Tuesday, February 16, 2010

USA! USA! USA!

I cannot tell you how excited we are about the Olympics being on! To call us "Olympic Junkies" would be putting it mildly. We love the snowboarding events, the snowcross, freestyle skiing, and even curling. There is so much drama that goes on at the Olympics, which is another reason why I love it. I especially love to hear the background stories of the athletes. Where they came from and how hard they have worked to get where they are today. Athletes like Bode Miller and Linsday Jacob-Ellis-whose performances are more about redemption than anything. Last Olympics Bode partied too much the night before and did not perform well, and Lindsay had the gold wrapped up, but tried a showboat trick and fell. She won the silver, but lost the gold. See what I mean? So much drama! I should be an announcer or something for NBC. All that to say, from the Opening Ceremony to the very end, the Clayton household will be rooting for the red, white, and blue. We are starting Charlie on this tradition early!! Here he and daddy are playing, or training for the Olypmics,,however you want to see it. So far he has the event of drooling locked up pretty much...


If there was a baby event for "widest mouth opening" Charlie would win hands down!


We are working on the event of " Sitting Up"....he is about the bronze in this one....





oh, we took a break from the Ceremony (which was recorded) for a bite of nourishment with Trent and Kandace, who are expecting their second baby!!!



Back to training, Valentines Day, the event of helping daddy cook mommy dinner....Our young athlete does not look confident here..




Strawberry Pie from Shoneys...not a bad idea...





Flowers always help the judges with their decision...





Notice the concentration from our athlete here...


Charlie settled for green beans and rice cereal... the prep was taking too long...


Overall yummy dinner! Gold medal for daddy and Charlie! Now back to the intense training for the 2026 Games... practicing rings now.....


He already looks up to the athletes now....


Taking a break from all the training with daddy..we do have some time to work on a few things..




USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! :)))))











2 comments:

Audrey said...

I love your blog Mere! Charlie gets cuter every day. You'll have to come by and see the boys soon! Your mom was so sweet to bring that soup.

Audrey

The Speck family said...

Totally adorable- I love your new haircut and Charlie is soooooo ridiculously cute. Way to go with those sitting up skills during the ring toss! See you soon.