Roaring

Finally my computer has turned on!  It has been working poorly again.  I will have to call my friend again and get it fixed again!  Today was a fun one for Levi.  We had a quiet morning but then I got Levi ready for his trip to the Brisbane Roar grand final.  Levi was going to the first grade soccer and better still, he was going with Sam.  Sam is his twenty year old cousin.  Now he was going with my brother, sister-in-law and some of their other children, but according to Levi he was going with Sam.  The rest of the family wasn't as important to him.  I drove out to drop him off and there was a flock of cockatoos on the road.  I know that Australia does big and bad and really, really poisonous, but it also does spectacular.  The cockatoo might be loud and obnoxious and eat all our pecans before we can get them off the tree, but they are just wonderful to watch!

Levi went along with 50 000 screaming fans and he clapped and cheered along with the best of them.  He loved it.  He said thanks to me by being cranky like you wouldn't believe when he got home.  He was just tired but it was a real effort to get him showered and in bed.  I am now relaxing and thinking how lucky I am that we completed all of his homework before he got so tired.  I am thinking it wasn't a huge surprise.  Three nights in a row of late frenetic nights!  Yep, I surprised he didn't crack way earlier!

We have a great week coming up though.  ANZAC day is on Wednesday so really, we have two, two day weeks coming up and a day of rest in between.  I can think of no better thing.  Even in this photo (lovingly provided by Anna), you can see just how tired he really is.

My dentist doesn't work on the weekend but I will give her a call tomorrow.  This tooth needs to come out!  I am ready anytime and the last thing I want is for it to interfere with our trip to USA.

Man Training

Today was a typical Saturday.  We got up early and went to Shark Bait Kids.  Levi is now swimming most of the time we are there which is about 4 hours.  It must exhaust him but he just keeps going and going.  He is loving learning to use the regulator and spending time under the water.  The kids all love him and he loves them.  Pretty much win/win for everyone.  

On the way home we picked up Ty so Levi could have a friend and a bit of a play.  They were actually both pretty tired so for some of the playdate they watched "How to train your dragon".  Levi had no trouble watching it on the small screen and not in three D.  I finally saw the end of the movie that had been so ill fated for me in the past.  Initially Levi and i had gone to see the movie at the cinema, but the fire and throwing swords in 3D all proved too much for Levi.  He wanted to go home part way through the movie.  i gave him the iphone and asked if he could sit there and play (So I could watch the movie).  He didn't want to listen either as the sounds were too scary.  I finally paid attention and remembered why and for whom we were at the movie.  We left.  

About three weeks later we were in Kmart and as Levi was looking at books, I walked past a kid's book of the movie.  I thought "Fabulous, I can see how it finishes".  So I started reading.  Just as I got to the point where we had left the movie, a lady walking past had a big seizure next to me and fell on the ground.  Now I know very well that there is little I can do in this situation and in fact could have stood there and finished the book without altering her care, but I also knew just how bad it would have 'looked'.  So I stopped reading, stopped the person who wanted to put something in her mouth and got help and then resolved myself to never knowing the end of the movie.  

I went to a friend's 40th birthday party tonight and Levi was babysat by his cousin Sam.  Sam came over all happy and prepared for some 'Man Training'.  Sam needed a shave, so instead of shaving at home, he brought extra stuff and he and Levi had a shave together.  Levi had a blast ........ and then went to bed.  He is trashed!