Somewhere there was a thread about "who are we" and there were kids stories, but I just couldn't find it. So I thought I'd start a new one. (Found the "Body Fat and Spackle" thread for a good old chuckle)

Anyway - since I feel like you all are like the friends I've been calling tonite, I 'm in a great mood because my son just won the JV High School County Championship for his weight class of 125lbs. For those who understand wrestling, or are in a wrestling town like we are, you would know what a big deal this is. He had injured his ribs last week good enough for a trip to the emergency room, so even tho the xray's were negative, he still wasn't in top shape. Needless to say, mommy has been on pins and needles all day - even tho they are "big boys" they are still our babies!!!!

For those of you who know wrestling, his team took 8 or 15 weight classes.

Congrats Laura. Like you, I searched for that thread. Must have been moved. It may be "Company size", now. Al Dyer, remember him? was doing something with the stats. Wanna wrassle?:vfunny: :smokin:

Well my 6 year old is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

Of course he needs to be ;)

Wow - MG - a 6 year old with a black belt. That's awesome. My 13 year old (also a wrestler) should have his in Karate in about 6 months.

Thanks Laura, I must have missed the other thread. My youngest son (now 18) was chosen to participate in the High School International Inventational Track Meet in Australia in July. Other than having to come up with about $4K by then, I've been real excited. After receiving a neck injury in football last year he tried something else, the injury scared him and I can't blame him. The bad side is that he lives in PA with his mom and I don't get to see his meets very often, I did get to go to the PIAA Championships mentioned in the attached article.

That's wonderful. Good luck in Australia. Our sons wrestling coach was NY state wrestling champ and pole vaulting champ! He runs a training school for pole vaulters (and other sports) here in Rochester. I can get you info if you'd like. I think he does alot of stuff in the summer - I'm not sure how far the students come from that train, but I know he's picky on who he takes to preserve the specialization of the programs he runs.

Thanks Laura,
I'll see what he is doing. I know he has already gone to one camp so far. It sure does get expensive, but it's better than paying bail or lawyers!

My alter ego

M Greenaway said:

Well my 6 year old is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

Of course he needs to be ;)

Martin got me waxing nostalgic with this post. My Black Belt was (they never take it away) in Tang Soo Do. Both styles are Korean with Tae Kwon Do being what the Military prefers. Anyway, it was a lot of fun and the disciplines for a boy to achieve this status is a good thing. Martin, by time the he really grows and puts the muscle on, it will be second nature to him. Easy as walking. Keep him at it. I don't recommend hard contact because there are some animals out there that you can hit with an anvil and they will shrug their heads and say "That's it?":vfunny: Sorry for butting in the Kid's post, but relatively speaking, I was. The attached article was in 1973.:rolleyes: :smokin:

Is that how you caught that fish?????:biglaugh:

Saturday night I picked up my daughter at the babysitters around 9:30. It was just starting to get nasty out with about 5" of snow on the ground and still falling. We get onto the road and after 30 mph the car is getting loose. We fishtail a little and start to spin, I'm trying to keep control and not go in the ditch or hit something, and I hear from the backseat WEEEEEEEEEEE do again, do again. With the tension of stopping the spinout over, I just broke out laughing. Here I am thinking we almost lost it, etc. and the innocence of youth, amazement it the simple things and the absolute trust they have in their parents, breaks it down to - we're okay, lets have fun and do it again. So we went into a near by parking lot, acted like a kid and did a few doughnuts!!!
:thedeal:

Had our two grandkids, Ryan and Adam, this past weekend for a sleep over. The weather was a little nasty so we did indoor activites.

Saturday night we made some popcorn and sat down to watch The Scooby Doo Movie. Well, there is one scene where they pass some nasty gas and Ryan starts laughing and blurts out "he farted". He then looks up at me ands says "dad does that all the time".

My wife and I almost fell off the couch.

So we went into a near by parking lot, acted like a kid and did a few doughnuts!!!

Was that you? I think the Livonia PD has a partial plate number and is looking for you. :biglaugh:

Oh I know Livonia good, walked out of the Police Station one day, crossed Farmington road, walked into the Recruiting Station there on the corner of 5 mile and changed my life.
But Saturday night I was in Walled Lake!!!

These are not my personal stories, but I thought they were worth sharing.
Why we love kids
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> I was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening when a woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and waved. She was stark naked! As I was reeling from the shock, I heard my five-year-old shout from the back seat, "Mom! That lady isn't wearing a seat belt!"
> -------
> My son Zachary, 4, came screaming out of the bathroom to tell me he'd dropped his toothbrush in the toilet. So I fished it out and threw it in the garbage. Zachary stood there thinking for a moment, then ran to my bathroom and came out with my toothbrush. He held it up and said with a charming little smile, "We better throw this one out too then, 'cause it fell in the toilet a few days ago."
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> On the first day of school, a first grader handed his teacher a note from his mother. The note read, "The opinions expressed by this child are not necessarily those of his parents."
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> A woman was trying hard to get the catsup to come out of the jar. During her struggle the phone rang so she asked her four- year old daughter to answer the phone. "It's the minister, Mommy," the child said to her mother. Then she added, "Mommy can't come to the phone to talk to you right now. She's hitting the bottle."
> ---------
> A little boy got lost at the YMCA and found himself in the women's locker room. When he was spotted, the room burst into shrieks, with ladies grabbing towels and running for cover. The little boy watched in amazement and then asked, "What's the matter haven't you ever seen a little boy before?"
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> POLICE # 1
> While taking a routine vandalism report at an elementary school, I was interrupted by a little girl about six years old. Looking up and down at my uniform, she asked, "Are you a cop?" "Yes," I answered and continued writing the report. "My mother said if I ever needed help I should ask the police. Is that right?" "Yes, that's right," I told her. "Well, then," she said as she extended her foot toward me, "would you please tie my shoe?"
> ---------
> POLICE # 2
> It was the end of the day when I parked my police van in front of the station. As I gathered my equipment, my K-9 partner, Jake, was barking, and I saw a little boy staring in at me. "Is that a dog you got back there?" he asked. "It sure is," I replied. Puzzled, the boy looked at me and then towards the back of the van. Finally he said, "What'd he do?"
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> ELDERLY
> While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly shut-ins, I used to take my four-year-old daughter on my afternoon rounds. She was unfailingly intrigued by the various appliances of old age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheelchairs. One day I found her staring at a pair of false teeth soaking in a glass. As I braced mysekf for the inevitable barrage of questions, she merely turned and whispered, "The tooth fairy will never believe this!"
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> DRESS UP
> A little girl was watching her parents dress for a party. When she saw her dad donning his tuxedo, she warned, "Daddy, you shouldn't wear that suit." "And why not, darling?" "You know that it always gives you a headache next morning."
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> DEATH
> While walking along the sidewalk in front of his church, our minister heard the intoning of a prayer that nearly made his collar wilt. Apparently, his five-year-old son and his playmates had found a dead robin. Feeling that proper burial should be performed, they had secured a small box and cotton batting, then dug a hole and made ready for the disposal of the deceased.
The minister's son was chosen to say the appropriate prayers and
with sonorous dignity intoned his version of what he thought his
father always said: "Glory be unto the Faaaather. and unto the
Sonnn..... and into the hole he gooooes."
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> SCHOOL
> A little girl had just finished her first week of school. "I'm just
wasting my time," she said to her mother. "I can't read, I can't write and they won't let me talk!"
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> BIBLE
> A little boy opened the big family bible. He was fascinated as he fingered through the old pages. Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible. He picked up the object and looked at it. What he saw was an old leaf that had been pressed in between the pages. "Mama, look what I found", the boy called out. "What have you got there, dear"? With astonishment in the young boy's voice, he answered, "I think it's Adam's underwear!"

Kids can definately make you feel good no matter what is going on, but they can also embarass you just as good (see attachment)

I overheard a conversation between my daughter and the neighbors lad a few years ago. They were both four or five years old at the time and were squabbling about something:

Suddenly my daughter blurted out:

- If you don't (whatever it was), I won't marry you!

After a couple of seconds of dead silence the lad replied:

-Aw, alright then....

/Claes:biglaugh:

I love kid stories! Here's mine...

My 9 month old daughter refuses to crawl.

Currently, when she sees something she wants that's out of reach, she gets on all fours, and takes one or two "steps" (don't know what else to call it, although she's crawling). She then stops, sits back up and says "Mama, go!" and points to what she wants/where she wants to go.

And if I don't pick her up/bring her whatever, she screams.

Stubborn little girl; spoiled too. How did I manage that?

My hubby maintains that she got this stubborn streak from me. She must have, because he still has all his stubborn in him. ;)

Erika

Sunday I was watching my daughter pull every pillow off our bed and couch. I had no clue what she was doing. Who can tell with a 2 year old. I snuck down the hall and looked in her room, she had like 9 pillows on the floor and stuffed animal on each one with a towel or blanket over them! She started out of the room, turned and said nite-nite. As she was closing the door she stopped opened it again, loaded up her index finger, pointed it at the "kids" on the floor and started telling them off. I couldn't understand what she was saying but I knew. Where did she get that from???? Could it be that I do that when she refuses to sleep???? hummmmm.
No wonder she yells "come on" when we're stopped at a traffic light. I gotta be careful. I'm just glad I don't swear like I did in the Navy. I'd really have a problem!:biglaugh: