Happy Birthday, Ashe

Happy 10th birthday to my first born, Ashe. I love you little boy.

Decade

Tuesday night we had Ashe's 10th birthday party. He will be 10 years old on Sat, March 28. It is, of course, hard to believe that my oldest child is almost a decade old. He's such a great kid. I'm so lucky to have him. I love my Ashe P.!!


His birthday party was just our family, Yvette, and the Sorensens. In a couple of weeks he gets a night at a hotel (on the Willamette in downtown Portland), with his best buddy, Tyler, in lieu of a friend party, per se.

Crazy. I'm old.

And the Award Goes to...Everyone!

Kids' sports are funny these days. I'm not saying any one child should be singled out in a basketball team made up of kindergarten through 2nd grade kids, but it does crack me up that every kid gets a trophy. Finn would have died had he not received one, as he's seen his brother receive one for a few years in a row, but I don't know if it's a good thing for kids. I know it sounds hardcore, and maybe it's obvious, but in life, everyone does NOT win.

Anyway, on to the positive...Finn finished his first basketball season as a Brown Bomber. He had his last game and pizza party last Sat, March 14th. It was so fun for him. He had mixed feelings about actually playing on the team and going to practice. Half the time he liked it and the other half he hated it, but overall, he must have enjoyed it because he says he wants to do it again next year. He was on the perfect team, because most of the kids there were just like him: they just wanted to have fun and hang out with their buddies. Finn could have cared less if he ever touched the ball, and at times, some of the children ran from it! The one girl on the team, Claire, was really knowledgeable. There were a couple of other kids who knew what they were doing, but for the most part, they all were just havin' fun.

Oh, and those of you who know Finn will appreciate this: The coach's comment about Finn, when he gave him his trophy was that Finn did everything with a smile on his face. Yep, that's him!! Also, Finn's biggest excitement for each game was the fact that they used his ball as the game ball, every single game...he said they "liked the gold lettering".

Best Friends Forever.

I've mentioned Ashe's friend, Tyler, before. This guy is such a great kid. He's so good to Ashe. Ashe says that he and Tyler are "best friends forever". I love that. I love that Ashe has someone he considers a "Best" friend. It's been a long time coming.

Last Saturday, after Ashe's game, Ashe went to Tyler's 10th birthday party at neon putt putt golf, in the Hilton Downtown Portland. Such a great time. Tyler's mom, Becky, is always so good about including Finn too. We really like their whole family. Just nice, good people.

Jacob, Tyler, Ashe

Jacob has such great form!!

My little Picasso?

Finn is a crack up. He goes from one extreme to another: he's obsessed with Wii. Anything video game-related is heaven to him. He gets way more pissed off when we make him stop playing than Ashe. He loves art as well, though. He will go to his art table (he calls it his "Art Center") and work on something when he's bored. During the holidays he would randomly make ornaments for the tree. One time he made a "Brain Sculpture". It was a crumpled piece of paper, with colored pipe cleaners wound all around it. Pretty creative I must say.

His concepts are great. Picasso he's not, but he's very creative. Here's his latest creation. I don't think he intended it to be an homage to (advertisement for?) Nike, but that's what it turned into...both in the materials used and in the form it took. Here you go. Notice the b-u-tiful jewels. :)