the sprinter

it seems i've been spending a lot of time with taylor lately, this is ok because he's a good kid, i wonder if he feels the same about me? we gave the van a much needed bath and detailing. i should've taken pictures of the inside of the van, that was where the real beauty was. taylor was feeling a little too powerful with that sprayer, i was nervous for a few minutes until i wrestled it back from him. it's sometimes to my advantage being twice his size. poor kid. i don't usually work him like a slave...well, ok, yes i do, but this week he worked particularly hard to earn some money to go to video games live with james at abravenel hall on friday. would you believe that tickets to this show were $50! and those were the cheap seats! wow.i wish i would've taken a picture of the two of them at the show, but whatever. i also wish i would've recorded their seriously nerdy conversation in the back seat of the van on the way to the show. i'm not really sure i even understood most of it, and generally i don't really love not understanding what my kids are talking about. it makes me feel kind of old. mostly scientific stuff, these guys are serious geeks, but cute geeks. when rich picked the boys up from the show, james said, "it was the best night of my life". taylor said, "well, it wasn't the best night of my life, but it was pretty cool." james is officially the bigger nerd. yay taylor! he also joined the track team, this week was his first day of practice. here comes the mastercard commercial: new nike running shoes: $30 (found a great sale!) fee to sign up for track: $30. co-pay to get a physical to join track: $20. hearing your son say, "i hate running" on the first day of track practice: priceless. hello? did he know what team he was joining? then he clarified by saying, "i hate long distance running, i'm going to be a sprinter". phew! today's practice as a sprinter was reportedly much more fun. (huh?) it's all just running right? none of it sounds fun to me. he was a ton of fun to take shopping for shoes that day though. he found this cute pink microphone that he really wanted to take home. so much that begged and begged for it, but i said, "no, you're a boy!" just kidding, he really begged me not to post the photo on my blog, but hey, you pose, you're at risk for super information highway exposure that's what i say. but he really did love this pink microhpone, it lit up and everything. he he he. i love this kid, he's such a goof ball, a geeky goof ball.