillis' health, the defense, and the quarterback situation. I guess I'm a little worried about special teams too. I was happy to hear that Alex Mortensen was back. Hopefully we won't need him this year, but it makes me feel a little more secure about the quarterback situation.

Disclaimer: Yes, my posts are getting more infrequent, but if you knew what I was going through each day at work you would understand. The 6th graders are wearing me out! They need lots of training and attention that 7th graders don't need. Especially with the lockers and reading their schedules. They seem really sweet, but I have been exhausted lately.


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