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47 days ago
I've moved the family blog to http://serdyfamily.typepad.com/ it will require a login and password so if you want it, send me an e-mail and I'll pass it along!
71 days ago
Ben's world is now bigger than me, Steve, and our two cats. Last year when I was updating this blog, it didn't seem that obvious, but this year, starting up again, so many of our stories involve his friends. It's one thing to risk my kid's privacy by blogging about all his stories and posting his pictures. It's a whole nother thing to risk his friends. So.... I will be investigating other options for this blog: password protecting, creating a new network, or moving it to another site. I'll keep you posted and send e-mails to my known readers. Until then, no pictures. I'll try to have something decided by the weekend.
71 days ago
As in friends. Ben and JJ at the library. They spent time individually looking for books. Then, JJ wanted a book called Barfing in the Backseat , so Ben wanted a copy of it too. (Seriously, wouldn't you if you were a seven or eight year old boy?) JJ's dad searched the library and found not one, but TWO copies. He gave them to our boys then wandered off to help his daughter. Ben and JJ took their books to the children's section of our local library (which, really, is about half the entire library), found a cubicle with a table and a soft half-moon bench, then climbed over the bench and under the table to hide out in the little cave. There, they took turns reading pages from Barfing in the Backseat to each other. And before you ask, yes, I took pictures. On my phone. Now I just have to figure out how to get those pics off my phone and on to my blog. Ben and Elena at the house. The kids rode bikes outside while I did laundry inside. I kept peeking ...
71 days ago
Seriously. what do you do when your kid asks you something like that while walking to school? Well. If you're me, you pause for a LOOOOOOONNNNNGG time while you try to figure out just what exactly your kid is asking. Then you say heck with it and just answer. BEN: How much do babies cost? MAMA: What? (wondering whether Ben wants us to buy a little brother or sister) BEN: How much does it cost to have a baby? MAMA: Uh... MAMA: It can cost about $6000 to $10,000 to have a baby in the hospital. You have to pay for all the doctors and nurses who help you have a baby. You, of course, cost way more! BEN: What if you don't have any money? MAMA: Well, most people have something called insurance that helps pay for health costs. (Yes, I did spend some steps trying to decide whether this was a good time to discuss exactly what insurance is and whether I should go into the current debates. Then I passed. Not enough coffee in the world to take that topic on while walking to ...
75 days ago
Ben played his first soccer game of the season today. He did sooooo great! The teams are four on four this year. 1 goalie and 3 players. Halves are 25 minutes long. Parents take turns acting as refs. Coaches are all volunteer. Because of Ben's size (70 lbs, 4'5" tall, 97+% for his age), Coach has him playing defensively. Hang in the back, be the guy to get the ball when the forward players are bogged down. And he seems pretty good at it! This year we got to see him really getting into the game (including body checking two other players to get the ball. Unfortunately, one of them was on his own team...). He ran fast and hard and did a really good job watching the ball. One of the boys made a goal and then followed the ball with his face. He hit HARD. New state law requires any player who gets a head injury to be pulled immediately from the game. That player is not allowed to play or practice again until he receives a doctor's note clearing him from any injury, ...
