Sunday, January 2, 2011

Reflections and Projections



With the beginning of a new year it is fun to make lists of the best and the worst from the past year. So here is a list of our ten (get it? 2010?) favorite blog posts from 2010 (in no particular order):

1. Gratitude
2. The Peeping Tom
3. Big and Awesome News
4. Lagoon 2010
5. Jumping
6. Feats of Strenth (and Daring)
7. Suspects
8. Best Camper Awards
9. Halloween
10. Pwnage

Here is a list of the ten worst experiences (one was a confession):

1. Buttermilk Sky: When he flipped off of the trampoline and landed head first in a window well. He broke through the plastic window well cover which caught him at his waist so that his bottom half was sticking up in the air and his top half was dangling into the window well. He was not hurt except for a few scratches and his pride.
2. Buttermilk Sky: School.
3. Eggs on Toast: When his friend let him borrow a Nintendo DS which Eggs played at night when everyone else was asleep and he wasn't supposed to be up.
4. Junior: When he had a really, really, really bad headache.
5. Onion Ring: Couldn't think of anything.

Oh well, they couldn't come up with ten and I don't feel like encouraging this line of thinking because I would rather focus on the positive.

On New Year's day when Brandon and I crawled out of bed, all of the boys were sitting together in the living room, discussing their New Year's Resolutions (lead and encouraged by Onion Ring). Here is what they came up with:

1. Onion Ring: Be nice to Eggs on Toast and Junior.
2. Onion Ring: Stop farting on brother's heads.
3. Onion Ring: Stop saying "bum".
4. Buttermilk Sky: Stop bugging Onion Ring, even if he bugs me.
5. Eggs on Toast: Stop talking in this weird, whiny voice.
6. Eggs on Toast: Stop burping really loud with my mouth open.
7. Eggs on Toast: Stop saying "bum".
8. Junior: Stop burping with my mouth open.
9. Junior: Stop saying "bum" and "burn".
10. Junior: Be nice.

Wow, what great resolutions that they came up with all by themselves! We wish them the very best of success!



And what does the above picture have to do with anything? Not much, but I just thought it was cute.

I think that starting a new year is invigorating and inspiring. I feel renewed energy to improve myself.

We hope you all have an excellent 2011!

2 comments:

Kristi said...

Woah! Impressive! Didn't realize boys were so aware of all the farting and burping they do! haha! :) And what's with "bum"? Do they call each other that or do they just refer to their bottom that much??

Becky said...

They make rude remarks about each other's, mainly. So...we REALLY hope they are successful with their goals!